"I Ain't Afraid of No Ghost!": Top Ten Scariest Episodes of Supernatural

12 Aug 2012

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9.  Time Is On My Side

Sam:  “Doc Benton.  Real-life doctor, lived in New Hampshire.  Brilliant man obsessed with alchemy, especially how to live forever.”
Dean:  “Whatever he was doing, it was working – he just kept on ticking.  Parts would wear out; he’d replace ‘em.”

Now who doesn’t want to live forever?  

This is a classic tale of horror.  It reminds me in some small way of the Edgar Allen Poe story “Telltale Heart,” for some reason, though they aren’t similar.  In this episode, a doctor discovers the secret to immortality - but at a price.  He kidnaps people in the dark of night, using chloroform to knock them unconscious.  They wake up strapped to table next to a jar of maggots.  Then they’re operated on without anesthetic, left awake while an organ is ripped from their body.  But that’s not the scariest part.  The scariest part is that Doc Benton is still alive – will always be alive - buried with his secrets somewhere six-feet under.  It’s scary because there’s always the possibility that one day, somehow, he’ll get free.  

Gives me the chills.  

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