It is, nonetheless, quite a brilliant 40odd minutes of television in my opinion. The graphic discussion of incest, the disturbing makeup, and the especially upsetting home invasion sequence all combined to make home not only one of. The episode instead focuses on serial killer donnie pfaster, a. Home, in particular, is among the nest episodes the show produced, a reminder that the xfiles could do brutal, scary episodes even as it was crossing over into a mainstream hit. On september 10, 1993, the world of science fiction expanded in an allnew way when the xfiles debuted its premiere episode. The show became a little bit lighter in tone as it and mulder and scullys relationship progressed.
The xfiles may have been a show about aliens, but it was the oneoff monsters and mutants that left the most lasting impression. But the xfiles put its own scifi spin on the idea in eve, which begins with a murder so strange that mulder. Threads of the mythology black oil documentary by the xfiles forever. I want to believe airing this month on ifc, we thought wed revisit some of the scariest episodes the show ever produced. The mythology episodes kind of stopped making sense after a while and some monsterof. With the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the xfiles upon us, alyse wax has ranked the shows 25 best episodes. Best xfiles episodes to watch from monsters of the week. Whether it was our favourite fbi agents tracking serial killers, encountering otherworldly monsters or trying to take.
So twisted and demented that fox has never reaired it, this episode about a bunch of inbred killers banging their paraplegic mother whom. Season 11 of the xfiles is nearing and were continuing to drop related content with a top 5 list on the scariest, creepiest and most disturbing episodes of the classic series. The xfiles channels john carpenters 1982 horror classic the thing, stranding mulder and scully in a wintry location with a deadly beast in this case, a plagueridden dog on the loose. The resulting nightmare, home, has gone down in legend among x files fans, regularly topping lists of the scariest episodes. Indeed, some of the best ever xfiles episodes were also some of the scariest. Arguably one of the scariest episodes of the xfiles, which was once banned by fox after it originally aired. Top 10 scariest xfiles episodes trust no one but us. The scariest xfiles episodes helped us shape the confusing early days of the internet. When mulder and scully discovered his hibernation nest made from human bile. Consider it a handy guide before you crack open the proverbial filing cabinet of 202 episodes. Full of audacious body horror sure to turn even the most steely of stomachs. Monsters hiding under a little boys bed may be more than just the product of a vivid imagination when agents harrison, doggett and. Theres a killer who can slip between realities to commit murders, a setup that involves ingenious writing, proving the x files had it to the very end.
The xfiles five scariest episodes in series history. Mulder and scully try to take down a family of inbred killersin this fanfavorite. When it was firing on all cylinders, the xfiles was truly frightening, and this list will take a look at the shows five scariest episodes. I always enjoy the time i spend with mulder and scully. In this list, i try to give you 15 of the best episodes to ever air. Ask almost any fan of the series to name the scariest episode, and nine. Mulder, an fbi profiler, is a believer in the paranormal. Even now there are about 2,000 people which is way bigger than it was. This cultfavorite scifihorror show created by chris carter stars david duchovny and gillian anderson as fbi special agents fox mulder and.
The xfiles is an american science fictionsupernatural television series that originally aired. Many consider it the most disturbing episode of any broadcast television show ever. The 5 best and 5 worst episodes of the xfiles screenrant. View fullsize i recently finished watching the entire xfiles series again, and this show seriously never gets old. It exploits the universality of familial loyalty and our fear of.
September 10, 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the xfiles. It must certainly be among the very top contenders. After all these years there are movies released the xfiles. The top 50 scariest television episodes of all time, part 1. In the early 90s, the xfiles was a cultural happening, right up there with pogs and the bartman. To successfully compose an objective top 15 episodes list of a cult show as great as the x files is virtually impossible.
He appeared in squeeze and tooms in the first season of the series and left a lasting impression on fans of the show. The xfiles is an american science fictionsupernatural television series that originally aired on the fox network for 9 seasons from september 10, 1993, to may 19, 2002. Arguably the scariest episode of the series, this was also the first xfiles episode to receive a viewerdiscretion warning. It was written by thomas schnauz and directed by dwight h. The show was best known for the conspiracy episodes that spun an elaborate mythology of alien invasion and government secrecy. Here are the 20 scariest creatures the series inflicted on us. Scary monsters is the fourteenth episode of the ninth season of the american science fiction television series the xfiles.
Irresistible is one of the few xfiles episodes to have no paranormal element to it. To celebrate, heres a rundown on the best of the xfiles from the scariest episode to its most ghastly villain. Technically, the black oil was a part of the grander alienrelated mythology that made up the bulk of the xfiles and mulders obsession, but its capabilities were some of the most terrifying. One of the most enduring scifihorror tv shows of all time, the xfiles paired agent fox mulder david duchovny, a believer in aliens and the supernatural, and agent dana scully gillian anderson, a medical doctor and a skeptic who only believes in science, to investigate the cases that the fbi deems. It hit at a perfect moment, spawning catchphrases and racy fan fiction that helped shape the early days of the internet.
With the xfiles set to return to our televisions very soon, we take a look at the scariest xfiles episodes so far. In this episode it is some evil, gooey mushrooms that are killing people off. Eugene tooms is the scariest monster in the history of the xfiles and is one of the few that have appeared as the main villain in two episodes. When i was in middle school 1996, in this case, my family and i had just moved to this tiny, tiny town in rural tennessee. Hands down, this is the scariest episode of the xfiles. That certainly proved true in this second season episode that made us rethink our eating habits. Monster of the week, or abbreviated motw, refers to episodes of the xfiles that deal with some type of supernatural or paranormal creature or sometimes a simple criminal with a unique gift and usually are separate from episodes dealing with the conspiracy. The xfiles centers on fbi special agents scully and mulder as they investigate unexplained cases xfiles for which the only answers involve paranormal phenomena. The xfiles had an awardwinning run of 11 seasons and over 200. January, 1995 critics and diehard fans known as xphiles point to the incestuous violence of home as the series most chilling hour after all, it was banned for some time from network television. This x files episode is so scary it was banned from.
From creepy twin girls to sewerdwelling fluke worms, the xfiles had no shortage of horrors creeping out viewers. By cory casciato october 29, 2012 daily lists, tv 0 comment. It originally aired on the fox network on april 14, 2002. Just the very fact that so many of such lists exist in the internet, and they all have different episodes in their top 15 or top 10 is a testament to how many great episodes the show has given us. A scene from home, a controversial episode of the xfiles that originally aired in october 1996. The creepy character proved to be such an unsettling villain that he returned for season ones 21st episode tooms, hellbent on both revenge. The series centers on fbi special agents fox mulder david duchovny and dana scully gillian anderson, who work on cases linked to the paranormal, called xfiles. The episode is a monsteroftheweek episode, a standalone plot which is unconnected to the mythology, or overarching fictional history, of the. The xfiles produced some of tvs best, weirdest, scariest, and silliest episodes. The ubermenscher monster showed up in the episode arcadia in the sixth season of the xfiles. From bryan cranston driving fast to one hell of a creepy family, we look back at some very memorable episodes on the xfiles 25th anniversary. Fight the future, so i thought it is the right time to revisit the scariest episodes ever produced in this show ever. Monster of the week episodes populate the majority of each season, as to avoid the risk of over exposing the mythology arc.