Another year, another “Treehouse of Horror” episode for “The Simpsons.” Come Oct. 30, the ridiculously long-running show will be premiering its 22nd Halloween special. Although “The Simpsons” in recent years has been hit-or-miss compared to its infallible golden age during the mid-’90s, that doesn’t mean the show hasn’t already given us some of the finest [...]

The entertainment industry always puts out wacky movies or episodes for Halloween, and we at Cadenza have come to adore them (and sort of have to because they take over the networks). Here are ten of our favorites.

It seems that we Cadenza reporters often write about pop-culture-inspired Halloween costumes that we think would be awesome. We’re tired of the positive attention we’ve brought to some looks, so here are five costumes we absolutely do not want to see as the end of the month approaches.

Halloween on college campuses tends to be associated with wild frat parties and barely ­there costumes, which probably wouldn’t scare anyone except for some of these girls’ parents. But every year Washington University’s Campus Y offers an alternative Halloween experience for students who don’t feel like participating in the underclassman sloppiness of Bauhaus and would rather relive the wholesome trick or­treating days of their childhoods: “Safe Trick or Treat.”

Somewhere between trick-or-treating and freshman year of high school we lost our innocence. Halloween evolved from a harmless night of Hershey overdosing and the possibility that the creepy guy down the street spiked his candy, to an all-out, weekend-long booze-fest highlighted by the presence of more skin than a weekend on Miami Beach.

Wear revolutionary clothes and hold a sign that says, “Obama is a Komunest.” Also, try to find a sun hat. Hang tea bags from it. Refuse to use your inside voice.

Skimpy clothing without the judgment, chocolate without the guilt, and partying without a legitimate reason– all the things we love about this spooky holiday.

When I was 3 years old, my mom dressed me up for Halloween as my treasured clock radio. Yes, for reasons I no longer understand, I spent an entire holiday dressed as a pre-iHome electronic wake-up call. I trick-or-treated that year encased in a giant cutout piece of white foam board, festooned with permanent marker buttons.

They are too tight, too uncomfortable, and my thighs are too big, but it was for Halloween, and I chose to be a hipster. My friends and I planned it two or three weeks in advance: We would dress up as random counterculture groups and beg for candy at the Central West End as a nostalgic act of silliness.