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DavidS - Oct 30, 2011 10:33:51 am PDT #16529 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Those were titles I gleaned from various boards on "scariest episodes" searches.

Also, is there a Buffy episode you think is scarier than "Hush"?

Personally, I might argue for "Helpless" or even "The Harvest." "Lie to Me" is another possibility.

Thinking about it I realized that Buffy really wasn't a horror show at all. That thematically it's entirely a superhero show with superhero concerns. Obviously, Joss revels in all the mixing and matching of genres, but it really does seem to come back to "with great power comes great responsibility."

§ ita § - Oct 30, 2011 10:39:52 am PDT #16530 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Same with Home for X-Files. As Dean would say..."Demons I get. Humans are crazy.".

But it depends on what scares you--being chased down and then killed by a ravaging angel

DavidS - Oct 30, 2011 10:45:28 am PDT #16531 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Also, after doing my due diligent research I'm realizing that Dan Curtis is The Man when it comes to TV horror. Certainly up there with Rod Serling and Richard Matheson.

He created Dark Shadows, and Night Stalker and Trilogy of Terror (Karen Black v. Zuni doll). He also did the ABC TV movie versions of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" and the Jack Palance Dracula (which is playing on the screens at the goth club in "Lie to Me").

le nubian - Oct 30, 2011 10:47:26 am PDT #16532 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I think I would put "Passion" or "innocence" of my list of scary Buffy eps.

"Normal Again" would also be on my list, but that might reflect my own issues.

DavidS - Oct 30, 2011 10:49:53 am PDT #16533 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I think I would put "Passion" or "innocence" of my list of scary Buffy eps.

Right! I tend to think of them as emotionally wrecking but they are certainly horrifying too. Angel's at his most sinister.

DavidS - Oct 30, 2011 10:51:35 am PDT #16534 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

What about scariest Angel episodes?

le nubian - Oct 30, 2011 10:54:57 am PDT #16535 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

anything involving Jasmine?

I kid I kid.

Polter-Cow - Oct 30, 2011 10:57:01 am PDT #16536 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Supernatural: "The Benders," "No Rest for the Wicked," or "Family Remains" or something else for the scariest episode.

"Family Remains" was scary as shit. I watched that alone in the dark. Bad idea.

le nubian - Oct 30, 2011 11:01:47 am PDT #16537 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

"Underneath", "Reunion", "Sleep Tight"

DavidS - Oct 30, 2011 11:21:45 am PDT #16538 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

"Reunion"

Dru, Darla, shopping and a wine cellar full of lawyers.

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