The X-Files: Sanguinarium (1996)
Season 4, Episode 6
6/10
Why don't you put out an APB for someone riding a broom and wearing a tall black hat?
8 August 2006
Warning: Spoilers
If you have a sensitive stomach, if you faint at the sight of blood, then Sanguinarium is not for you. I am both of those things. However, I was able to make it through the episode without throwing up and saw a decent episode in between. However, it is quite difficult for me to get through the entire episode because of the grossness factor. The gore might be a turn-on for a lot of people though.

Sanguinarium did have some cool shots though. I liked the broom by the door of the lady's house(and Mulder's subsequent comment about it), the levitating doctor, and when the lady doctor got stabbed by the surgical instruments.

One shot that bugged me, was when Mulder and Scully enter Dr. Franklyn's house toward the end. It appears to be raining outside, yet you hear the sound of sprinklers, but Mulder and Scully don't have a drop of water on them. So is it sprinklers or rain?

I find it hard to believe that the ASU wouldn't be shut down after the second death, maybe even the first, until the investigation was complete.

I like the misdirection of the episode. They make it appear like all the doctors are in on the witchcraft. But really, they are just trying to cover up the deaths from 10 years ago, which were witchcraft related but they don't know that.

Sanguinarium is a decent episode, but with a high gore factor which hindered me from enjoying it more, but it may be right up your alley.
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