The 13 Scariest TV Episodes of All Time

13. "Home," The X-Files

Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a deformed infant, itself the product of generations of inbreeding within the Peacock family. The misshapen Peacock sons store their multiple-amputee mother under the bed, and when she's rolled out to face the FBI agents, it's a revolting achievement in makeup; lighting (the unrelenting shadows suggest even more ugliness within); and sound (the usual music stings are absent, and

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13. "Home," The X-Files

Mulder and Scully investigate the death of a deformed infant, itself the product of generations of inbreeding within the Peacock family. The misshapen Peacock sons store their multiple-amputee mother under the bed, and when she's rolled out to face the FBI agents, it's a revolting achievement in makeup; lighting (the unrelenting shadows suggest even more ugliness within); and sound (the usual music stings are absent, and the silence that takes their place seems to fill with suspicious noises). "The X-Files" has its share of oogy hours, but the incest and its gruesome results garner this one the most frequent mention.

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