Shapes

Episode aired Apr 1, 1994
TV-14
45m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

5.7K

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A creature, possibly from Native American lore, is suspected of killing a man, bringing Mulder and Scully to the Indian reservation where the attack occurred in order to uncover its identity... Read allA creature, possibly from Native American lore, is suspected of killing a man, bringing Mulder and Scully to the Indian reservation where the attack occurred in order to uncover its identity.A creature, possibly from Native American lore, is suspected of killing a man, bringing Mulder and Scully to the Indian reservation where the attack occurred in order to uncover its identity.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

5.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The word "manitou" doesn't specifically mean "werewolf" in Algonquin but more broadly signifies a spirit-being that is both tangible and conceptual; everything has its own manitou, even a machine.

Goofs
Toward the end, the manitou's claws shred a shower curtain. In the next shot, its hands show no claws.

Quotes
Mulder: They told me that even though my deodorant is made for a woman, it's strong enough for a man.

Connections
Featured in Fox Halloween Bash: Episode #4.4 (1994)

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

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Featured review

Outfoxed

This continues the mini-horror film format of Ice, Ghost in the Machine and the subsequent Darkness Falls, a werewolf tale with some feuding about land borders between Montana ranchers and Indians of the nearby reservation. We have lazy, stiff acting and plot, 'mystical' Indians, and a trite twist and conclusion, unusually bad even by X-File standards.

A redeeming value is the sort of Twin Peaks vibe going on, as the pair of detectives investigate sinister happenings in a tightly-knit community harboring secrets. And right there is all the difference. Whereas in Twin Peaks there is a marvelous subversion of tropes, a delightful earnestness undercut by the irony of familiarity, Scooby Do plunged into dark sexual jazz, here we have no irony, no real danger and just a po-faced acceptance of genre.