Darkness Falls

Episode aired Sep 19, 1995
TV-14
44m

IMDb RATING

8.4/10

6.3K

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery

A group of loggers working in a remote forest unearths thousands of deadly insectlike creatures that paralyze and cocoon their victims. Scully, Mulder and a few others end up trapped there.A group of loggers working in a remote forest unearths thousands of deadly insectlike creatures that paralyze and cocoon their victims. Scully, Mulder and a few others end up trapped there.A group of loggers working in a remote forest unearths thousands of deadly insectlike creatures that paralyze and cocoon their victims. Scully, Mulder and a few others end up trapped there.

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IMDb RATING

8.4/10

6.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in Salaiset kansiot (1993)

Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and William B. Davis in Salaiset kansiot (1993)

Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Jason Beghe in Darkness Falls (1994)

Gillian Anderson and Jason Beghe in Darkness Falls (1994)

Gillian Anderson in Darkness Falls (1994)

David Duchovny and Tom O'Rourke in Darkness Falls (1994)

Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in Darkness Falls (1994)

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Trivia
This was intended to be a bottle episode, based in a single location to save money, but bad weather plagued production. It was one of the toughest episodes of the season for the crew. The weather delayed production so much that pick-up shots and inserts had to be filmed later on to finish. Delays were also caused by the inaccessibility of the location because only generators, camera equipment, and first aid crew were able to stay on-site, and time was wasted commuting staff in each day.

Goofs
If the insects are prevented from swarming by light shining on them, how would they swarm on Spinney, when he's standing in front of the car's lights?

Quotes
Scully: What do you think?
Mulder: I think I'm going to suggest that we sleep with the lights on.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 X-Files Episodes (2016)

Soundtracks
The X-Files
(Credited)
Written by Mark Snow
Performed by John Beal

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Review

Featured review

4/10

A Bugbrained Episode

A neat premise for an episode, but too silly to work. Mulder and Scully get menaced by wood mites while in the forest and refuse to leave despite the obvious ease of doing so. The mites also won't kill anyone when there's light around, but they don't realize fire creates light, and also the camera lights make it look like there's plenty of light even at night.

They just couldn't figure out a believable story (Ecoterrorists using caltrops on random roads??? People not realizing you can drive on rims in an emergency??? People not realizing you can repair damaged vehicles??? People not realizing you can walk to a nearby town when you have all day???) and so it just drags pointlessly on. Also wood mites aren't a great antagonist. And they don't even actually kill people if you're a main character. People must have put something special in their bug juice before they watched this episode if they rated it highly.

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