Every film reference in Guillermo del Toro's Simpsons opening

Can you spot all these horror references?

Every film reference in Guillermo del Toro's Simpsons opening

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You may have heard that the master of dark fantasy, Guillermo del Toro, wrote the opening couch gag for The Simpsons' latest Halloween episode.

It's pretty excellent, actually, and jam-packed full of references – but can you spot them all?

Here's the orginal if you haven't seen it yet and want to try and spot them yourself. The annotated version with all the answers lies below.

Courtesy of German movie site moviepilot.de, it's a pretty great nod to the cream of the horror crop from the last … well, ever as far as movies are concerned.

Check out the answers:

del Toro, naturally, knows his stuff, having brought us Pan't Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Blade II, and the more recent futuristic action film Pacific Rim.

Bonus use for this: the must-watch list of horror and dark fantasy.

(Hat-tip to Indiewire via Gawker)

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