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The X-Files: Irresistible/Die Hand Die Verletzt [VHS]

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Irresistible & DHDV are two of the best episodes from the second season, the even better being Little Green Men, The Host & Humbug. Die Hand..is very creepy and has a nice scene with a snake strangling and later eating a man. It's also the last episode written by Glen Morgan & James Wong, before taking a break from the third season, and returning in the fourth with the sick "Home". Once again they're showing us to be two of the most original & absorbing writers, dealing with a fragrant subject for an X-file, satanism. The unusual practisings being a bunch of secretive school inspectors, another feature of the well-known black humor. A mystical woman with a snake's eye & organs in her deskdraw, is also doing her part of the tricks, and it all gets more exciting.

Irresistible presents a real weirdo, perfectly acted by Nick Chinlund (Billy Bedlam, Con Air) When you hear this psycho talk, you know something isn't right about him. He's also a deadly fetishist, collecting hair and nails from his victims. Cutting off their fingers, when starts killing on his own, instead of only picking on dead people. The episode is extraordinary, because of the much emotion it adds to the character of Scully. Making her very fragile, when hitting her weak spot. Gillian Anderson is credible here, & I like the last scene where she really let go of all her feelings in front of Mulder. Besides being suspenseful and riveting, it's also the first episode not dealing with the paranormal. A thing the X-files also needs sometimes.

Irresistible was so freaky! I was terrified when Scully was in the house with Donny Pfaster! But the episode also had some funny bits (How Pfaster had all the different shampoos). Overall, one of my favorite episodes! Die Hand Die Verletzt wasn't as scary as it was spooky. The snake was so neat! Little touches (Water running counterclock wise, the frogs, e.t.c.) kept you wondering what exactly was happening. The opening scene, where the PTA starts muttering a satanic prayer, was kind of funny in a sick, morbid way.

Season 2 of X Files had plenty of great shows, two of the better/best ones are included here and both dabble with the creepy and scary aspects of the dark side.

IRRISISTABLE has our intrepid FBI duo traveling to chilly Minnesota and learn that a grave desecration thought to be done by aliens is actually the work of a morbid cosmetologist with a penchant for young women's hair and other body parts. Mulder faces impossible odds at finding the sicko in Minneapolis but at the same time he must deal with the fact that Scully's strong independence is permitting her from expressing to Mulder that she is terrified of the foe they seek.

I am not a shipper (Non X fans, this is a person who likes to see involvement in Mulder and Scully's personal lives together) but the penultimate scene to this episode with Mulder and Scully is very special nor is it sappy in the least, and I applaud the writers and actors for pulling it off well. In the whole series, it is one of if not my most favorite scenes.

DIE HAND DER VERLETZT is a step deeper into darkness where some New England highschoolers are trying to impress their girlfriends with they're "dark powers" and may have accidentally conjured up more then they could chew when everybody starts noticing odd changes in town particularly when the school kids start dying and acting strange. Mulder and Scully step in to investigate the mayhem and may end up the victims of a town's dirty secret.

This isn't an episode for the meek or timid as some rather unpleasant goings on are abundant. Anyone else though have fun, especially trying to figure out what part and what character Mrs. Paddock, substitute teacher has in the show.

Up for a fun evening with nasty things going on? By all means pick up this chapter in the X Files second season.

In the episode "Irresistible", an extreme fetishist is mutilating corpses in a graveyard in Minnesota, taking the hair and fingernails of the dead women. Mulder and Scully are the agents that take the case when the FBI is called in and Mulder immediately realizes that it is the work of a deranged person and his behavior is going to escalate. His prediction comes true as the fetishist begins to kill women in order to obtain his fresh prizes.
Unfortunately, Scully is still suffering from the aftereffects of her abduction and finds herself unable to function effectively. When she returns to Washington, she understands that if she does not confront her fears, her status as an effective agent with be compromised. Scully returns to Minnesota, only to be captured by the fetishist and is in danger of being killed. Fortunately, Mulder is able to track the perpetrator down and Scully is rescued in the nick of time.
This episode is an excellent thriller, the villain is very strong and scary and the subject matter just gross enough to keep you interested but not enough to make you sick. The fetishist is visually quite ordinary, it is his mannerisms that set him aside as a freak.
The second episode "Die Hand Die Verletzt" involves satanic worship at a most unusual location, the school board of a small town high school and you recognize the power of the episode from the opening scene. A group of four adults are having a meeting discussing school board business when they conclude the meeting and then offer up a prayer. My initial reaction was something along the lines of dislike because of what I thought was the injection of Christian fundamentalism into a secular environment. However, that changed very quickly when their chants were from satanic worship.
This begins a scary, yet fascinating series of events where the devil worshipers are exposed as child abusers, as the stepdaughter of one member was used as the focus of the satanic rites. The tables are turned however, as it becomes clear that the devil incarnate is in town and actively working to exact revenge for worshipful noncompliance. People are being forced to take actions against their will and in an ironic end; it is the devil incarnate that rescues Scully and Mulder from certain death. Given that there is also a human-eating snake under the control of the devil, this is one of the best episodes of the X-files series.

I've got to say, of all the X-Files episodes available on video, Die Hand Die Verletzt is one of the best episodes ever besides The Host, Niesi and 731. Irresistible is okay too. In that episode, several mutilated bodies make Mulder and Scully think of alien attacks, while the real culprit is a man who collects the hair and body parts of young women. This is a pretty sick episode, but its still quite fun to watch. Die Hand Die Verletzt is about a group of New Hampshire teenagers who stumble upon what looks like an altar. When one of the teens jokingly summons "dark spirits" his words actually do conjour up some black magic and soon people in the town start dying. I love that giant snake that swallows Lisa's father alive. Get these episodes and avoid getting Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose.

As a major fan of the X-Files, I must say these are two of the greatest episodes of the X-Files ever. 'Irresistable' is incredibly creepy.. In that wonderful X-Files way! The acting is amazing, Gillian Anderson portrays a more vulnerable Scully than we usually see. Her acting in this episode is simply superb. And the guy who plays Donnie Pfaster is also very talented, he brings the character to life as a creepy, creepy guy. Creepy is why we love the X-Files, and this episode is plenty creepy. At the end, there is tender, beautiful scene with Mulder and Scully. It isn't to sappy, it can be enjoyed by both No-Romos and Shippers like myself. It is also the first in a sequence of two episodes about Donnie Pfaster, the death fetishist. He comes back in Season 7, to go after Scully yet again. I guess the thought he was such a great character that they had to bring him back. One of my favorite episodes ever.

Die Hand Die Verletzt is also a superb episode. It is creepy, and at times funny too. It does get dark for a while, and it's not happy go lucky, although it does involve raining toads, water going down the drain the wrong way, and one *big* snake. Not to mention a weird PTA and an even weirder substitute teacher.

I could watch both of these episodes hundreds of times, no exaggaration. They are amazing, and I highly recommend them. You don't even need too much background on the series to see them. Actually, you don't really need any! Great episodes for new-comers to the series or old fans. It all comes down to two words.. BUY IT!

These two episodes are creepy and wonderfully done--if you want to be scared, watch these! And they also demonstrate the character relationships well. A good introduction to anyone who has not seen the X-files before, and a must-see for fans. :) END

Incredible, and a little icky. Poor Scully is always being kidnapped. What was with Donny Pfaster? Why was he changing shape? Or was Scully on something? Sweet that she relies on Mulder and he can comfort her at the end. I have three words for 'Die Hand Die Verletzt'. Love that snake!