fangoria.txt4404ko get more sounds, or if you're having problems getting the sounds to work... IseeScully Fangoria Article. ÒX-RatedÓ It has taken awhile, but more and more people are staring to discover The X-Files, the Fox networksÕs weekly excursion into the paranormal, supernatural, and extraterrestrial. X-Files sucessfully mates two of my all time favorite Òboob tubeÓ prgrams, Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Twin Peaks. Though the series began airing last September 10, much of the mainstream media did not begin embracing the show until early this year, when the likes of Entertainment Weekly and TVGuide began touing X-Files as one of the TV seasonÕs best offerings. IÕll go further and mark X-Files as the creepiest, scariest and coolest show on air. X-Files is a smart show with a simple premise: two low-rung FBI agents(David Duchovny as ÓbelieverÓ Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as the forever skeptical Dana Scully) investigate unusual and unexplainable phenomena. Each installment is basically a mystery story, setting up some odd occurrence that can either be explained scientifically or supernaturally. he chilling pilot episode hooked me right from the start, efficiently setting up the series while also doing something new and frightening with the issue of UFO abductions. To prevent the show from turning into another Project:UFO, the next installment(the best so far) went off in a completely different direcionm with the intrepid duo tracking a liver-eating serial killer who hibernates every 30 year and can alter his molecular sturucture at will to morph down chimneys! I like the stars of X-Files;they are not your typical TV idiots. Duchovny(last seen as the obnoxious yuppie in the pretentios murder film Kalifornia) plays the lead in a low-key but beguiling manner. The petite Anderson is the rare TV actress who conveys intelligence as well as beauty. Wisely, no romantic sparks have yet flow between the two. X-FilesÕ executive producer and creator, Chris Carter, as well as his stars, have strongly avoided labelign their show as science fiction or horror. But on the other hand, Carter says, ÒThe X-Files is targeted to anybody who wants to be scared on Friday nights.Ó That shouldnt be to surprising if you watch the show regularly. It appears that Carter and his writing staff spend most of their time prowling the Horror section of their local video stores. Recent episodes have been clever reduxes of CarpenterÕs The Thing(the riveting ÒIceÓ) Silence of the Lambs(ÒBeyond The SeaÓ, with Exorcist 3Õs Brad Dourif repreising of his Patient X), Ghost and Firestarter. Despite the derivitaveness of some of these stories, each ÒcaseÓ has been intriguiing and compelling in its own offbeat way, boosted by the witty repartee of mismatched feds.(Not every episode has been a winner;the one with the NASA mishaps was pretty dull, and the ending of the show with the killer Amish hermaphrodite came totally out of left field.) Though X-FilesÕ ratings have been consistently low, the Fox executives are standing behind the show in hopes of building on its core audience. If the networkÕs publicists were on the ball, this wouldnt have been the first youÕd be reaing about the cult hit in Fango. X-Files set photos have been scarce, and the few shots released have been real boring. Photos of the stars standing next to a fle cabinet do not capture the showÕs excitement level, if you know what I mean. For your X-Files fix, check out STARLOGs#202-202 and STARLOG PLATINUM#2 for interviews with Carter, Duchovny and Anderson, respectively, and BLOODY BEST#13(on sale in June), which interviews the same trio. In January, Fox announced the seriesÕ 22-episode renewal for next season. IÕm curiousto see what direction X-Files will be headed. TheyÕve aleradt begun repeating themselves(the first season had at least five flying saucer stories and two about serial murderers), and I wonder whatÕs left to say about poltergeists and pyrokinetics. Though heÕs a Kolchak fan, Carter says that they wont be exploring Vampires, werewolves and that kind of monster stuff in the future. Even if those subjects may be a litle more unbelieveable, I hope the producers donÕt limit themselves too much. Either way, IÕll be watching. ÑAnthony Timpone, Editor of Fangoria Fangoria May 1994 issue, #132