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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt": There's the teacher's snake eyes. Hell, everything about that teacher was terrifying. Even the font she chalked her final goodbye message in seemed really creepy.
** It doesn't help that she was ''heavily'' implied to be a high-level demon who decided to stop by just to punish the cultists for not paying proper tribute to her and essentially tricked Mulder and Scully into helping make her job easier.
** It doesn't help that she was ''heavily'' implied to be a high-level demon who decided to stop by just to punish the cultists for not paying proper tribute to her and essentially tricked Mulder and Scully into helping make her job easier.
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt": There's the teacher's snake eyes. Hell, everything about that teacher was terrifying. Even the font she chalked her final goodbye message in seemed really creepy.
** It doesn't help that shecreepy. She was ''heavily'' implied to be a high-level demon who decided to stop by just to punish the cultists for not paying proper tribute to her and essentially tricked Mulder and Scully into helping make her job easier.
** It doesn't help that she
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* Mulder's resurrection in "[=DeadAlive=]". He has been dead and buried for months, but gets better. '''Creepy!''' Super creepy even, when you imagine that his body has been embalmed. In addition, people are only slightly disbelieving and by the end, apparently nobody is freaked out by this. When did people like doctors and sceptics like Doggett start to take the paranormal this easily? Why is nobody freaking out?
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* Mulder's resurrection in "[=DeadAlive=]". He has been dead and buried for months, but he gets better. '''Creepy!''' Super How? It's super creepy even, when you imagine that his body has been embalmed.embalmed and decomposing or that he might have been cremated. In addition, people are only slightly disbelieving and by the end, apparently nobody is freaked out by this. When did people like doctors and sceptics like Doggett start to take the paranormal this easily? Why is nobody freaking out?
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* The alien bugs of "Darkness Falls" attack you in the dark, rather like the Vashta Nerada of ''Series/DoctorWho''. Turn the light off, now, and sleep tight!
** And obviously, X-Files ripped off Doctor Who because TimeTravel.
** And obviously, X-Files ripped off Doctor Who because TimeTravel.
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* The alien bugs of "Darkness Falls" attack you in the dark, rather like the Vashta Nerada of ''Series/DoctorWho''. dark. Turn the light off, now, and sleep tight!
** And obviously, X-Files ripped off Doctor Who because TimeTravel.tight!
** And obviously, X-Files ripped off Doctor Who because TimeTravel.
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt": PrimalFear: Eaten alive by a python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER[[note]]When large snakes eat a meal like that they have troulbe moving for a while. In the few cases where a anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a month.[[/note]]
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt": PrimalFear: Eaten alive by a python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER[[note]]When large snakes eat a meal like that they have troulbe trouble moving for a while. In the few cases where a an anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a month.[[/note]]
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* "The Host", in which a giant mutant flukeworm that looks part human goes on a sewer rampage biting people. However, the most horrifying moment of the episode was not the flukeman himself, but the scene in which a bitten worker THROWS UP A FLUKEWORM IN THE SHOWER. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
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* "The Host", in which a giant mutant flukeworm that looks part human goes on a sewer rampage biting people. However, the most horrifying moment of the episode was not the flukeman himself, but the scene in which a bitten worker THROWS UP A FLUKEWORM IN THE SHOWER. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!AHHH!
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt": PrimalFear: Eaten alive by a python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER
** actually, When large snakes eat a meal like that they have troulbe moving for a while. In the few cases where a anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a month
** actually, When large snakes eat a meal like that they have troulbe moving for a while. In the few cases where a anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a month
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt": PrimalFear: Eaten alive by a python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER
** actually, WhenSHUDDER[[note]]When large snakes eat a meal like that they have troulbe moving for a while. In the few cases where a anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a monthmonth.[[/note]]
** actually, When
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** actually, When large snakes eat a meal like that they have troulbe moving for a while. Wh
in the few cases where a anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a month
in the few cases where a anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a month
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** actually, When large snakes eat a meal like that they have troulbe moving for a while. Wh
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in the few cases where a anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a month
in the few cases where a anaconda or python or boa has eaten a person, the snake practically can't move for a month. Snakes try not to eat people because it makes then very easy prey for about a month
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* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own face, but really: '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. Bathtub full of blood. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
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* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own face, but really: '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. [[BloodBath Bathtub full of blood.blood]]. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
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* Rob Roberts' true form. Episode "Hungry".
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* Rob Roberts' true form. Episode "Hungry".form in episode "Hungry". His sharp, pointed teeth and black eyes were particularly disturbing.
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* "Teliko", gives us a man who steals the pigment from his victims.
* Leonard Betts, and the storage locker sequence. Giving birth to your another duplicate body through your mouth? BigNo - that is just sick and wrong! Needless to say, this was an episode with some in-universe squick, and Mulder and Scully have very strong stomachs and are tough as can be.
* One episode has a subplot where Mulder and Scully discover a hidden camera and stacks of video tapes behind a family's bathroom mirror. Earlier, you see the eyes of the a man watching the woman undress as he breathes heavily. She has two boys. And in confession, he says he ''loves those boys''.
* Leonard Betts, and the storage locker sequence. Giving birth to your another duplicate body through your mouth? BigNo - that is just sick and wrong! Needless to say, this was an episode with some in-universe squick, and Mulder and Scully have very strong stomachs and are tough as can be.
* One episode has a subplot where Mulder and Scully discover a hidden camera and stacks of video tapes behind a family's bathroom mirror. Earlier, you see the eyes of the a man watching the woman undress as he breathes heavily. She has two boys. And in confession, he says he ''loves those boys''.
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* "Teliko", "Teliko" gives us a man who steals the pigment from his victims.
*Leonard Betts, "Leonard Betts", and the storage locker sequence. Giving birth to your another duplicate body through your mouth? BigNo - that That is just sick and wrong! Needless to say, this was an episode with some in-universe squick, and Mulder and Scully have very strong stomachs and are tough as can be.
*One episode "Red Museum" has a subplot where Mulder and Scully discover a hidden camera and stacks of video tapes behind a family's bathroom mirror. Earlier, you see the eyes of the a man watching the woman undress as he breathes heavily. She has two boys. And in confession, he says he ''loves those boys''.
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt": PrimalFear: Eaten alive by python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER
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* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own face, but really: '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. Bathtub full of blood. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
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* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own face, but really: '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!!!!''' EPISODE!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. Bathtub full of blood. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
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* "Small Potatoes". MonsterOfTheWeek (a man who is a shapeshifter) inpersonates Mulder for the few days, while the real Mulder is trapped in a hospital cellar. Mulder manages to get out, but the fact that everyone around actually took the fake Mulder for real can induce heavy amounts of ParanoiaFuel.
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* "Small Potatoes". MonsterOfTheWeek (a man who is a shapeshifter) inpersonates impersonates Mulder for the few days, while the real Mulder is trapped in a hospital cellar. Mulder manages to get out, but the fact that everyone around actually took the fake Mulder for real can induce heavy amounts of ParanoiaFuel.
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* Deaths and '''murders''' involving snakes. Several times. Either seriously '''huge''' snakes or lots of, lots of, lots of those animals. FREAKING OUT!
* From "The Walk": Surviving trying to drown yourself in boiling water? PrimalFear [[ICannotSelfTerminate squared]]! Aargh!
* Even with its crossoverness, all of "X-Cops" has to be mention. Its YourMindMakesItReal cranked UpToEleven. [[NothingIsScarier And the camera never catches the monster]] only the aftermath.
* From "The Walk": Surviving trying to drown yourself in boiling water? PrimalFear [[ICannotSelfTerminate squared]]! Aargh!
* Even with its crossoverness, all of "X-Cops" has to be mention. Its YourMindMakesItReal cranked UpToEleven. [[NothingIsScarier And the camera never catches the monster]] only the aftermath.
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* Deaths and '''murders''' involving snakes. Several times. Either seriously '''huge''' ''huge'' snakes or lots of, lots of, lots of those animals. FREAKING OUT!
* From "The Walk": Surviving trying to drown yourself in boiling water?PrimalFear Primal Fear [[ICannotSelfTerminate squared]]! Aargh!
* Even with its crossoverness, all of "X-Cops" has to bemention. Its mentioned. It's YourMindMakesItReal cranked UpToEleven. [[NothingIsScarier And the camera never catches the monster]] monster]], only the aftermath.
* From "The Walk": Surviving trying to drown yourself in boiling water?
* Even with its crossoverness, all of "X-Cops" has to be
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* "Teliko", gives us a man who steals the pigment from his victims. Just the opening death scene gives me chills.
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* The theme music is creepy by itself, and the opening sequence is full of disturbing images: the human silhouette falling onto the image of the hand with the one red finger segment. Just the juxtaposition of the two pictures suggests a story -- reading that the hand image is an example of Kirlian photography is unsatisfying by comparison.
** I want you to go back and listen to the theme for ''The X-Files'' one more time. [[HellIsThatNoise What's that tapping you hear in the background, just four taps over and over again]]? It could be ambiance... [[Series/DoctorWho Or it could be the drums]]....
** The distorted, screaming face is particularly chilling. The fact it was sometimes cut from the opening sequence could be considered either a wonderful favor, a shame (for those who enjoy being disturbed)... or ParanoiaFuel, since one would never know when it would be included.
*** The best part? That's Scully's father.
* How about the individual taglines for some episodes? Some of them are creepy on their own. ''RESIST OR SERVE'', anyone? ''TRUST NO ONE''
** I want you to go back and listen to the theme for ''The X-Files'' one more time. [[HellIsThatNoise What's that tapping you hear in the background, just four taps over and over again]]? It could be ambiance... [[Series/DoctorWho Or it could be the drums]]....
** The distorted, screaming face is particularly chilling. The fact it was sometimes cut from the opening sequence could be considered either a wonderful favor, a shame (for those who enjoy being disturbed)... or ParanoiaFuel, since one would never know when it would be included.
*** The best part? That's Scully's father.
* How about the individual taglines for some episodes? Some of them are creepy on their own. ''RESIST OR SERVE'', anyone? ''TRUST NO ONE''
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* The theme music is creepy by itself, and the opening sequence is full of disturbing images: the human silhouette falling onto the image of the hand with the one red finger segment. Just the juxtaposition of the two pictures suggests a story -- reading that the hand image is an example of Kirlian photography is unsatisfying by comparison.
** I want you to go back and listen to the theme for ''The X-Files'' one more time. [[HellIsThatNoisecomparison. What's that tapping you hear in the background, just four taps over and over again]]? again? It could be ambiance... [[Series/DoctorWho Or it could be the drums]]....
**drums... The distorted, screaming face is particularly chilling. The fact it was sometimes cut from the opening sequence could be considered either a wonderful favor, a shame (for those who enjoy being disturbed)... or ParanoiaFuel, since one would never know when it would be included.
*** * The best part? That's Scully's father.
* How about theindividual taglines for some episodes? MythArc episodes. Some of them are creepy on their own. ''RESIST OR SERVE'', anyone? SERVE'' or ''TRUST NO ONE''ONE''.
** I want you to go back and listen to the theme for ''The X-Files'' one more time. [[HellIsThatNoise
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* How about the
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* "I can tell you don't have no children. Maybe one day you'll learn... the pride... the ''love''... when you know your boy will do ANYTHING for his mother." AUGH.
** The opening birth sequence, with the scream and shot of the umbilical cord being cut, is unforgettable, though Wikipedia makes it sound worse than it is.
** The scene with the couple getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song ''Wonderful, Wonderful'' has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans.
*** Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. Somewhat of a visual example of BreadEggsMilkSquick. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
** The episode has the distinction of being the only one in the show's history to be ''banned from network TV''. Honestly, it's surprising it ever made it to air in the first place, but it was something like five years before it was shown again. (As part of a Halloween scare-fest, of course.)
** The opening birth sequence, with the scream and shot of the umbilical cord being cut, is unforgettable, though Wikipedia makes it sound worse than it is.
** The scene with the couple getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song ''Wonderful, Wonderful'' has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans.
*** Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. Somewhat of a visual example of BreadEggsMilkSquick. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
** The episode has the distinction of being the only one in the show's history to be ''banned from network TV''. Honestly, it's surprising it ever made it to air in the first place, but it was something like five years before it was shown again. (As part of a Halloween scare-fest, of course.)
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* "Home": "I can tell you don't have no children. Maybe one day you'll learn... the pride... the ''love''... when you know your boy will do ANYTHING for his mother." AUGH. \n** The opening birth sequence, with the scream and shot of the umbilical cord being cut, is unforgettable, though Wikipedia makes it sound worse than it is.\n** The scene with the couple getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song ''Wonderful, Wonderful'' has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans. \n*** Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.\n** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. Somewhat of a visual example of BreadEggsMilkSquick. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself... \n** The episode has the distinction of being the only one in the show's history to be ''banned from network TV''. Honestly, it's surprising it ever made it to air in the first place, but it was something like five years before it was shown again. (As part of a Halloween scare-fest, of course.))
* From "Home": The opening birth sequence, with the scream and shot of the umbilical cord being cut, is unforgettable, though Wikipedia makes it sound worse than it is. And later, the dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. Somewhat of a visual example of BreadEggsMilkSquick. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
* "Home": The scene with the sheriff and his wife getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song "Wonderful, Wonderful" has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans. Though Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
* From "Home": The opening birth sequence, with the scream and shot of the umbilical cord being cut, is unforgettable, though Wikipedia makes it sound worse than it is. And later, the dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. Somewhat of a visual example of BreadEggsMilkSquick. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
* "Home": The scene with the sheriff and his wife getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song "Wonderful, Wonderful" has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans. Though Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
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* The [[http://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/default/470a93503fe8c/The-X-Files-TV-1993-movie-props.jpg pictures]] [[http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm69/IntelligentInfection/Unruhe_4x02.jpg from]] "Unruhe".
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* The [[http://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/default/470a93503fe8c/The-X-Files-TV-1993-movie-props.jpg pictures]] [[http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm69/IntelligentInfection/Unruhe_4x02.jpg from]] "Unruhe". Very creepy in themselves, but consider that one crazy guy takes them as a proof that you need a lobotomy. With an ice-pick [[EyeScream through your eye]].
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** Clyde Bruckman's ''dream'' in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose". The fact that he has it every single night just adds to the FateWorseThanDeath nature of his entire existence.
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* Two simple red, glowing lights become a symbol of fear after "Detour". To make it worse, the beginning scene that shows the glowing red eyes coming from the ground is used as the main menu on the DVD for the episode.
** The last shot of the episode -- the eyes opening up under Scully's hotel bed -- was incredibly creepy.
** The pit with the bodies.
* Keeping Donnie Pfaster's demon form in quick, darkened glimpses in "Irresistible" was how you do it right. Or very very wrong.
** As if the first time wasn't bad enough -- they brought the bastard back for a ''sequel episode!''
** The last shot of the episode -- the eyes opening up under Scully's hotel bed -- was incredibly creepy.
** The pit with the bodies.
* Keeping Donnie Pfaster's demon form in quick, darkened glimpses in "Irresistible" was how you do it right. Or very very wrong.
** As if the first time wasn't bad enough -- they brought the bastard back for a ''sequel episode!''
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* Two simple red, glowing lights become a symbol of fear after "Detour". To make it worse, the beginning scene that shows the glowing red eyes coming from the ground is used as the main menu on the DVD for the episode. \n** The last shot of the episode -- the eyes opening up under Scully's hotel bed -- was incredibly creepy.
** * "Detour": The pit with the bodies.
* Keeping Donnie Pfaster's demon form in quick, darkened glimpses in "Irresistible" was how you do it right. Or very verywrong.
**wrong. Donnie Pfaster himself. TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse indeed. As if the first time wasn't bad enough -- they brought the bastard back for a ''sequel episode!''
* Keeping Donnie Pfaster's demon form in quick, darkened glimpses in "Irresistible" was how you do it right. Or very very
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** Donnie Pfaster himself. TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse indeed.
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** Donnie Pfaster himself. TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse indeed.'''"
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* Or how about someone emerging out of a small cut in Scully's ''hand'' fingers first in "Fresh Bones"?
* Eugene Victor Tooms, possibly the most popular (and most terrifying) monster to appear on the series. Trust me, once you see him in action, you'll never go near another air vent again.
** Oh, so seconded. Recall his introduction in "Squeeze": after an establishing shot of a busy city street at rush hour, the camera settles on a sewer grating and slowly, slowly zooms in on it. Pretty soon, we begin to see a pair of cold, yellow eyes staring predatorily out. Skip all the way to the end of the episode: Tooms has been put in prison, but notices that there's a hole in his cell door through which he can escape. He begins to smile in a way that's indescribably innocent yet perverted at the exact same time, and this HIDEOUS sound effect plays over and over again as the screen fades to black. It was only the third episode of the series (and the first standalone), but it set the tone for the entire show. One of the scariest episodes ever.
* Eugene Victor Tooms, possibly the most popular (and most terrifying) monster to appear on the series. Trust me, once you see him in action, you'll never go near another air vent again.
** Oh, so seconded. Recall his introduction in "Squeeze": after an establishing shot of a busy city street at rush hour, the camera settles on a sewer grating and slowly, slowly zooms in on it. Pretty soon, we begin to see a pair of cold, yellow eyes staring predatorily out. Skip all the way to the end of the episode: Tooms has been put in prison, but notices that there's a hole in his cell door through which he can escape. He begins to smile in a way that's indescribably innocent yet perverted at the exact same time, and this HIDEOUS sound effect plays over and over again as the screen fades to black. It was only the third episode of the series (and the first standalone), but it set the tone for the entire show. One of the scariest episodes ever.
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* Or how about someone A person emerging out of a small cut in Scully's ''hand'' fingers first in "Fresh Bones"?
Bones". Oh god, oh god, oh god...
* Eugene Victor Tooms, possibly the most popular (and most terrifying) monster to appear on the series.Trust me, once Once you see him in action, you'll never go near another air vent again.
** Oh, so seconded. Recall hisagain. His introduction in "Squeeze": after an establishing shot of a busy city street at rush hour, the camera settles on a sewer grating and slowly, slowly zooms in on it. Pretty soon, we begin to see a pair of cold, yellow eyes staring predatorily out. Skip all the way to the end of the episode: Tooms has been put in prison, but notices that there's a hole in his cell door through which he can escape. He begins to smile in a way that's indescribably innocent yet perverted at the exact same time, and this HIDEOUS sound effect plays over and over again as the screen fades to black. It was only the third episode of the series (and the first standalone), but it set the tone for the entire show. One of the scariest episodes ever.
* Eugene Victor Tooms, possibly the most popular (and most terrifying) monster to appear on the series.
** Oh, so seconded. Recall his
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* Leonard Betts, and the storage locker sequence.
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* Leonard Betts, and the storage locker sequence. Giving birth to your another duplicate body through your mouth? BigNo - that is just sick and wrong! Needless to say, this was an episode with some in-universe squick, and Mulder and Scully have very strong stomachs and are tough as can be.
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt"
** A high school student is having hallucinations from something involving a cult or something, involving murdering babies, and her biology exam requires her to dissect a foetal pig, which ''comes to life in her mind as she cuts it open''. What's more, the teacher casually tells the students they will get "bonus points for dissecting the heart".
** Plus PrimalFear: Eaten alive by python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER
*** Then there's the teacher's snake eyes. Hell, everything about that teacher was terrifying. Even the font she chalked her final goodbye message in seemed really creepy.
** A high school student is having hallucinations from something involving a cult or something, involving murdering babies, and her biology exam requires her to dissect a foetal pig, which ''comes to life in her mind as she cuts it open''. What's more, the teacher casually tells the students they will get "bonus points for dissecting the heart".
** Plus PrimalFear: Eaten alive by python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER
*** Then there's the teacher's snake eyes. Hell, everything about that teacher was terrifying. Even the font she chalked her final goodbye message in seemed really creepy.
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**Verletzt": A high school student is having hallucinations from something involving a cult or something, involving murdering babies, and her biology exam requires her to dissect a foetal pig, which ''comes to life in her mind as she cuts it open''. What's more, the teacher casually tells the students they will get "bonus points for dissecting the heart".
** Plus * "Die Hand Die Verletzt": PrimalFear: Eaten alive by python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER
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** Seconded. Mulder and Scully were experiencing, together, what very much seemed like reality, but in fact they were trapped under ground. Makes one wonder where the AllJustADream ended. Maybe Mulder and Scully actually died underground, and the rest of the series was [[FridgeHorror just a hallucination]].
* "Soft Light". The clear despair and self-loathing Tony Shalhoub's character feels for what he is inadvertently doing, and the genuine fear and horror as he tries to warn people away from his shadow is bad enough... but what the shadow itself does...
** Taken up to eleven when he faces his ultimate FateWorseThanDeath.
** Seconded. Mulder and Scully were experiencing, together, what very much seemed like reality, but in fact they were trapped under ground. Makes one wonder where the AllJustADream ended. Maybe Mulder and Scully actually died underground, and the rest of the series was [[FridgeHorror just a hallucination]].
* "Soft Light". The clear despair and self-loathing Tony Shalhoub's character feels for what he is inadvertently doing, and the genuine fear and horror as he tries to warn people away from his shadow is bad enough... but what the shadow itself does...
** Taken up to eleven when he faces his ultimate FateWorseThanDeath.
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* "Field Trip". Particularly freaky were the scenes where [[spoiler:reality seeps into the hallucinations]] in the form of ''gooey yellow acid'', and especially when ''a whole room, including the people in it'', dissolves into the acid. The whole concept of the episode is both High Octane Nightmare Fuel and {{Paranoia Fuel}}.
** Seconded. Mulder and Scully were experiencing, together, what very much seemed like reality, but in fact they were trapped under ground. Makes one wonder where the AllJustADream ended. Maybe Mulder and Scully actually died underground, and the rest of the series was [[FridgeHorror just a hallucination]].
* "Soft Light". The clear despair and self-loathing Tony Shalhoub's character feels for what he is inadvertently doing, and the genuine fear and horror as he tries to warn people away from his shadow is bad enough... but what the shadow itself does... \n** Taken up to eleven when he faces his ultimate FateWorseThanDeath.
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* The beginning of the episode "Beyond the Sea" has Scully's parents over at her place for a dinner. After they've left, she wakes up on the couch later at night and sees her father sitting on the armchair. She says she thought they had gone home already, but he doesn't even react. The phone rings, she turns away, looks back and her father has disappeared. She answers the phone and her mother tells her ''his father died of a heart attack an hour ago''. Just the way he's sitting there, with a glassy stare, lips moving but no words coming out--
** Brad Dourif as Chucky from ''Film/ChildsPlay'' has a creepy laugh. Brad Dourif walking slowly past Scully softly singing "''Somewhere... Beyond the Sea...''" on the other hand...
* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own face.
** '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. Bathtub full of blood. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
** Brad Dourif as Chucky from ''Film/ChildsPlay'' has a creepy laugh. Brad Dourif walking slowly past Scully softly singing "''Somewhere... Beyond the Sea...''" on the other hand...
* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own face.
** '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. Bathtub full of blood. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
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* The beginning of the episode "Beyond the Sea" has Scully's parents over at her place for a dinner. After they've left, she wakes up on the couch later at night and sees her father sitting on the armchair. She says she thought they had gone home already, but he doesn't even react. The phone rings, she turns away, looks back and her father has disappeared. She answers the phone and her mother tells her ''his father died of a heart attack an hour ago''. Just the way he's sitting there, with a glassy stare, lips moving but no words coming out--
** Brad Dourif as Chucky from ''Film/ChildsPlay'' has a creepy laugh. Brad Dourif walking slowly past Scully softly singing "''Somewhere... Beyond the Sea...''" on the other hand...
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* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his ownface.
**face, but really: '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. Bathtub full of blood. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
** Brad Dourif as Chucky from ''Film/ChildsPlay'' has a creepy laugh. Brad Dourif walking slowly past Scully softly singing "''Somewhere... Beyond the Sea...''" on the other hand...
* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own
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* Deaths and '''murders''' involving snakes. Several times. Either seriously '''huge''' snakes or lots of, lots of, lots of those animals. FREAKING OUT!!! WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes indeed! OUT!
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**Clyde Bruckman's ''dream'' in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose". The fact that he has it every single night just adds to the FateWorseThanDeath nature of his entire existence.
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* Rob Roberts' true form. Episode "Hungry".
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* Rob Roberts' true form. Episode "Hungry". "Hungry".
* The [[http://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/default/470a93503fe8c/The-X-Files-TV-1993-movie-props.jpg pictures]] [[http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm69/IntelligentInfection/Unruhe_4x02.jpg from]] "Unruhe".
* The [[http://www.yourprops.com/movieprops/default/470a93503fe8c/The-X-Files-TV-1993-movie-props.jpg pictures]] [[http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm69/IntelligentInfection/Unruhe_4x02.jpg from]] "Unruhe".
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* "Soft Light". The clear despair and self-loathing Tony Shalhoub's character feels for what he is inadvertently doing, and the genuine fear and horror as he tries to warn people away from his shadow is bad enough... but what the shadow itself does... ''*shivers and curls up in a ball, rocking back and forth*''
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* "Soft Light". The clear despair and self-loathing Tony Shalhoub's character feels for what he is inadvertently doing, and the genuine fear and horror as he tries to warn people away from his shadow is bad enough... but what the shadow itself does... ''*shivers and curls up in a ball, rocking back and forth*''
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* Mulder's resurrection in "[=DeadAlive=]". He has been dead and buried for months, but gets better. '''Creepy!''' Super creepy even, when you imagine that his body has been embalmed. In addition, people are only slightly disbelieving and by he end, apparently nobody is freaked out by this. When did people like doctors and sceptics like Doggett start to take the paranormal this easily? Why is nobody freaking out?
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* Mulder's resurrection in "[=DeadAlive=]". He has been dead and buried for months, but gets better. '''Creepy!''' Super creepy even, when you imagine that his body has been embalmed. In addition, people are only slightly disbelieving and by he the end, apparently nobody is freaked out by this. When did people like doctors and sceptics like Doggett start to take the paranormal this easily? Why is nobody freaking out?
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** A high school student is having hallucinations from something involving a cult or... something... and her biology exam requires her to dissect a fetal pig, which ''comes to life in her mind as she cuts it open''. ItGotWorse: The teacher casually tells the students [[DeadBabyComedy "Bonus points for dissecting the heart."]]
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** A high school student is having hallucinations from something involving a cult or... something... or something, involving murdering babies, and her biology exam requires her to dissect a fetal foetal pig, which ''comes to life in her mind as she cuts it open''. ItGotWorse: The What's more, the teacher casually tells the students [[DeadBabyComedy "Bonus they will get "bonus points for dissecting the heart."]]heart".
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** The scene with the couple getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song ''Wonderful, Wonderful'' has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans.
** Rob Robert's true form. Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
** Rob Robert's true form. Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
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** The scene with the couple getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song ''Wonderful, Wonderful'' has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans.
** Rob Robert's true form.fans.
*** Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
** Rob Robert's true form.
*** Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
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** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. Somewhat of a visual example of BreadEgsMilkSquick. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
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** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. Somewhat of a visual example of BreadEgsMilkSquick.BreadEggsMilkSquick. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
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** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
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** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. Somewhat of a visual example of BreadEgsMilkSquick. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
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* Mulder's resurrection in "[[=DeadAlive=]]". He has been dead and buried for months, but gets better. '''Creepy!''' Super creepy even, when you imagine that his body has been embalmed. In addition, people are only slightly disbelieving and by he end, apparently nobody is freaked out by this. When did people like doctors and sceptics like Doggett start to take the paranormal this easily? Why is nobody freaking out?
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* Mulder's resurrection in "[[=DeadAlive=]]"."[=DeadAlive=]". He has been dead and buried for months, but gets better. '''Creepy!''' Super creepy even, when you imagine that his body has been embalmed. In addition, people are only slightly disbelieving and by he end, apparently nobody is freaked out by this. When did people like doctors and sceptics like Doggett start to take the paranormal this easily? Why is nobody freaking out?
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* Mulder's resurrection in "[[=DeadAlive=]]". He has been dead and buried for months, but gets better. '''Creepy!''' Super creepy even, when you imagine that his body has been embalmed. In addition, people are only slightly disbelieving and by he end, apparently nobody is freaked out by this. When did people like doctors and sceptics like Doggett start to take the paranormal this easily? Why is nobody freaking out?
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* All the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters' of the Week]] UhOhEyes. MythArc's BlackEyesOfEvil, too. Even the vampires in the humorous "Bad Blood" have horrible bright green glowing eyes. Their attacks are seriously disturbing, complete with that hissing of theirs. Of course, could be {{Narm}} or NarmCharm to some.
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* "We're not who we are" ("Ice"), although admittedly possibly coloured because it's basically ''Film/{{The Thing}}'' but science-y.
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** Taken up to eleven when he faces his ultimate FateWorseThanDeath.
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* Deaths and '''murders''' involving snakes. Several times. FREAKING OUT!!!
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* Deaths and '''murders''' involving snakes. Several times. Either seriously '''huge''' snakes or lots of, lots of, lots of those animals. FREAKING OUT!!!OUT!!! WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes indeed!
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt". The devil loose in a small town controlled by the satanic PTA! God... that pig fetus dissection...
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* "Die Hand Die Verletzt". Verletzt"
** A high school student is having hallucinations from something involving a cult or... something... and her biology exam requires her to dissect a fetal pig, which ''comes to life in her mind as she cuts it open''. ItGotWorse: Thedevil loose in a small town controlled by teacher casually tells the satanic PTA! God... that pig fetus dissection...students [[DeadBabyComedy "Bonus points for dissecting the heart."]]
** A high school student is having hallucinations from something involving a cult or... something... and her biology exam requires her to dissect a fetal pig, which ''comes to life in her mind as she cuts it open''. ItGotWorse: The
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* The theme music is creepy by itself, and the opening sequence is full of disturbing images: the human silhouette falling onto the image of the hand with the one red finger segment. Just the juxtaposition of the two pictures suggests a story -- reading that the hand image is an example of Kirlian photography is unsatisfying by comparison.
** I want you to go back and listen to the theme for ''The X-Files'' one more time. [[HellIsThatNoise What's that tapping you hear in the background, just four taps over and over again]]? It could be ambiance... [[Series/DoctorWho Or it could be the drums]]....
** The distorted, screaming face is particularly chilling. The fact it was sometimes cut from the opening sequence could be considered either a wonderful favor, a shame (for those who enjoy being disturbed)... or ParanoiaFuel, since one would never know when it would be included.
*** The best part? That's Scully's father.
* How about the individual taglines for some episodes? Some of them are creepy on their own. ''RESIST OR SERVE'', anyone? ''TRUST NO ONE''
* The subliminal messages people start seeing all over the place in ''Blood''. "KILL 'EM ALL." Oh God.....
* "I can tell you don't have no children. Maybe one day you'll learn... the pride... the ''love''... when you know your boy will do ANYTHING for his mother." AUGH.
** The opening birth sequence, with the scream and shot of the umbilical cord being cut, is unforgettable, though Wikipedia makes it sound worse than it is.
** The scene with the couple getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song ''Wonderful, Wonderful'' has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans.
** Rob Robert's true form. Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
** The episode has the distinction of being the only one in the show's history to be ''banned from network TV''. Honestly, it's surprising it ever made it to air in the first place, but it was something like five years before it was shown again. (As part of a Halloween scare-fest, of course.)
* "Badlaa". OrificeInvasion at its most [[{{Squick}} squicky]], the idea that he can make himself invisible, and the sound of squeaky wheels should ''not'' be that terrifying. That scene where the kid is running down the street and he can't see what's chasing him, but can only hear the "squeeeak, squeeeak, squeeeak..." of the wheels behind him... *shudder*
* The cursed doll from "Chinga". Particularly the way it speaks when attempting to kill the mother. "Don't play with matches. Let's play with ''the hammer''."
** "I want to play!"
* The horrible vision of the charred, bloody doll in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose".
* "The Calusari". "Be careful. ''It knows you now.''"
* Two simple red, glowing lights become a symbol of fear after "Detour". To make it worse, the beginning scene that shows the glowing red eyes coming from the ground is used as the main menu on the DVD for the episode.
** The last shot of the episode -- the eyes opening up under Scully's hotel bed -- was incredibly creepy.
** The pit with the bodies.
* Keeping Donnie Pfaster's demon form in quick, darkened glimpses in "Irresistible" was how you do it right. Or very very wrong.
** As if the first time wasn't bad enough -- they brought the bastard back for a ''sequel episode!''
-->"Why are you crying?"\\
"Because...'''you can't kill me.'''"
** Donnie Pfaster himself. TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse indeed.
* "Invocation", especially when Scully plays the tape backwards. *shudder*
* The alien bugs of "Darkness Falls" attack you in the dark, rather like the Vashta Nerada of ''Series/DoctorWho''. Turn the light off, now, and sleep tight!
* Or how about someone emerging out of a small cut in Scully's ''hand'' fingers first in "Fresh Bones"?
* Eugene Victor Tooms, possibly the most popular (and most terrifying) monster to appear on the series. Trust me, once you see him in action, you'll never go near another air vent again.
** Oh, so seconded. Recall his introduction in "Squeeze": after an establishing shot of a busy city street at rush hour, the camera settles on a sewer grating and slowly, slowly zooms in on it. Pretty soon, we begin to see a pair of cold, yellow eyes staring predatorily out. Skip all the way to the end of the episode: Tooms has been put in prison, but notices that there's a hole in his cell door through which he can escape. He begins to smile in a way that's indescribably innocent yet perverted at the exact same time, and this HIDEOUS sound effect plays over and over again as the screen fades to black. It was only the third episode of the series (and the first standalone), but it set the tone for the entire show. One of the scariest episodes ever.
* "Folie à Deux". Your boss is a horrible insectoid creature who vibrates like he's out of sync with reality and can move faster than you can blink. Worse, he's systematically turning your coworkers into the living dead, and everyone thinks you're delusional because ''you're the only one who can see it.''
--> "''It's here.''"
* "We're not who we are" ("Ice"), although admittedly possibly coloured because it's basically ''Film/{{The Thing}}'' but science-y.
* "Teliko", gives us a man who steals the pigment from his victims. Just the opening death scene gives me chills.
* Leonard Betts, and the storage locker sequence.
* One episode has a subplot where Mulder and Scully discover a hidden camera and stacks of video tapes behind a family's bathroom mirror. Earlier, you see the eyes of the a man watching the woman undress as he breathes heavily. She has two boys. And in confession, he says he ''loves those boys''.
* "The Host", in which a giant mutant flukeworm that looks part human goes on a sewer rampage biting people. However, the most horrifying moment of the episode was not the flukeman himself, but the scene in which a bitten worker THROWS UP A FLUKEWORM IN THE SHOWER. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
* "Die Hand Die Verletzt". The devil loose in a small town controlled by the satanic PTA! God... that pig fetus dissection...
** Plus PrimalFear: Eaten alive by python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER
* The Black Oil hits a whole bunch of {{Primal Fear}}s right on the nose, especially bodily invasion-related fears (it ''slithers under your skin and into your eyes'').
* "Field Trip". Particularly freaky were the scenes where [[spoiler:reality seeps into the hallucinations]] in the form of ''gooey yellow acid'', and especially when ''a whole room, including the people in it'', dissolves into the acid. The whole concept of the episode is both High Octane Nightmare Fuel and {{Paranoia Fuel}}.
** Seconded. Mulder and Scully were experiencing, together, what very much seemed like reality, but in fact they were trapped under ground. Makes one wonder where the AllJustADream ended. Maybe Mulder and Scully actually died underground, and the rest of the series was [[FridgeHorror just a hallucination]].
* "Soft Light". The clear despair and self-loathing Tony Shalhoub's character feels for what he is inadvertently doing, and the genuine fear and horror as he tries to warn people away from his shadow is bad enough... but what the shadow itself does... ''*shivers and curls up in a ball, rocking back and forth*''
* "Pusher" gives you an evil bastard who can control you with his mind, forcing you to shoot yourself or set yourself on fire, or even ''induce a heart attack using nothing but words over a telephone''.
* The beginning of the episode "Beyond the Sea" has Scully's parents over at her place for a dinner. After they've left, she wakes up on the couch later at night and sees her father sitting on the armchair. She says she thought they had gone home already, but he doesn't even react. The phone rings, she turns away, looks back and her father has disappeared. She answers the phone and her mother tells her ''his father died of a heart attack an hour ago''. Just the way he's sitting there, with a glassy stare, lips moving but no words coming out--
** Brad Dourif as Chucky from ''Film/ChildsPlay'' has a creepy laugh. Brad Dourif walking slowly past Scully softly singing "''Somewhere... Beyond the Sea...''" on the other hand...
* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own face.
** '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. Bathtub full of blood. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
* "Hellbound", which is about people being skinned alive.
* "Small Potatoes". MonsterOfTheWeek (a man who is a shapeshifter) inpersonates Mulder for the few days, while the real Mulder is trapped in a hospital cellar. Mulder manages to get out, but the fact that everyone around actually took the fake Mulder for real can induce heavy amounts of ParanoiaFuel.
* Summoning up Bloody Mary by [[MagicMirror a perfectly ordinary mirror found in every household]] and just repeating her name. From "Syzygy".
* Deaths and '''murders''' involving snakes. Several times. FREAKING OUT!!!
* From "The Walk": Surviving trying to drown yourself in boiling water? PrimalFear [[ICannotSelfTerminate squared]]! Aargh!
* Even with its crossoverness, all of "X-Cops" has to be mention. Its YourMindMakesItReal cranked UpToEleven. [[NothingIsScarier And the camera never catches the monster]] only the aftermath.
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* The theme music is creepy by itself, and the opening sequence is full of disturbing images: the human silhouette falling onto the image of the hand with the one red finger segment. Just the juxtaposition of the two pictures suggests a story -- reading that the hand image is an example of Kirlian photography is unsatisfying by comparison.
** I want you to go back and listen to the theme for ''The X-Files'' one more time. [[HellIsThatNoise What's that tapping you hear in the background, just four taps over and over again]]? It could be ambiance... [[Series/DoctorWho Or it could be the drums]]....
** The distorted, screaming face is particularly chilling. The fact it was sometimes cut from the opening sequence could be considered either a wonderful favor, a shame (for those who enjoy being disturbed)... or ParanoiaFuel, since one would never know when it would be included.
*** The best part? That's Scully's father.
* How about the individual taglines for some episodes? Some of them are creepy on their own. ''RESIST OR SERVE'', anyone? ''TRUST NO ONE''
* The subliminal messages people start seeing all over the place in ''Blood''. "KILL 'EM ALL." Oh God.....
* "I can tell you don't have no children. Maybe one day you'll learn... the pride... the ''love''... when you know your boy will do ANYTHING for his mother." AUGH.
** The opening birth sequence, with the scream and shot of the umbilical cord being cut, is unforgettable, though Wikipedia makes it sound worse than it is.
** The scene with the couple getting beaten to death and the accompanying music... *shudder* The cheery song ''Wonderful, Wonderful'' has become linked with creepiness in the minds of fans.
** Rob Robert's true form. Admittedly, Johnny Mathis is kinda creepy anyway.
** The dead baby in the fridge next to snacks and drinks is disgusting. And then the shot of the extremely deformed baby itself...
** The episode has the distinction of being the only one in the show's history to be ''banned from network TV''. Honestly, it's surprising it ever made it to air in the first place, but it was something like five years before it was shown again. (As part of a Halloween scare-fest, of course.)
* "Badlaa". OrificeInvasion at its most [[{{Squick}} squicky]], the idea that he can make himself invisible, and the sound of squeaky wheels should ''not'' be that terrifying. That scene where the kid is running down the street and he can't see what's chasing him, but can only hear the "squeeeak, squeeeak, squeeeak..." of the wheels behind him... *shudder*
* The cursed doll from "Chinga". Particularly the way it speaks when attempting to kill the mother. "Don't play with matches. Let's play with ''the hammer''."
** "I want to play!"
* The horrible vision of the charred, bloody doll in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose".
* "The Calusari". "Be careful. ''It knows you now.''"
* Two simple red, glowing lights become a symbol of fear after "Detour". To make it worse, the beginning scene that shows the glowing red eyes coming from the ground is used as the main menu on the DVD for the episode.
** The last shot of the episode -- the eyes opening up under Scully's hotel bed -- was incredibly creepy.
** The pit with the bodies.
* Keeping Donnie Pfaster's demon form in quick, darkened glimpses in "Irresistible" was how you do it right. Or very very wrong.
** As if the first time wasn't bad enough -- they brought the bastard back for a ''sequel episode!''
-->"Why are you crying?"\\
"Because...'''you can't kill me.'''"
** Donnie Pfaster himself. TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse indeed.
* "Invocation", especially when Scully plays the tape backwards. *shudder*
* The alien bugs of "Darkness Falls" attack you in the dark, rather like the Vashta Nerada of ''Series/DoctorWho''. Turn the light off, now, and sleep tight!
* Or how about someone emerging out of a small cut in Scully's ''hand'' fingers first in "Fresh Bones"?
* Eugene Victor Tooms, possibly the most popular (and most terrifying) monster to appear on the series. Trust me, once you see him in action, you'll never go near another air vent again.
** Oh, so seconded. Recall his introduction in "Squeeze": after an establishing shot of a busy city street at rush hour, the camera settles on a sewer grating and slowly, slowly zooms in on it. Pretty soon, we begin to see a pair of cold, yellow eyes staring predatorily out. Skip all the way to the end of the episode: Tooms has been put in prison, but notices that there's a hole in his cell door through which he can escape. He begins to smile in a way that's indescribably innocent yet perverted at the exact same time, and this HIDEOUS sound effect plays over and over again as the screen fades to black. It was only the third episode of the series (and the first standalone), but it set the tone for the entire show. One of the scariest episodes ever.
* "Folie à Deux". Your boss is a horrible insectoid creature who vibrates like he's out of sync with reality and can move faster than you can blink. Worse, he's systematically turning your coworkers into the living dead, and everyone thinks you're delusional because ''you're the only one who can see it.''
--> "''It's here.''"
* "We're not who we are" ("Ice"), although admittedly possibly coloured because it's basically ''Film/{{The Thing}}'' but science-y.
* "Teliko", gives us a man who steals the pigment from his victims. Just the opening death scene gives me chills.
* Leonard Betts, and the storage locker sequence.
* One episode has a subplot where Mulder and Scully discover a hidden camera and stacks of video tapes behind a family's bathroom mirror. Earlier, you see the eyes of the a man watching the woman undress as he breathes heavily. She has two boys. And in confession, he says he ''loves those boys''.
* "The Host", in which a giant mutant flukeworm that looks part human goes on a sewer rampage biting people. However, the most horrifying moment of the episode was not the flukeman himself, but the scene in which a bitten worker THROWS UP A FLUKEWORM IN THE SHOWER. AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
* "Die Hand Die Verletzt". The devil loose in a small town controlled by the satanic PTA! God... that pig fetus dissection...
** Plus PrimalFear: Eaten alive by python?! SHUDDER SHUDDER SHUDDER
* The Black Oil hits a whole bunch of {{Primal Fear}}s right on the nose, especially bodily invasion-related fears (it ''slithers under your skin and into your eyes'').
* "Field Trip". Particularly freaky were the scenes where [[spoiler:reality seeps into the hallucinations]] in the form of ''gooey yellow acid'', and especially when ''a whole room, including the people in it'', dissolves into the acid. The whole concept of the episode is both High Octane Nightmare Fuel and {{Paranoia Fuel}}.
** Seconded. Mulder and Scully were experiencing, together, what very much seemed like reality, but in fact they were trapped under ground. Makes one wonder where the AllJustADream ended. Maybe Mulder and Scully actually died underground, and the rest of the series was [[FridgeHorror just a hallucination]].
* "Soft Light". The clear despair and self-loathing Tony Shalhoub's character feels for what he is inadvertently doing, and the genuine fear and horror as he tries to warn people away from his shadow is bad enough... but what the shadow itself does... ''*shivers and curls up in a ball, rocking back and forth*''
* "Pusher" gives you an evil bastard who can control you with his mind, forcing you to shoot yourself or set yourself on fire, or even ''induce a heart attack using nothing but words over a telephone''.
* The beginning of the episode "Beyond the Sea" has Scully's parents over at her place for a dinner. After they've left, she wakes up on the couch later at night and sees her father sitting on the armchair. She says she thought they had gone home already, but he doesn't even react. The phone rings, she turns away, looks back and her father has disappeared. She answers the phone and her mother tells her ''his father died of a heart attack an hour ago''. Just the way he's sitting there, with a glassy stare, lips moving but no words coming out--
** Brad Dourif as Chucky from ''Film/ChildsPlay'' has a creepy laugh. Brad Dourif walking slowly past Scully softly singing "''Somewhere... Beyond the Sea...''" on the other hand...
* The scene where the plastic surgeon in "Sanguinarium" is removing his own face.
** '''THE WHOLE EPISODE!!!!!!''' {{Squick}} and NauseaFuel abound. Vomiting needles. Bathtub full of blood. A guy getting his organs ripped out by a liposuction device. Gruesome plastic surgery accidents. Don't ever watch that episode, EVER. It makes "Home" look extremely tame.
* "Hellbound", which is about people being skinned alive.
* "Small Potatoes". MonsterOfTheWeek (a man who is a shapeshifter) inpersonates Mulder for the few days, while the real Mulder is trapped in a hospital cellar. Mulder manages to get out, but the fact that everyone around actually took the fake Mulder for real can induce heavy amounts of ParanoiaFuel.
* Summoning up Bloody Mary by [[MagicMirror a perfectly ordinary mirror found in every household]] and just repeating her name. From "Syzygy".
* Deaths and '''murders''' involving snakes. Several times. FREAKING OUT!!!
* From "The Walk": Surviving trying to drown yourself in boiling water? PrimalFear [[ICannotSelfTerminate squared]]! Aargh!
* Even with its crossoverness, all of "X-Cops" has to be mention. Its YourMindMakesItReal cranked UpToEleven. [[NothingIsScarier And the camera never catches the monster]] only the aftermath.
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