The X-Files
Years beforeSupernaturalbecame a sensation , decade - Filesproved to be a ratings polish off for viewers when it come to dim mythology mix with Monster of the Week episode . In the series , Mulder was an FBI agent who was obsess with searching for alienswhile Scully was his spouse , a disbeliever when they start .
As withSupernatural , there were great Monsters of the Week episodes that were often even better than the mythology episodes themselves . This is where the scariest installment also resided , boast many horrifying monsters , creepy storylines , and raise up minute .
Updated on July 1st , 2021 by Amanda Bruce : Not every fan was happy with the X - Files revival series , but the original series is still looked at fondly by rooter . The mythology might not have always made sense , but the scariest threats in the series still hold up most three decades later . These special episode remain the scariest of the season , though not all of the chilling part of even monsters .
Roadrunners (Season 8, Episode 4)
It ’s rare that Dana Scully takes on cases alone , and her having no backing in the field is part of what helps construct the suspense in " Roadrunners . " She investigates a murder that lead her to a cult - comparable mathematical group that gets the better of her .
The group believes that a bloodsucking worm is a religious messiah , and she almost end up as another one of their victims . It ’s one of the few times in the series in which the audience authentically believes Scully could be taken out of the equation .
Die Hand Die Verletzt (Season 2, Episode 14)
In the late ' LXXX and early ' 90s , a lot of movies and television serial publication used plot line centered around the occult to sell repulsion , and this sequence is one of the best instances of that .
While the initial circumstances of the sequence lead story Mulder and Scully , and the audience , to think that stripling in a small New England town are cut up in their own occult ritual , it turns out that ’s not the case . It ’s the adult who are suppose to be looking after them who are . It ’s also implied that the fiend himself come to town when those hero-worship him do n’t do as he asks . The sequence is even go forth open - ended as the mystic Mrs. Paddock , the potential bandstand - in for the fiend , just leaves Ithiel Town .
F. Emasculata (Season 2, Episode 22)
Unlike most of the serial publication , this episode does n’t revolve around on an foreign conspiracy or a traditional giant of the week . Instead , it centers on a deadly contagion . The scariness of the installment derive from the possibility of it play out in literal life history .
A pharmaceutical society examine to experiment with an insect that kill its host , but they do so by charge a package to a prison house inmate , which causes the contagion to spread as two prisoners miss . Mulder require to tell the population at prominent the truth , but the administration wo n’t allow it to keep the spread of panic under control . This episodedetails the sort of conspiracythat feels more believable to the audience than the show ’s continue covering up of alien abduction .
Sanguinarium (Season 4, Episode 6)
Combining a story about shaping surgery with one about witchcraft , " Sanguinarium " is in high spirits in the gross - out factor than it is the thrills , but it still deserves its office amongst the scariest installment .
Mulder and Scully investigate what he imagine is a case of someone using witchcraft to anathemise doctor or patient role , but that ’s not all the cause . alternatively , the deduction is that a formative surgeon , on the quest for interminable younker , has somehow found it by making some of his patients his victims . It ’s also left open - ended as he evade the FBI agents on his lead .
Ice (Season 1, Episode 8)
" Ice " is one of thebest psychological thrillersThe X - Filesever offered its hearing , and it did it only a smattering of episodes into the serial run . Yes , it features a Monster of the Week in the form of a worm that may or may not be extraterrestrial , but the fear builds in the installment because of isolation and a lack of trustingness .
Mulder and Scully have to inquire an isolated group of research worker in Alaska . Everyone turns on one another , suspecting they ’re infected by the leech in question , as they wait for a violent storm to pass .
Grotesque (Season 3, Episode 13)
The Season 3 sequence " Grotesque " saw Mulder mock by a legendary FBI profiler because of his search for the unnamed . This would always result to bad things , and in this display case , it was a font that Mulder was call in to reckon at involving a gentleman’s gentleman arrested for slaying who was draw gargoyles .
Mulder starts to question his own sanityas the FBI profilerconstantly discount his ideas , and then the instalment present what happen when a person becomes the monster that they hunt .
Leonard Betts (Season 4, Episode 14)
The fourth time of year episode " Leonard Betts " was scary for more than one reason . First up , there is the villain , Leonard Betts . He was a decapitated corpse that sustain up and walked out of the morgue without his heading . He then went home and regrew it , meaning he could change his aspect and stay costless .
However , outside of the care from the fiend itself was his revelation . He stays alive by feeding on cancerous tumour and will rive them out of his victims . When he tells Scully she has cancer , the fears become more than just about the monster .
Eve (Season 1, Episode 11)
There might not be anything scarier than creepy-crawly kids , and " Eve " has that holy terror doubled . This is an sequence about genetic examination and cloning , and the clones here are the two twin girl , Teena and Cindy .
This episode dealt with the Litchfield Project and creating super - soldier , but these two girls are a frightening resolution . They have telepathic ability and possess homicidal impulse . Just imagine if the terrifying twins fromThe Shininggrew up and became killers .
Home (Season 4, Episode 2)
" base " is a notoriousX - Filesepisodefor one freehanded reason . It is the only episode that hold a viewer discretion monition . Despite this , rooter were still overly disturbed , and Fox receive several complaints from viewers and rend it from the rotation for a time .
The most disturbing affair is the woman who delivers birth at the beginning of the episode . The woman had no arms or peg , is kept under the seam , and the baby come across a terrible fate too . The family that perpetuates these act even lives to see another day , escaping at the remnant of the episode .
Unruhe (Season 4, Episode 4)
The Season 4 episode " Unruhe " is an episode that uses a image that has been used in movies and TV shows for years . However , The X - Filesepisode is still frightening despite the familiarity .
The episode is about a person who can charm a pic using their psyche , and they are perform lobotomies of their victim . Scully is snatch in this episode , and the final panic in this sequence comes in the fact that the killer used a dentist ’s chairman when he lobotomized his victims .
