Arguably the scariest episode of the series, this was also the first xfiles episode to receive a viewerdiscretion warning. In this list, i try to give you 15 of the best episodes to ever air. It originally aired on the fox network on april 14, 2002. The 5 best and 5 worst episodes of the xfiles screenrant.
The xfiles had an awardwinning run of 11 seasons and over 200. The xfiles became famous for what could be called monster of the week episodes, which often worked better than the mythology episodes, and these remain two of the best. The scariest tv episodes ever scary, fullblown horror episodes of the xfiles were stand alone, and separate from the shows larger mythology. Over its nine year run, the xfiles covered a lot of ground. The x files scariest monster of the week episodes tooms. But youd probably be surprised to learn that some of the episodes are actually based on true stories of the paranormal. Few individual episodes of any show have quite the reputation of this xfiles classic. Even now there are about 2,000 people which is way bigger than it was. The 25th anniversary of the premiere of the xfiles is upon us. Mulder, an fbi profiler, is a believer in the paranormal. The xfiles may have been a show about aliens, but it was the oneoff monsters and mutants that left the most lasting impression. 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. Ask almost any fan of the series to name the scariest episode, and nine. 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.
The xfiles has tackled all kinds of storylines about ghosts, aliens, and topsecret government experiments. I want to believe airing this month on ifc, we thought wed revisit some of the scariest episodes the show ever produced. The 10 creepiest xfiles episodes so far gamesradar. With the xfiles set to return to our televisions very soon, we take a look at the scariest xfiles episodes so far. Catch the xfiles movies saturday, january 23rd starting at 12. Home, first broadcast in 1994, is widely regarded as the scariest ever episode of the iconic scifi tv series, which concluded in 2002. I always enjoy the time i spend with mulder and scully.
To successfully compose an objective top 15 episodes list of a cult show as great as the x files is virtually impossible. Whether it was our favourite fbi agents tracking serial killers, encountering otherworldly monsters or trying to take. By cory casciato october 29, 2012 daily lists, tv 0 comment. The x files became famous for what could be called monster of the week episodes, which often worked better than the mythology episodes, and these remain two of the best. The ubermenscher monster showed up in the episode arcadia in the sixth season of the xfiles. 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.
We were obligated to do four episodes that season, and we thought this was the most downthemiddle, straightforward xfiles of all of them. Full of audacious body horror sure to turn even the most steely of stomachs. In this episode it is some evil, gooey mushrooms that are killing people off. The top 50 scariest television episodes of all time, part 1. The xfiles produced some of tvs best, weirdest, scariest, and silliest episodes. Scary monsters is the fourteenth episode of the ninth season of the american science fiction television series the xfiles. From creepy twin girls to sewerdwelling fluke worms, the xfiles had no shortage of horrors creeping out viewers. The xfiless spookiest standalone episodes film daily. This cultfavorite scifihorror show created by chris carter stars david duchovny and gillian anderson as fbi special agents fox mulder and. It must certainly be among the very top contenders.
But theres a humorous underbelly that belies the taut tension of. So heres a look at some of the scariest tv episodes ever made. 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. Irresistible is one of the few xfiles episodes to have no paranormal element to it. Best xfiles episodes to watch from monsters of the week. The show was best known for the conspiracy episodes that spun an elaborate mythology of alien invasion and government secrecy. 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. 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.
With 202 episodes not to mention two movies, the original run of the xfiles has an episode to suit. The creepy character proved to be such an unsettling villain that he returned for season ones 21st episode tooms, hellbent on both revenge. It was written by thomas schnauz and directed by dwight h. Threads of the mythology black oil documentary by the xfiles forever. The mythology episodes kind of stopped making sense after a while and some monsterof. Could it be that the scariest thing about the peacocks, with. So twisted and demented that fox has never reaired it, this episode about a bunch of inbred killers banging their paraplegic mother whom.
The episode is a monsteroftheweek episode, a standalone plot which is unconnected to the mythology, or overarching fictional history, of the. 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. In the early 90s, the xfiles was a cultural happening, right up there with pogs and the bartman. On april 20, 2017, fox officially announced the xfiles would be returning for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which premiered on january 3, 2018. On march 24, 2015, fox officially announced the series would return for a sixepisode tenth season, which aired in 2016. 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.
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. If youre an x files fan, youll know exactly what were talking about. Here are the 20 scariest creatures the series inflicted on us. This x files episode is so scary it was banned from. The resulting nightmare, home, has gone down in legend among x files fans, regularly topping lists of the scariest episodes. It exploits the universality of familial loyalty and our fear of. This cultfavorite scifihorror show created by chris carter stars david duchovny and gillian anderson as.
When mulder and scully discovered his hibernation nest made from human bile. One thing that was missing from those six episodes was a truly scary story. 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. Diving head first into the shows labyrinthine plot about alien invasion, patient x showed how terrifying visitors from outer space could be. It is, nonetheless, quite a brilliant 40odd minutes of television in my opinion. View fullsize i recently finished watching the entire xfiles series again, and this show seriously never gets old. 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 xfiles is revered for standalone episodes that offer a selfcontained hour of. Eugene tooms does not just rate as one of the scariest monsters of the week but also one of the most disturbing and grotesque in the x files entire canon. Hands down, this is the scariest episode of the xfiles. Many consider it the most disturbing episode of any broadcast television show ever. The 10 creepiest xfiles episodes so far by will salmon 27 july 2015. Indeed, some of the best ever xfiles episodes were also some of the scariest. It hit at a perfect moment, spawning catchphrases and racy fan fiction that helped shape the early days of the internet. While the trashman episode home again was spooky, it was hardly the nailbiting stuff weve come to expect from the show.
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