Product Details

• Directors: Richard Compton, James A. Contner, Allen Coulter, Tucker Gates, Ralph Hemecker
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English, German
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• VHS Release Date: May 20, 1997
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304432526
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,640 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Humbug
Original Broadcast Date : 03/31/95
Written by Darin Morgan & Kim Manners
Directed by Kim Manners
Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate the unexplainable death of a retired escape artist and visit a town populated almost entirely by former circus and side-show acts. When more murders are committed, they find themselves racing against time.

Special Agent Fox Mulder - David Duchovny
Special Agent Dana Scully - Gillian Anderson
Glazebrook (older) - Blair Slater
Glazebrook (younger) - Devin Walker
Jerald Glazebrook - John Payne
The Sheriff - Wayne Grace
Lanny - Vincent Schiavelli
Dr. Blockhead - Jim Rose
The Waiter - Debis Simpson
Mr. Nutt - Michael Anderson

Anasazi
Original Broadcast Date : 05/19/95
Written by Chris Carter & David Duchovny
Directed by R.W. Goodwin

When an amateur hacker obtains some secret government files, a chain of events is set in motion that threatens the lives of agents Mulder and Scully and causes them to question their sanity. (Part 1 of 3)

Special Agent Fox Mulder - David Duchovny
Special Agent Dana Scully - Gillian Anderson
Frohike - Tom Braidwood
Thinker aka Kenneth Soona - Bernie Coulson
Smoking Man - William B. Davis
Antonio - Aurelio Dinunzio
Bill Mulder - Peter Donat
Langly - Dean Haglund
Byers - Bruce Harwood
Agent Alex Krycek - Nicholas Lea
Agent Kautz - Paul McLean
Father - Byron Chief Moon
Josephine Doane - Renae Morriseau
Asst. Director Walter S. Skinner - Mitch Pileggi
Senior Agent - Michael David Simms
Albert Hosteen - Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great X-Files video, November 29, 1999

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Joseph M. Smith (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The X-Files: Humbug/Anasazi [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video contains two of season two's most popular episodes, "Humbug" and "Anasazi". The first episode, "Humbug", is about a murder in a small Florida town where many circus and sideshow performers live. The suspect in the case is hard to find and seems to be a contortionist. The second episode, "Anasazi" deals with the mythology and finds Mulder searching for the truth about alien existence. "Anasazi" is also the season two finale and the story continues into season three with "The Blessing Way/Paper Clip". This X-Files video is a must for any fan of the show. Get it now!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Anasazi is the one to watch, December 8, 2001

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D. T. Smith "dtsmith2" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The X-Files: Humbug/Anasazi [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Although Humbug is amusing, and well done, it is overshadowed by Anasazi. Written by Chris Carter, this episode is the season finale. I won't give away the plot (which can be found on websites devoted to The X Files, but make sure you get the follow-up episodes The Blessing Way and Paper Clip. This series of episodes is almost as good as Duane Barry (which guest stars C. C. H. Pounder who was later on ER)/Ascension/One Breath. Anasazi is set up when Mulder receives a DAT tape from a hacker who has broken into a Pentagon security and downloaded an "encrypted" file which purports to prove that the Pentagon knows about intelligent aliens who have visited Earth. Now you know enough to watch the episodes.

5.0 out of 5 stars "Humbug" is one of the best episodes of a television series I have ever seen, September 15, 2008

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The X-Files: Humbug/Anasazi [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Until recently, I had never seen an episode of "The X-Files" and when I watched a tape with two episodes, I had only a vague idea of what was going on. The storyline was heavily dependent on the context established by previous episodes, so it was difficult to understand.
Happily, that was not the case for the "Humbug" episode. It was very easy to understand and is an example of something that would at first appear impossible. It is an intense murder mystery involving a bizarre serial killer, yet it is also humorous. It closes with one of the best lines of dialog ever uttered, even though it is a cliche.
Mulder and Scully are on the trail of a serial killer that gouges out a large section of the victim's abdomen. Their travels take them to a trailer park inhabited by ex-sideshow acts. The people have deformities such as a skin condition, a tattooed man that eats anything, including bugs and raw fish, an escape artist who engages in self-mutilation, a dwarf and a man with a conjoined twin.
Even though Mulder and Scully are staying there, the murders continue and they seem poised to be the next victims. The murderer seems capable of unrestricted movement; it is able to enter buildings through the tiniest of spaces. However, they finally determine the identity of the murderer, although in a bizarre twist, they never make an arrest.
The second episode on this tape, the end of the second season cliffhanger, is one where some knowledge of previous episodes is needed. Mulder seems on the verge of becoming unhinged, punching his superior, and unable to sleep. When he is handed Top Secret files regarding government knowledge of alien visitations, the "smoking man" is on his trail. In a bizarre yet logical sequence, Scully is forced to shoot Mulder. The episode ends with the apparent death of Mulder at the hands of the smoking man. My wife Kathy watched the tape with me and she has now given me instructions that I need to acquire the subsequent episode so that we can find out how Mulder managed to escape.
I am now four episodes into my viewing of the "X-Files" series and am beginning to be hooked. As I learn more about the context, it is becoming more intriguing and I really enjoy the dialog and the complexity of the story lines.