10 X-Files Episodes That Should Have Been Horror Movies
5. Squeeze/Tooms
Eugene Victor Tooms is a legendary monster in the X-Files canon. The first villain to feature in a 'Monster of the Week' episode, his debut marked a drastic shift in tone for the series.
Tooms himself is a genetic mutant, capable of stretching and contorting his body in all manner of ways, allowing him to gain access to rooms and places that most others couldn't. Throughout the course of his two-parter appearance, we see him squeeze himself through all manner of vents, chimneys and crevices so that he can get to his victims and extract their liver with his bare hands.
Once he's had his fill of viscera, he constructs a nest out of rags, newspapers and stomach bile that allows him to hibernate for thirty years before rising again for another spate of murders.
The real fear of Tooms is that you could lock all of your doors and windows, yet he would still find a way to infiltrate your home. His brief stint did explore the numerous way that he could enter your home, but there are still so many possibilities that could be explored, giving audiences the kind of paranoia that will linger well past the end credits.