![]() The 10-part limited series has become the #2 original American program in Netflix history, behind only “Stranger Things 4.” Meanwhile, old episodes of “The X-Files” can be streamed on Hulu or purchased on DVD.So we’re now 8 episodes in to “ Sensory Couple” AKA “ Girl Who Sees Smells” with another 8 episodes to go and the mystery of the “Barcode Killer” is heating up. “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” began streaming Wednesday, September 21 from co-creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. Peattie arrives at the scene and presumably kills her. Later, the landlady enters his apartment and discovers that the putrid stench is coming from the dead body of his daughter that he dug up out of the ground. In an obvious homage to Dahmer, she accuses him of cooking, but instead Peattie says he’s making medicine. Those images evoke a similar moment from “The X-Files” Season 7 episode “Theef,” in which a hapless landlady notices bad odors coming from the dwelling of Orell Peattie ( Billy Drago). Viewers of “Dahmer” will recall several scenes in which his neighbor Glenda Cleveland ( portrayed by a career-best Niecy Nash) complains about foul smells coming from his apartment. There is at least one other episode of “The X-Files” that drew inspiration from the Jeffrey Dahmer murder case. As mentioned above, Donnie Pfaster is one of the few bad guys to get a sequel episode - though in Season 7’s “Orison” he is rewritten as not just a human monster, but as evil itself. “Irresistible” is considered by “X-Files” fans to be one of the creepiest episodes ever, with one of the most memorable villains of all time. SEE Evan Peters back in awards conversation for ‘terrifying transformation’ in Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ It could come from the person next door.” The director of the Season 2 episode, David Nutter, noted in the 1996 book titled “X-Files Confidential,” “In many ways, Chris wanted to sell the idea that, as established in Mulder’s closing dialogue in the show, not all terror comes from the paranormal. More than a decade after “Irresistible” aired, Carter explained in a 2008 book titled “The Complete X-Files,” “There are reports of people who had been under the spell of Jeffrey Dahmer, who actually claimed that he shape-shifted during those hours when they were held hostage that his image actually changed.” (This moment is explored further in 2000’s sequel episode “Orison,” when Pfaster is revealed to be a devil figure who is pure evil.) Ultimately, Scully escapes from Pfaster’s clutches but she is forever changed by the experience. In a moment of terror, Scully sees him transform into a demon before her eyes. “Is your hair normal or dry?” he asks raspily. Over the course of the episode, Pfaster becomes obsessed with Scully, and he ultimately kidnaps her and prepares to wash her auburn hair in a cold bath. SEE True crime fans flock to ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ The agents suspect it’s the work of a “death fetishist” (they’re right, of course), and he soon escalates to killing prostitutes. FBI Agents Fox Mulder ( David Duchovny) and Dana Scully ( Gillian Anderson) are later called to the city when bodies are discovered with missing hair and fingernails. Paul, Minnesota funeral home when he is fired for cutting off the hair of a dead girl. In the episode, which aired on January 13, 1995, Pfaster is working at a St. ![]()
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