There are many reasons to watch supernatural. Do you enjoy watching the Winchester brothers hunt ghosts, monsters, and demons, are you intrigued by the ever-expanding mythology, or do you just love the dynamic between the show’s stars? Jared Padalecki And jensen, there’s a lot to love about the long-running CW series. Even after the series’ controversial finale, fans were given a compelling epilogue as a gift. Winchesters it made us feel a bit better when the original series ended. But for many, interest in supernatural started because it was a horror show. The weekly thrills and chills are stuck in you, evoking the same feelings of dread as your favorite horror movie, only with a TV budget. No wonder some consider those early seasons to be the best.
It’s tragic how supernatural moving on, the show got bogged down in the ever-growing nature of serialized television. What started out as a paranormal procedure with random recurring plot threads and iconic monsters of the week (not unlike Secret materials) have changed over time, adding recurring plot threads to nearly every episode by the show’s final season. Without a doubt, supernatural a number of standalone episodes were still being produced, but they all seemed to be connected in one way or another to some kind of end-of-the-world, angels and demons story that was going on at the time. And to be honest, the show was a lot less scary. Do you think that supernatural was at its best as a horror series or favored its eventual sci-fi/fantasy leanings, it’s undeniable that it wasn’t the same show by the end, even if the characters remained the same.
But when supernatural stop being so scary? Well, one could argue that the Apocalypse storyline in seasons 4-5 has something to do with it, but that doesn’t justify a fourth season. There are many more creepy episodes that are haunting Season 4 of the show. supernatural, a season that (despite the intensity of the character arcs) manages to perfectly balance an overarching plot with gripping and thoughtful standalone episodes. Sometimes between them there is even an unexpected intersection, which was then done tactfully.
Lots of fears to choose from
there are some creepy moments supernatural. You don’t have to look too far into Pilot to see one of the most memorable characters on the show, the boy’s mother.Samantha Smith) is pinned to the ceiling as a fire erupts behind her, devouring their home. This is how the series starts and the episode ends exactly the same, albeit with Sam’s girlfriend Jess (Adrianne Palicki) instead on the ceiling. Needless to say, there were more than enough scary moments in the early years of the series that would give you goosebumps if you watched them now. But which one is the best?
Fans can argue for years about the series’ scariest moment, and there are several runners-up who, on the right (or wrong) day, can take cake, get it wrong, cake. Eyeless changelings who steal and replace children in “The Kids Are All Right” come to mind, especially the moment when Lisa (Cindy Sampson) looks in the back seat and sees not her son, but one of these creatures looking at her. Similarly, the scene in Skin where the werewolf rips off his own flesh in the sewers will be remembered when he transforms into a Dean likeness. Perhaps for others, the climax of “Vault” makes the heart stop when the brothers (under the influence of the evil that haunts them) almost kill each other in this abandoned mental institution. For this author, the Scarecrow from the aptly titled “Scarecrow” episode always gives goosebumps, even when it’s stuck motionless on its pole.
Of course, many would rightly point out that “No Escape” is perhaps one of the scariest episodes of the animated series. supernatural. Featuring the ghost of one of America’s first recorded serial killers, H. H. Holmes (Stephen Aberle), the episode features the kidnapping and torture of several women, including Winchester ally Jo Harwell (Alona Tal). What makes this episode especially frightening is the tiny cellars and graves through which Holmes pursues his victims, making this claustrophobic horror one of the hardest episodes to navigate. Ironically, Holmes wasn’t the only vicious serial killer spirit featured in the series. supernatural as later seasons saw John Wayne Gacy come back from the dead (complete with clown makeup) to kill again - although the show had fewer screamers by then.
This episode will haunt you
If you are looking for a terrifying episode supernatural revisit and then look no further than the season 4 episode “Family Remains”. This takes phantom fears one step further in a direction you may not want to go. In truth, this episode was written by the showrunner for seasons 8-11. Jeremy Carver - brilliant. The action takes place in the wilderness of Nebraska (one of supernaturalmost persecuted states), he plays on all of our darkest and most primal fears, setting up the audience (and our heroes) for failure. That’s right, not everyone survives this episode. If you’re expecting the usual haunted story, then be prepared to be disappointed.
In this episode, Sam and Dean watch a haunted house where the previous owner suddenly died. As the new Carter family moves into the house, the Winchesters find their jobs getting more and more difficult. A family of two parents, two children, a dog and their uncle quickly discover that the house is a little scarier than they hoped. The structure is like any classic haunted house movie, items disappear only to end up somewhere else, strange warnings are written on the walls, and Kate’s daughter (Alexa Nicholas) is licked in her bed by a mysterious creature that is not the family dog.
Soon Danny’s sonDylan Minnette), befriends the creature in the house, considering it his friend. If that’s not enough, the Winchesters arrive just as all the tires are punctured and there’s no way to escape. Believing the killer is the ghost of the previous owner’s daughter, Sam and Dean reveal to the family the existence of the paranormal and paint a circle of salt for protection. It is then that the episode becomes especially interesting, even more terrifying.
The twist is what turns you on
For a series called supernatural, interestingly, the most frightening moment in the series has nothing to do with the paranormal. The moment we think the Carter family should be safe as they hide behind the salt circle turns out to be nothing more than a façade. No, the girl in the walls (masterfully played Mandy Playdon) is not a ghoul or some kind of monster, she is just the birth daughter/granddaughter of the previous owner of the house. The moment she steps over the salt line is one of the most frightening moments in any horror series, as it marks the first time in the series that the Winchesters were simply wrong about the paranormal. In fact, it wasn’t paranormal at all.
While this girl isn’t natural at all, she’s also not supernatural, which is pretty annoying when you’re watching a show with that name. However, her creepy smile and her missing eyes are enough to send chills down your spine and make you wonder if someone is hiding within your own walls. At this point in the episode, anything is possible. All the rules the Winchesters live by, their foolproof plans to hunt ghosts, monsters and demons, all vanish in an instant, changing the game forever. Dean’s face speaks for itself as he instantly realizes his mistake and expresses a healthy amount of fear himself. “People, dude” as Dean says in a later episode with a similar twist. “Just fucking people.”
Luckily, Sam and Dean are able to save most of the Carter family, though unfortunately Susan (Helen Slater) brother Ted (Bradley Stryker) and the family dog is not so lucky - and they kill the girl and her twin brother (Mark Wynn), who also lives in the walls and under the house. Yes, that’s right, there’s more than one of them, and he’s even scarier than her. Well, sort of, her moment at the top really let her shine, although it might have been all the shiny dirt. In many ways, this episode echoes the underground climax spell, which came out just a few years later, albeit without evil spirits. It’s certainly just as scary, maybe even more so considering they’re only human.
There is no place like home
It is clear that this supernatural this episode is also compared to the infamous episode Secret materials titled “Home”, which aired as early as 1996 and also during the fourth season of the corresponding series. “Home”, like “The Remains of a Family”, is about a degenerate family of murderers who want to be left alone. However, this is where many of the similarities end. Secret materials The episode is arguably more tense, and at the end, several members of the Peacock family escape. The sequel to the comic was written The X-Files: Season 10 scribe Joe Harris years later, continuing the story in the aptly titled “Home Again” arc. Despite the similarities, Family Remains stands apart.
Like the above Secret materialsthis supernatural the episode is especially scary because it’s not what we expected. We’re used to the Winchesters beheading vampires, exorcising demons, and putting evil spirits to sleep, but we’re not used to them fighting flesh-and-blood men. Even the Season 1 episode “Benders”, which also features a group of human killers, was a little more expected, in honor of the cult slasher movies that came before. But Family Remains positions itself (very successfully) as a story about a haunted house, a story about ghosts with claws, and yet it turns out to be nothing at all. It’s this reversal of the general expectations that fans had for the show that makes it so powerful and so truly addictive.
Bye supernatural no longer airing, we can always revisit some of the show’s most iconic episodes and relive the horrors with Sam and Dean. Admittedly, “Family Remains” might not be an episode you want to rewatch often, but when you do, know that the Winchesters will still be on top at the end. After all, they are masters of cheating death.
Source: Collider
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