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Gillian Anderson Shares Hilarious Vintage “X-Files” Christmas Commercial

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Think about it. The polar base. The hyper light travel. Is Santa Claus…

AN ALIEN?!

That’s the question posed by Mulder in this hilarious vintage TV spot for “The X-Files, shared by Gillian Anderson over on Twitter this week. The video, which I personally don’t recall ever seeing before, ponders if the jolly old elf is actually a benevolent extraterrestrial, which sounds like the premise for the best “X-Files” episode ever.

You may remember that the show featured Christmas-themed episodes in Season 5 (“Christmas Carol”), Season 6 (“How the Ghosts Stole Christmas”) and Season 7 (“Sein und Zeit”), but there wasn’t actually an episode centered on Mulder and Scully’s attempt to track down the real-life Santa Claus. Bummer, isn’t it?

In any event, we can only assume this vintage TV ad aired on FOX during the holiday season back in the ’90s, possibly ahead of one of the aforementioned episodes.

Enjoy this fun blast from the past!

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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“I’m the Grim Reaper” – Sam Raimi Teams with ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Writers on Gory, Funny Webtoon Adaptation

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I'm the Grim Reaper

The Wattpad/Webtoons and Grave Weaver-created series “I’m the Grim Reaper” is nearing its 200th episode, and it’s also getting a new TV series adaptation with talented names behind it. Deadline reports that celebrated filmmaker Sam Raimi is teaming up with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken on the new series.

The series follows “Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared.”

The story is said to fit perfectly into “Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.”

Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process. Raimi may be most known for his Spider-Man and Evil Dead movies, but the filmmaker has been busy behind the scenes producing. More recently, Raimi produced this week’s action brawler Boy Kills World and last year’s 65, with Don’t Move on the way.

The “I’m the Grim Reaper” webtoon launched in 2019, delving into the humor and horrors of reaping souls in Hell. That it’s on the cusp of airing its 200th episode means no shortage of story and mythology for Campbell and Stuecken to pull from.

Stay tuned for additional details on this new series as they arrive.

 

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