best episode of the series, and wrote: "The best part comes when Homer decides not to eat the last part of the doughnut, thus saving him from hell. Hilarious." DVD Talk's Bill Gibron gave the episode a 4 out of 5 score. Kim Nowacki of Yakima Herald-Republic named "Treehouse of Horror IV" her "all-time favorite" episode. She praised the parodies of The Twilight Zone and A Charlie Brown Christmas. The episode's reference to Bram Stoker's Dracula was named the 32nd greatest film reference in the history of the show by Total Film's Nathan Ditum. James Whitbrook of Gizmodo called "Bart Simpson's Dracula" the "best sketch in what is the best Treehouse of Horror." Ratings In its original American broadcast, "Treehouse of Horror IV" finished 17th in the ratings for the week of October 25 to October 31, 1993, with a Nielsen rating of 14.5, translating to 13.6 million households. The episode was the highest-rated show on the Fox network that week. References External links The Simpsons (season 5) episodes Television episodes about Dracula Animated television episodes about vampires Fiction about the Devil Lawsuits against the Devil 1993 American television episodes Treehouse of Horror Parodies of films Parodies of paintings Parody television episodes The Devil and Daniel Webster Cultural depictions of Benedict Arnold Cultural depictions of Lizzie Borden Cultural depictions of Richard Nixon Cultural depictions of John Wilkes Booth Cultural depictions of Blackbeard Cultural depictions of John Dillinger Philadelphia Flyers Television episodes about nightmares Television episodes set in Pennsylvania Television episodes set in hell Works set in castles Halloween television episodes it:La paura fa novanta I-X#La paura fa novanta IV fi:Simpsonit (5. tuotantokausi)#Kauhujen talo, osa IV (Treehouse of Horror IV)