Truly scary X-Files eps...

[comicbookwriter]

Seeing as how the movie has rekindled my interest in old XF episodes, I was watching seasons one and two, I was amazed by how scary some episodes were, especially since we have had a wave of gory films lately, but none of those schlock-fests have been as mentally stimulating as those old XF horror stories.

I am thinking of ICE, IRRESTISTIBLE, DIE HAND DIE VERLETZT, and then later on, episodes like HOME.

What are some of your favorite scary episodes of XF?

CBW

 

[Ethros]

I'm sure everyone will go on about Home, but I would also say Die Hand Die Verletzt from Season 2
Scary teachers!

 

[crouteru]

Sure, I'd agree that Home is still pretty scary. Here are a few more that still give me the chills when watching at night in the dark...

Pilot
Squeeze
Ice
Tooms
Irresistible
2Shy
Oubliette
Unruhe
Tithonus

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I would also say Die Hand Die Verletzt

Law & Order fans will probably agree.

 

[JuanBolio]

I never followed the series much, but the one with the Chupacabra and the one with the giant underground fungus were fairly creepy.

 

[DWF]

Folie a Deux, that was a VERY creepy ep.

 

[Caretaker]

Little Green Men - not showing the aliens completely, scary

Detour - Mothmen, scary

Badlaa - Deep Roy as the Indian beggar man, scary

 

[sidious618]

Tooms, The Host and Detour all come to mind.

 

[guardian]

Folie a Deux, that was a VERY creepy ep.

Amen.....that hospital room scene was big time creepy.

 

[Angel4576]

Some good ones already mentioned, but I always found Calusari to be pretty unnerving as well.

 

[mr.peany]

Badlaa - Deep Roy as the Indian beggar man, scary

Man, that episode scared the bejesus out of me when I first saw it. I HATED the sound his little cart made.

 

[Ryan]

Dod Kalm and Night Falls are two incredibly creepy episodes.

 

[Tulaberry whine]

^ Did you mean Darkness Falls? That one sticks in my mind too as a genuinely scary episode.

 

[GreenBlood]

‘Home’ wasn’t so much scary to me as much as it was highly DISTURBING, with a capital ‘D’.

 

[Trippy]

^ya...eww!

Tooms was one of the ones that got me on edge...Theef was one that was scary too

 

[sidious618]

^ya...eww!

Tooms was one of the ones that got me on edge...Theef was one that was scary too

That's right, Theef was a great one.

And I agree that Home wasn't scary so much as disturbing. Good episode, though.

 

[Broccoli]

The snake one. I can't recall the name ("Signs and Numbers" maybe). Not so much that it was scary, per say. But damn, I have an irrational fear of snakes.

 

[kalysto]

I think it was called Fire? It gave me the creeps for ages, but I was sufficiently hooked to keep watching week after week anyways!

 

[shockwave]

been a long time since I've seen the x-files, but I remeber the Peacock episode (Home)

 

[Harvey]

Ice is pretty scary. And Mulder and Scully come dangerously close to the end in Darkness Falls. Both of those are from season one, IIRC.