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17 out of 21 people found the following comment useful :- "do the hokey pokey...", 9 August 2006 Author: MisterWhiplash from United States
Chinga isn't one of the very best episodes from the X-Files, but as a piece co-written as the only one by Stephen King, it gives more than few obvious but quite entertaining moments. It's all predicated on something that has been in other King works- the girl who is more than a little 'off'. This time, however, her anger and hatred gets channeled- or just put into place- through a doll that was discovered by her (viciously made dead) father. It's also another in the crop of about 85-90% of King's work taking place in Maine, where Scully gets involved while- as she repeats to many- on vacation. The episode is basically for King fans like a short story not made into some overlong movie but a 45 minute film with lots of style trying to mingle with the very (not always necessarily) sly dialog and, of course, lots of violence.In fact this might be one of the more violent ones in nature, as the special doll sometimes goes on cue based on the girl, or through a song "Do the hokey pokey", which in and of itself is kind of hokey too. Lots of harsh deaths involving clawing eyes out and ends met by witchcraft of some sort. While there aren't any scenes ala Child's Play with the doll running around doing the murders, there's still something sort of missing from other episodes that Chris Carter as co-writer doesn't quite get into it. If not for King's involvement it might've fared even less. But as it is I was glad I saw it, even out of order from watching all of the episodes now season to season, and there's some dry funny moments involving Mulder back at FBI headquarters with his theories and endless time to kill (I loved the little pencil gag at the end). Worth it for fans of the author, if only for the tongue-in-cheek bits, though X-Files fans thinking his name might mean brilliance might be disappointed.
2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful :- There's gotta be an explanation..., 10 October 2008 Author: Snipes from Netherlands
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Although co-written by Stephen King, the plot of this episode feels like a cheap horror flick. I'm a big fan of all of King's stories, but especially the ones in which he makes you scared of normal things or people. This episode had little "Stephen King" and lots of "Chucky". This is the first time that I've seen this episode (I've missed a lot when it was aired here) and I think it's worth seeing it for a second time, but only for the jokes and not for the plot. So 7 stars for the jokes.****SPOILERS*****The weak plot aside (I mean, why would they throw the burnt doll in the water?), I really liked the jokes. The one where you only hear the sound of the movie that Mulder is watching. And knowing what kinda movies he likes, you would think he's watching one of those. Only to find out it really was "The World's Deadliest Swarms". It was also fun to see that Mulder doesn't know what to do when Scully is not around.Well, I'm off to work...Where's my pencil sharpener...
13 out of 24 people found the following comment useful :- Or Bunghoney, if you will., 9 November 2006 Author: Muldernsanta from Washington Terrace, Utah
With Chinga, you know you have something evil going on at the very beginning, when you have a little girl that frowns that much. Freaky! Stephen King, the well-known horror novelist co-wrote this episode with Chris Carter. Thankfully, Chris Carter's contributions save this episode from middle of the road mediocrity. Chris Carter's contributions are apparent with the witty Mulder/Scully dialogue that add some humor to the episode. Chinga isn't a bad story at all, you just expect something a little more original than a killing doll from the King of Horror. Also, I felt that the story was inconsistent with whom the doll chose to kill. It also left unexplained if the doll influenced the daughter to be sullen, or if she was like that before the doll arrived. Unfortunately, the best parts of this episode were the Mulder/Scully moments on the phone. Mulder has no idea what to do when Scully is not around. It was also nice to see Larry Musser return as a guest actor in the roll of Chief Bonsaint. It was slightly reminiscent of his role as Detective Manners in "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'", just not as humorous. Chinga is a good episode, but it wasted its potential to be something more.
1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful :- Scully, marry me., 13 August 2009 Author: Sanpaco13 from Sandy, UT, United States
What can I say about Chinga? I like the episode as a stand-alone, but there are parts that kind of bug me. I like the fact that Stephen King was a guest writer but unfortunately it doesn't really seem like there is too much of Stephen King's influence other than it being set in Maine and having a creepy child in it. It could also have done without the doll silhouette everywhere. I thought the story would have been much better if instead of trying to portray it as this doll that goes around physically killing people, they portrayed it as a doll through which the autistic child manifests her bizarre ability to make people do what she wants. There are all kinds of accounts of autistic people having strange abilities including telekinesis. Anyway, it does have some great Scully shots, some good comedy, and some genuinely creepy scenes so I give the episode a 7 out of 10.
chinga episode......., 13 March 2009 Author: JoBilodeau34 from United States
Does anyone know where this episode was filmed ? I'm curious because i live in Maine. It says in the short summary of it, that its a small Maine town, it looks very familiar to me, is anyone from Maine so they can comment ? I did like this episode, it shows that, not only is Chris Carter is talented, but that he has a great imagination, along with Stephen King, to make great television. And the dialogue back and forth between Mulder and Scully is so funny, as usual. Its very spooky when they doll opens her eyes, i had dolls like that when i was a kid, no wonder some people hate dolls, LOL.Thanks.
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