One of the longest American television series dedicated to mysticism and all kinds of paranormal events is Supernatural. For more than ten years, viewers can not tear themselves away from the screens, and the actors who played the main characters received a load of long-playing roles, beyond which it can be difficult to break out. You can argue as much as you want about whether it is really worth dragging on a story like this, but the ratings claim that it is justified. Since the creator of the series, Eric Kripke, initially set himself the goal of properly scaring the audience, you should not be surprised that people argue about which episode should be given the title “The Most Terrible Supernatural Series”. Let’s try to understand this burning issue.
Supernatural: More Fear!
The series was based on urban legends and all kinds of "horror stories" that Eric Kripke had been collecting for ten years before he even started shooting. Perhaps this is precisely the secret of the popularity of this story: it is difficult to find a person who would not hear any such stories.
On the Web, from time to time, surveys were conducted on the topic: "What is the worst series of the Supernatural." Here's a short list of the most creepy episodes in the opinion of viewers:
- Wendigo Series 2 Season 1
- "Scarecrow", 11 episode 1 season.
- Road killings, episode 16, season 2.
- "Everything is OK with the Children", episode 2, season 3.
- "Family remains", 11 episode, season 4.
All these series are united by one common feature - in them there is no emphasis on the appearance of the monster. These series, like many others, tell us that the most terrible monsters are people, and the loss of loved ones is the worst thing that can happen.
The plot of the series and the opinion of the audience
Now that it has already been decided to shoot the twelfth season, it is hard to believe that initially Kripke was not going to look further than the third. However, the popularity of the story was so great that the creators of the television series simply could not betray the expectations of the audience. In the process of filming the series “Supernatural,” the plot has changed somewhat. Instead of becoming an anthology of urban legends, the film turned into the story of the Winchester family.
The story begins with the strange death of mother Dean and Sam Winchester. One terrible night, Mary Winchester burned out on the ceiling in the children's room, right above little Sam’s bed. And when the boys grew up, their father disappeared somewhere. Dean, the older brother, comes to Sam to help him find him. The younger brother is not eager to lead the nomadic life of a monster hunter again, like Dean and his father, but at the end of the series he has to change his mind. The brothers roam the country, search for their father, simultaneously destroy the evil spirits and deal with complex paranormal situations. Closer to the last seasons, warm and lamp stories have already been forgotten - the story revolves around angels, demons and God himself.
Many viewers with nostalgia recall the first seasons when there was nothing global, no one remembered about paradise and its winged inhabitants. Perhaps that is why the episode of “Wendigo” from the first season was marked as the most terrible series of “Supernatural”. Why so?
Wendigo: The Scariest Series of the Supernatural
The plot of this episode is not really intricate. Dean and Sam Winchesters head to the forests of Colorado. They are only looking for the missing father, but not only the brothers have lost a loved one. A girl named Haley lost his brother in the woods, the rangers unsuccessfully searched for him, and the brothers suspect that the bears have nothing to do with it, the wendgo is guilty - an evil spirit about which the Indians composed terrible legends. There are many such stories in the series Supernatural. Season 1, episode 2 - immediately after the pilot episode, it was necessary to remove something emphasized terrible. Eric Kripke did it.
Psychological analysis of the story of Wendigo
Why was this series so scary, because Wendigo himself almost never appears in the frame? This turned out to be the most difficult task when shooting. All the shots from Wendigo were not included in the episode, it turned out to be not enough intimidating. So decided the creators of the series "Supernatural." Season 1, Episode 2 is a story in which the monster is played by other actors, cameramen, obscure shadows, sounds and psychological tricks. What scares the most is not what the viewer sees, but what he does not see. The very essence of Wendigo is frightening because it is not just a spirit - it is a person who once made a terrible choice. He saved his life in a hungry winter by eating his comrades, so he turned into a monster.
Perhaps that is why history is so scary. She raises difficult questions of ethical choice, but not in a mentor tone, but in a neat and muffled manner. Wendigo mimics a human voice to lure its victims and devour them. That is, he operates with the best human qualities - compassion, the desire to save those in need. Any attempt to try it on is scary.
Winchester Brothers and Company
The tremendous popularity of history lies not only in scary stories, the main pearl of the series Supernatural is actors. Jensen Ackles (Dean Winchester) and Jared Padalecki (Sam Winchester) managed to get used to the role to such an extent, put so much mental energy into creating images that the viewer involuntarily imbued with tragedy. Over the eleven years of filming, the actors matured, and this fits perfectly into the concept of the film.
Jim Beaver, who played Bobby Singer, did not suspect that he would linger so long in the series. He sincerely believed that his character would be quickly removed, feeding another scary monster. And Misha Collins, who played the angel of Castiel, gained popularity, quite comparable with the audience's love for the Winchester brothers. The cast of the series is surprisingly balanced, despite the large number of guest and episodic roles, the images are perfectly matched and work on the plausibility of feelings and emotions.