"The Simpsons" Welcomes The Exorcist Director to Treehouse of Horror XXVII
by Andy Swift
August 15, 2017


"The Simpsons" has scared up the perfect guest spot for an Academy Award-winning master of horror.

William Friedkin, director of 1973’s The Exorcist, will lend his voice to the Fox comedy’s Treehouse of Horror XXVII, airing Sunday, Oct. 22 at 8/7c, TVLine has learned exclusively.




Friedkin will play Dr. Kenneth Humphries in a chapter titled 'MMM… Homer', which finds Homer cannibalizing himself after he runs out of food while Marge and the kids are away from home.

We can’t say for sure how Dr. Humphries will factor into Homer’s predicament, but we hope he’ll offer some much-needed medical advice — perhaps something along the lines of, “Stop eating yourself!”




As previously announced, Ben Daniels — who plays Father Marcus on Fox’s "The Exorcist" series — also appears in Treehouse of Horror XXVII, voicing a priest in another chapter titled 'Exor-sis'.

http://tvline.com/2017/08/15/the-simpsons-season-29-preview-treehouse-of-horror-xxvii-cast/