The x files season 1 episode ranking a list of 24 titles. Ask almost any fan of the series to name the scariest episode, and nine out of 10 will. Why were seasons 10 and 11 of the xfiles such a disappointment. On april 20, 2017, fox officially announced the x files would be returning for an eleventh season of ten episodes, which premiered on january 3, 2018. The two girls give off a real creepy vibe, like theres something not quite normal about them. Eve is the first episode to deal with exsanguinations. May 11, 2015 10 x files episodes that still scare the crap out of us. A critical guide to the x files, millennium and the lone gunmen, writer robert shearman gave this episode. When two fathers on opposite sides of the country are unexplainably murdered at the exact same time in the exact same wa. The resulting nightmare, home, has gone down in legend among x files fans, regularly topping lists of the scariest episodes. But the x files put its own scifi spin on the idea in eve, which begins with a murder so strange that mulder. With the x files set to return to our televisions very soon, we take a look at the scariest xfiles episodes so far. This freaky clone episode is the origin of the band name eve six.
I own the entire dvd collection, but i have limited time to watch it this weekend. The xfiles had an awardwinning run of 11 seasons and over 200 episodes, but which of mulder and scullys adventures is the best. Evebackground information xfiles wiki fandom powered by. In a story about witchcraft gone wrong, the xfiles provides some genuinely scary and disturbing moments. Chris carter has justified the decision to press ahead with humbug as an example of the show trying new things i dont know if you guys saw the humbug episode, the freaks episode last year. Eve is the eleventh episode of the american science fiction television series the xfiles. Aug 28, 2014 it is worth noting that humbug does follow the structure of an episode of the xfiles a bit more closely than his later scripts for the show. Deep throat makes another timely appearance to help mulder along. It is a monsteroftheweek story, separate from the series. Apr 12, 2015 promotional spot for the first season episode eve. On demand, with seasons 10 and 11 coming friday, 20 march 2020. Season 1, episode 2 squeeze season 1, episode 20 tooms. For 11 seasons, popular tv drama the xfiles had a monster of the. It also had some moments that were kind of turkeys.
Wolverine, fight club, the rocky horror picture show, super troopers and many more. From eve 9 and eve 10 to the frightening leonard betts, here are some of the creepiest characters in the history of the x files. From american horror story and buffy the vampire slayer to the x files, here are the scariest horror tv episodes to stream. From devilworshipping teachers to eugene tooms, revisit some of mulder and scullys most frightening cases before they return to tv. Many episodes in the xfiles are standalones and dont share a connection with the main story aka, the mythology. I remember some years ago, a cable channel ran a scariest x files marathon based on view online voting. With the 25th anniversary of the premiere of the x files upon us, alyse wax has ranked the shows 25 best episodes. So far i am only on season 7 and am halfway through episode 8 the great maleeni. The x files season 1 episode ranking a list of 24 titles created 24 jan 2018 the best of invididual x files. It almost wasnt an x files episode, but its these kinds of offbook. The xfiles puts murderous doppelgangers on its radar and delivers the first really satisfying episode of the season the dude looked just like me one of the greatest assets to a.
The episode was written by series creator chris carter and directed by daniel sackheim. I want to believe airing this month on ifc, we thought wed revisit some of the scariest episodes the show ever produced. Please submit the title of the episode if at all possible. Aug 07, 2012 while the x files is best known for its epic conspiracy plot lines and the swirl of smoke always coming from wherever cancer man might be lurking, part of what made the longrunning show so. Here are the 5 scariest episodes to watch this october. Apr 14, 2002 watch the x files season 9, episode 14 scary monsters. This episode utilizes a trope heavily used in horror. From start to finish the unfolding plot keeps mulder and scully guessing on the potential suspects.
Home is somehow both a creepy house horror movie and an episode of the x files. Monsters hiding under a little boys bed may be more than just the product of a vivid imagination when agents harrison. But the xfiles put its own scifi spin on the idea in eve, which begins with a murder so strange that mulder initially. It featured both a stunning overarching series plot that wove throughout its run and standalone episodes that could be viewed as short movies, featuring recurring characters that had the ability to scare the hell out of audiencesbut somehow, also, had time to make us laugh, too. Also, please mark spoiler images as nsfw so the thumbnail does not display. On the x files season 11 episode 5, the theory of alternate realities was given play again interwoven with. Eve episode 11 season 1 of the x files eveil genius 1010 synopsis. An exanguination of a greenwich, connecticut, man leads mulder to believe that aliens performed the task. This x files episode is so scary it was banned from. The second season of the x files has largely been about growing and developing as a television show. After all the teases, speculation and buildup, the xfiles reintroduced mulder and scullys son william in wednesdays episode.
It is so bad, it almost feels like the producers made it for a joke. As of march 21, 2018, 218 episodes of the x files have aired, concluding the eleventh season. But the xfiles put its own scifi spin on the idea in eve, which begins with a murder so strange that mulder. In the season 11 finale, mulder and scully rush to find an ontherun william, while the cigarette smoking man pushes forward with his ultimate plan.
The x files is one of the most vastly influential television shows of all time. Posts that contain spoilers from the new season in the post. Dec 06, 2006 i own the entire dvd collection, but i have limited time to watch it this weekend. Eve season 1, episode 11 lets get this out of the way first.
Its a good episode that keeps you guessing as to who is orchestrating all that is. The 12 scariest episodes of the xfiles catch the xfiles movies saturday, january 23rd starting at 12. How does the episode eve from the tv series the xfiles connect. After over 200 episodes of the x files, mulder and scully faced some truly disturbing and disgusting situations. But eve 9 and eve 10 are actually evil, which makes them even scarier. Gender bender is undoubtedly the worst episode in the x files season 1. To successfully compose an objective top 15 episodes list of a cult show as great as the x files is virtually impossible. Watch the x files season 6, episode 6 how the ghosts stole christmas. It hit at a perfect moment, spawning catchphrases and racy fan fiction that helped shape the early days of the internet. So twisted and demented that fox has never reaired it, this episode about a bunch of inbred. It must certainly be among the very top contenders.
Just the very fact that so many of those lists exist on 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. It might not be groundbreaking as far as the x files goes, but with how reckless a lot of the episodes from the 10 th and 11 th seasons of the show have been, installments like familiar are. It is, nonetheless, quite a brilliant 40odd minutes of television in my opinion. 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. The episode was very polarizing, but the complaints usually were that it went too far, which made the peacock family one of the scariest and terrifying villains in the x files history. It exploits the universality of familial loyalty and our fear of. The x files season 11 episode 9 sneak peek tv guide. The agents investigate a man who may control sinister creatures that killed his wife. The xfiles tv show season 11 episodes list next episode.
The probe of two deaths leads mulder and scully to their source. Here are some of the worst that mulder and scully ever encountered. The x files may have been a show about aliens, but it was the oneoff monsters and mutants that left the most lasting impression. Aug 12, 2015 with the x files set to return to our televisions very soon, we take a look at the scariest x files episodes so far. It was written by jeff vlaming, directed by david nutter, and featured guest appearances by timothy carhart and james handy. That the two overlap so comfortably is proof that the shows template.
In the early 90s, the xfiles was a cultural happening, right up there with pogs and the bartman. On march 24, 2015, fox officially announced the series would return for a six episode tenth season, which aired in 2016. It was written by kenneth biller and chris brancato, and was directed by fred gerber. The x files had some outstanding moments over its nine season run. It was written by kenneth biller and chris brancato, directed by fred gerber, and featured guest appearances by harriet sansom harris. The x files reboot or tenth season, if you will has come and gone and the reception was decidedly mixed. The episode is a monsteroftheweek story, unconnected to the series. Home is somehow both a creepy house horror movie and an episode of the xfiles. I would like to recreate that here to help me decide what to watch first. It was written by kenneth biller and chris brancato, directed by fred gerber, and featured guest appearances by harriet sansom harris and jerry hardin in his role as deep throat. Why not celebrate by watching one of the most classic scifihorror shows, the xfiles. From an incestuous family to a soulsucking aliens mulder and scullys scariest villains.
Feb 28, 2018 the x files originally premiered in september 1993. It premiered on the fox network on december 10, 1993. Eve is the eleventh episode of the first season of the xfiles. And a lot of those situations included some truly disturbing and disgusting monsters. It takes everything in the x files lore, and utterly squanders it in a burst of stupidity. Utterly rancid, this deranged creation turned up again in season 10. It premiered in the united states on september 23, 1994 on the fox network. The writers of the episode, james wong and glen morgan, later worked on x files creator chris carters other quite lame 90s scifi show millennium and considered writing in the peacock clan. Eve is another great episode from the series first season.
Over the course of its nine season run, the influential series went from breakout scifi favorite to massive global hit, and became one of the. It premiered on the fox network on november 3, 1995. Hands down, this is the scariest episode of the xfiles. The xfiles chris carter on eve fox home entertainment. Eve appeared in the first season episode named after the character, and she turned out to be a very scary monster. While were on infamous episodes, who remembers home, an x files installment. The best, worst and weirdest of the x files by sara n. Mulder talks scully into investigating a haunted house on christmas eve where several couples have met their fate on tha. The x files magazine the x files magazine volume 1, issue 11, p. Well, that was undoubtedly a simple case of the week to tell a rather complicated story. In this episode it is some evil, gooey mushrooms that are killing people off. Jan 31, 2018 after all the teases, speculation and buildup, the x files reintroduced mulder and scullys son william in wednesdays episode.
Jan 25, 2016 with the longawaited return of the xfiles upon us, its time to revisit some of the most memorable creatures ever encountered by the xfiles unit. When two fathers on opposite sides of the country are unexplainably murdered at the exact same time in the. While the series has its share of serial killers and psychos, we narrowed are search of memorable monsters to include mutants, creatures, the supernaturally inclined and the clawed and fanged. Season five episode chinga followed mulder and scully as they investigated. Failing that, the season number andor enough details to be able to figure. The host is the second episode of the second season of the x files. Here are 10 monsters that still keep fans up at night. Eve is the eleventh episode of the american science fiction television series the x files. Morgan has suggested that he wasnt consciously trying to reinvent the series, just writing a conventional episode of the xfiles in his own voice. The episode is a monsteroftheweek story, separate from the series mythology arc.
Here are the 20 scariest creatures the series inflicted on us. Eve appeared in the first season episode named after the character, and. From creepy twin girls to sewerdwelling fluke worms, the xfiles had no shortage of horrors creeping out viewers. List of possible episodes in my opinion both lists are in no particular order that i have really enjoyed thus far. Eve is a standalone episode in season one of the xfiles.
Worse still, the mushrooms cause their victims to hallucinate. Many mythology collections of the x files episodes have. Many consider it the most disturbing episode of any broadcast television show ever. Just the very fact that so many of those lists exist on the internet, and they all have different episodes in their top 15, or top 10, is a testament to how many great episodes.
Eve is an amazing episode full of red herrings and twist. For 11 seasons, popular tv drama the x files had a monster of the week format. Scully and he talk to the mans little girl, who gives them an unusual account. On march 24, 2015, fox officially announced the series would return for a sixepisode tenth season, which aired in 2016. Sep 22, 2017 easily the most infamous episode of the xfiles was season 4s home, centered on mulder and scullys investigation of the peacocks, a family of deforme. These are the most terrifying creatures on the show, ranked. Eve was a creepy first season episode that demonstrated what a mastery of genre the show. Alien wall from x files season 11 episode 4 by michael harrington. Star of scariest the xfiles episode joins season 11 cast. The best of x files a list of 44 titles created oct 2016 my 25 favorite episodes of the x files a list of 25 titles created 15 may 2011 the best of the x files a. October 11, 1996 arguably the scariest episode of the series, this was also the first x files episode to receive a viewerdiscretion warning. An episode so good that it won its writer, darin morgan, an emmy for. Mulder and scully investigate a case involving several deaths where the victims previously reported encountering their own doppelgangers. The episode was one of the most disturbing in x files history, and the violence was too gruesome for many fans.