The three segemnts which make up the episode are "The Shinning", "Time and Punishment" and "Nightmare Cafeteria". The first segment is a parody of Stephen King's 1977 horror novel The Shining and Stanley Kubrick's 1980 movie of the same name. The second segment is primarily based on Ray Bradbury's 1952 science fiction short story "A Sound of Thunder". The title of the third segment is based on the short lived 1980s American horror comedy TV series Nightmare Cafe.