Yeah, “Home” was positively freaky. The mother was a quadriplegic, who was kept under the bed. The sons were immune to pain and posessed berserker-like strength (oh yeah, they also devoured that cop who was killed by a booby trap).
Fluke boy gave me nightmares. That was scary shit.
And Cancer dude, how he can regenerate his whole friggin HEAD, simply bizarre. By the way, did they ever explain why he needed cancerous tissue? And how was he able to regenerate like that?
IIRC… She didn’t have arms or legs at all, they basically just kept her on a creeper that they would wheel out from under the bed.
Wasn’t there a sister too? I haven’t seen that episode in years… ::shudder::
Can we get an explanation of some of the ones here? What is fluke-boy? I’ve seen about twenty total episodses of the X-Files - I never watched it when it was on, and when I try and tune in these days they’re always the same stupid icepick-bee-bad guy from Cobra-black sludge ones.
Of the ones I’ve seen, the magician one with Ricky Jay was my favorite.
Since none of the ~200 episodes are called “fluke-boy” can you maybe give me a little more direction?
My most favorite episode ever was War of the Coprophages, the one with the killer cockroaches. Not only did it creep me out the most, with that scene where the bugs crawl under the guy’s skin, but it’s absolutely hilarious in its portrayal of society’s beliefs, and of the characters. It also calls into question all of mulder’s beliefs in the oddest way and is incredibly relevant to the deep series thread, without being dependent on it.
I mean, come on.
“Her name is Bambi?”
“Are you sure it wasn’t a girly scream?”
You bet. Fluke-boy was the creature in the episode titled “The Host” from Season 2.
If we’re just talking about the non-mythology (non-“conspiracy”) episodes, then my favorite was the one with Peter Boyle as the life insurance salesman who could foretell when and how someone was going to die:
Scully: So when do I die?
Insurance Salesman: You don’t.
But if this is about just the most-horrifying episodes, then Home wins easily.
Easily.
Memoirs of a Cigarette-Smoking Man. For the “Life is like a box of chocolates” bit, if nothing else.
I’ve done a five favorite episode poll on the X-files boards, and none of my favorites are mytharc epsiodes. I guess that part is interesting as a whole, but the MOTW (Monsters of The Week) episodes are definitely more fun.
My favorites:
Jose Chung’s It Came From Outer Space. It’s just really really funny. In addition to the various aliens, I love the men in black, especially the one who looks like Alex Trebek and it’s one of the episodes to have the " line this is not happening" so I dig that too.
Invocation. A season 8 episode, I know you’re shocked. A little boy who was kidnapped 10 years before returns- unaged. This is one of the creepest things I have ever seen. So of course it ranks high on the list.
Darkness Falls. Whoever would have thought little glowing bugs could be so evil?
Detour. Besides having some of the funniest lines ever, it’s about the mothmen. Who doesn’t love the moth men?
How The Ghosts Stole Christmas. I love ghosts (see #4. Well, sort of) and I love haunted houses, and seeing Scully lose it. Yep. Best. Episode. Ever.
Home was one of the creepiest. I have a local connection: Home, PA, where the episode was set, is 7 miles from here. The ep did not use any local shots, however; just a mention of route 119.
I keep thinking of the cancer eater when I see Paul McCrane on ER. I wonder if he’ll regenerate his arm?
You mean, it’s a real place?! :eek:
I LOVED that episode! I was totally freaked out by it the first time I saw it (I was eleven years old and a complete wuss. Shut up.) but the second time? Yowza. I watched it 8 times in 7 days and it still holds that record.
And I have to agree. Home was the Freakiest. Episode. Ever.
IIRC, that one’s called “Small Potatoes.” It’s one of my favorites too. Not especially scary or freaky, but funny and clever nonetheless.
I also really liked the episode where Scully meets the guy with the Jodi Foster-voiced talking tattoo. Just when it looks like Scully might finally get lucky, once again the universe conspires against her and nearly gets her killed. Poor thing.
The vampire one is “Bad Blood.” “Small Potatoes” is the one about the guy who can shapechange and has a tail.
:smack:
Home is our favorite at home. There was also the one about the mysterious lake monster that was chewing up people. It ate the dog Scully inherited from the life insurance guy who could foretell your death.
And one last one…The termite tent and Cher music one with the mutant townspeople.
That’s A Postmodern Prometheus. Weird one, that. It was in black and white, starred J. Peterman from Seinfeld, and turned into a comic book.
I like that one too, but mostly for the in-joke. You see, the monster inhabits lake Heuvelmans, who seems to have been named after Bernard Heuvelmans , the “father of cryptozoology”.