Sci Fi & Fantasy TV's Greatest Halloween Episodes
Buffy The Vampire Slayer:
"Halloween", "Fear, Itself", "All The Way"
The in-joke on Buffy, as you no doubt all know, is that the world is filled with supernatural beasties, spirits and creatures 364 days of the year because that's just the way it is "“ normality "“ but on Halloween they all take the night off. It's an amusingly clever idea that gave Buffy's Halloween episodes a neat little twist, particularly the way Spike always grumbles about the night being a "cliché".
Season one's "Halloween" is a comedy episode which features the Scooby Gang each taking on the persona of their costume "“ Buffy becomes an 18th century damsel in distress, Xander is a soldier, Willow is a ghost, etc. Like many first season episodes it's crammed with hilarious one-liners but oddly, for a Halloween episode, it isn't actually scary.
Season four's "Fear, Itself" isn't scary either, although it tries to be; it features our heroes facing their biggest fears in a frat house that's been enchanted. It's most notable for Anya wearing a bunny outfit because rabbits scare her (bless!), and the hilarious twist ending (never have the words "Actual size" said so much). Oh, and there's also Giles breaking down a door with a chainsaw "“ we would say it's his finest moment on the show, except we're kind of fond of the way he turned into a demon that one time"¦
And finally, "All The Way" is some gubbins about Dawn wanting to grow up and accidentally getting off with a vampire in the process, but it does feature Anya as one of Charlie's Angels and Xander as a pirate (spookily foreshadowing his future eye-gouging experience), so who could ever complain about that?
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer:
"Halloween", "Fear, Itself", "All The Way"
The in-joke on Buffy, as you no doubt all know, is that the world is filled with supernatural beasties, spirits and creatures 364 days of the year because that's just the way it is "“ normality "“ but on Halloween they all take the night off. It's an amusingly clever idea that gave Buffy's Halloween episodes a neat little twist, particularly the way Spike always grumbles about the night being a "cliché".
Season one's "Halloween" is a comedy episode which features the Scooby Gang each taking on the persona of their costume "“ Buffy becomes an 18th century damsel in distress, Xander is a soldier, Willow is a ghost, etc. Like many first season episodes it's crammed with hilarious one-liners but oddly, for a Halloween episode, it isn't actually scary.
Season four's "Fear, Itself" isn't scary either, although it tries to be; it features our heroes facing their biggest fears in a frat house that's been enchanted. It's most notable for Anya wearing a bunny outfit because rabbits scare her (bless!), and the hilarious twist ending (never have the words "Actual size" said so much). Oh, and there's also Giles breaking down a door with a chainsaw "“ we would say it's his finest moment on the show, except we're kind of fond of the way he turned into a demon that one time"¦
And finally, "All The Way" is some gubbins about Dawn wanting to grow up and accidentally getting off with a vampire in the process, but it does feature Anya as one of Charlie's Angels and Xander as a pirate (spookily foreshadowing his future eye-gouging experience), so who could ever complain about that?
Source: SFX
