Those of you who have been reading my BC articles regularly know that I am a huge X-Files fan. Most of my friends know this, and every year, I get the same emails: which X-Files episodes would be the best to watch during a scare-fest?
So here are my recommendations for 2009’s X-Files scare-fest. Rather than simply list them, I chose to provide you with a full, two evening long menu of episodes you can make a marathon out of, separated into categories, and, sometimes, ideas for supper and snacks.
So what kind of scare fest you want? Would you like a ghost story, a monster story, a horrific story, a chilling story, or a spine-tingler? Yes, The X-Files are that fabulous, and you have a whole set to choose from.
The Horrific Monster Stories
Season 1, Episode 3: "Squeeze" and Season 1, Episode 21: "Tooms": Not only do they feature the same monster and can be watched back to back, but Tooms definitely is a monster that can freak you out while feeling sorry for him. A genetic mutation makes Eugene Victor Tooms wake up from decade long hibernation and eat five fresh livers before slumbering back to sleep. And yes, fresh means he removes them out of his victims – by hand – and eats them.
Yummy.
And just because it isn’t disgusting enough to think that such a monster exists, try serving something made with liver, or come up with anything with a viscous texture (resembling bile) to go along with viewing.
The Ghost Stories
Ultimately, Halloween is about witches and ghosts. So these episodes are my favourite to watch.
Season 2, Episode 11: "Excelsis Dei": An old age home is haunted by the ghosts of tenants past who were mistreated by underpaid and overworked staff. But one staff member cares – perhaps too much. Wanting to help, the staff member ends up unleashing an invisible force that rapes a nurse and kills another staff member. And you thought the old age home your grandparents stay in was creepy.
Article comments
1 - RedViking4
Maybe an episode of Fringe would be a good idea too for halloween ? This series is very 'X Files'esque.
2 - starbuck
Nice list. I'd like to add the episodes 'Home' --now that's just plain creeepy --and 'Millenium' with crazy zombies!
3 - Flo
"Home" definitely!! Also I'd say that "Irresistible", not because it is halloweenesque but because Donnie Pfaster is a really creepy character too.
"Darkness Falls", perhaps too. Also maybe "Tithonus" for the whole death thing.
4 - Sahar
Oh guys, it makes me happy to see comments posted by fellow X-files fans!
Fringe isn't quite what I'd call Halloween worthy - it's a great show, but doesn't quite have the same OMG factor as The X-files does.
Home was also insanely creepy in a very disturbing way. When they roll the mother out from under the bed and she screams? Omg - I really felt nauseous. Millennium was really good too, but it lacked a little je ne sais quoi... I found the quality not as good as it could have been. Irresistible is pretty intense too - omg to Donnie being SOOO creepy - and it's also a double feature, since he features in another episode a few seasons later (although I don't remember which one off the top of my head, sorry!). Darkness falls was also really good, but I think Tithonus is definitely a Halloween-worthy episode as opposed to DFs.
I guess it depends what kind of creepy you're looking for!
5 - Flo
The second episode with Pfaster is "Orison" in season 7.
I'm French so that doesn't concern me and I can hardly be considered as a Halloween specialist but I love this show.
Some other poeple suggested "Humbug" because it is a cool epi with dark subject and fun.
Signs and Wonders with the snakes is a good chilling episode but I guess not very suitable for Halloween.
I agree about "Fringe". And I love your description of the episodes. Espacially the Tooms ones.
6 - Chelsea Doyle
Great list Sahar, I miss the X-Files!
7 - Sahar
Flo: French! Habitez-vous en France ou aux États-Unis?
Chelsea: Thank you! Glad you like it - and I miss it too :(
8 - Flo
J'habite en France!! Never went to the US. Maybe one day.
Miss this show too. DVDs are a good invention!
9 - Sahar
Où en France? J'y vais souvent - c'est un très beau pays :)
10 - Flo
Sahar, j'habite en région parisienne. A 40km de Paris en fait. Je fais mes études à saint-Denis donc je suis de temps en temps sur Paris en fait.
11 - Sahar
Et bien Flo la prochaine fois que je débarque à Paris je pourrais te faire signe et on se tape un bon café et croissant :)
12 - Flo
pas de problème!
13 - Patricia
Great list! I always love finding another X-Files fan. Are you coming to the big X-Files event on November 14? It's at the Beverly Wilshire hote-- Gillian, Frank, Mitch and Rob Bowman are all going to be there.
14 - Sahar
Unfortunately not :( Too bad, because then I could go talk to Chris Carter in person (if he's there) about that last movie of his... Are you going, Patricia?