![]() ![]() ![]() He approaches her, saying, “I’m sorry, but you’ve got something I need.” Ironically, the episode culminates with the stomach-churning revelation that Scully has cancer, though she hasn’t been formally diagnosed at this point, Betts foreshadows her illness as he selects her as his next victim. Leonard Betts might not be a name that would typically strike fear into any of us, but this ordinary-sounding man has some extraordinary abilities, which are every bit as tragic as they are terrorizing.Īfter being decapitated in a car accident, Leonard Betts (originally Albert Tanner) uses his powers of regeneration to regrow his severed body parts by bathing in a povidone-iodine solution and consuming cancerous tumors from others, which results in a jaw-dropping amount of body horror. In their final moments together, she momentarily witnesses him morph into a demon, which is presumably his true form. In a later episode, Pfaster targets the redheaded medical doctor once again on the grounds of unfinished business however, it is Scully who ultimately ends their one-sided arrangement as she shoots and kills him. In a nail-biting scene, she manages to escape from her bonds just in time for Mulder and the FBI to come to her rescue. Unfortunately for Scully, she becomes the object of his obsession and winds up getting kidnapped by the sadistic serial killer. However, instead of refining his resume and applying for a new job, Pfaster sets out to make his fantasies a reality, as he yearns for living prey. Originally, this softly spoken devil in disguise was found working at a funeral home, but he is fired upon the disturbing discovery of his death fetish. ![]() While most of us like to unwind with a bubble bath and a glass of wine after a stressful week, Donnie Pfaster prefers to devote his spare time to the expansion of his vast collection of hair and nail clippings extracted from dead bodies. “Irresistible” (Season 2, Episode 13) and “Orison” (Season 7, Episode 7) The truth is out there ( or rather, in here). So grab your flashlights and sunflower seeds as we celebrate the show’s most memorable monsters in all of their unapologetic gory. The genre-defying show has an overarching storyline centered on slow-burning relationships, alien abductions, and global cover-ups, but it is arguably the eclectic mix of monsters, mutants, and missing links that has left a long-standing impression on audiences. From flesh-hungry sewer dwellers to liver-eating contortionists, these bothersome beasts have been responsible for countless sleepless nights over the years.Īnd now, for some inexplicable reason, we’re heading back down to the basement to reopen The X-Files and revisit some of the scariest creatures that have ever crawled onto our screens. The sci-fi series pairs Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), a believer in the paranormal who is obsessed with uncovering a government conspiracy, with Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), a scientific skeptic who is assigned to debunk his far-out theories, as they investigate cases that defy rational explanation. ![]() With over 200 episodes spanning across nine seasons, The X-Files is arguably one of the most iconic and influential television shows of all time. ![]()
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