Darkness Falls the Limerick:
Loggers go cut down a tree
And let mini spiders go free
They come out at night
But stay out of the light
Sucking moisture out of you and me.
Ah, Darkness Falls. What sweet sweet classic x-files. I have to say this is one of my favorites from Season 1. Where shall I start? I love the atmosphere used for this episode. The loggers in the forest. It appears to be late fall. There are so many beautiful camera shots of sunrising and sunset as well as cloud overcast on the mountains. I love this type of weather. Another interesting thing about the atmosphere for the episode mixed with the actual subject: I remember a movie I saw on the SciFi channel a long time ago at about 2am at my grandmother's house. It was about giant mosquito's who were flying around sucking camper's completely dry and a group of people were trying to fight them off all night by hiding in houses and such until sunrise. It was very very similar to this episode. I also enjoy some of the old school special effects that were used in this episode. I am noticing that some of these old school effects seem so much more authentic x-files to me than the later episodes after the show moved to Hollywood. What else do I love about this episode? Spinney's mustache! Oh and the wonderful humor. "The victim appears to be a male." "Barely." Mulder humor is great. Great episode 10/10.
Loggers go cut down a tree
And let mini spiders go free
They come out at night
But stay out of the light
Sucking moisture out of you and me.
Ah, Darkness Falls. What sweet sweet classic x-files. I have to say this is one of my favorites from Season 1. Where shall I start? I love the atmosphere used for this episode. The loggers in the forest. It appears to be late fall. There are so many beautiful camera shots of sunrising and sunset as well as cloud overcast on the mountains. I love this type of weather. Another interesting thing about the atmosphere for the episode mixed with the actual subject: I remember a movie I saw on the SciFi channel a long time ago at about 2am at my grandmother's house. It was about giant mosquito's who were flying around sucking camper's completely dry and a group of people were trying to fight them off all night by hiding in houses and such until sunrise. It was very very similar to this episode. I also enjoy some of the old school special effects that were used in this episode. I am noticing that some of these old school effects seem so much more authentic x-files to me than the later episodes after the show moved to Hollywood. What else do I love about this episode? Spinney's mustache! Oh and the wonderful humor. "The victim appears to be a male." "Barely." Mulder humor is great. Great episode 10/10.