X-FILE
221 - The Calusari
THE AGENTS
INVESTIGATE WHEN A YOUNG BOY'S FAMILY IS PLAGUED BY SEVERAL TRAGIC ACCIDENTS.
Mulder and Scully investigate the death
of Teddy Holvey, a two-year-old child who was run over by a miniature train
as he chased a floating helium balloon through a park. Photographs of the
incident are analyzed by a laboratory. They reveal a strange amorphous
form-not visible to the naked eye-that appears to be pulling the balloon
in the direction of the train. This information leads Mulder to speculate
that a poltergeist was somehow responsible.
The agents travel to Arlington, Virginia
and interview Steve and Maggie Holvey. There, Mulder's interest is piqued
by a gammadion, a symbol that resembles a reverse swastika. As the agents
question the Holveys, an elderly Romanian woman, Golda, enters the room
with their son Charlie, an eight-year-old boy. Golda intones that Charlie
is evil and was responsible for Teddy's demise. But Scully believes Charlie
and Teddy are the victims of Munchausen by proxy, in which a caretaker
brings harm to a child by inducing medical symptoms.
Shortly thereafter, Steve is killed in
a freak accident after his necktie is entangled in a garage door opener.
While investigating the scene, the agents discover a strange ash around
Steve's corpse. The substance, called Vibuti, is a holy ash produced during
the presence of spiritual beings.
Several Rumanian men, known as Calusari,
hold a mysterious religious ceremony involving dead roosters in Golda's
room. It is interrupted when Charlie suffers a seizure. Shortly thereafter,
Golda is attacked and killed by live roosters. Mulder suspects that Golda
and the Calusari were trying to ward off evil from entering the house.
Charlie is transported to St. Matthew's
Hospital for observation. A social worker, Karen Kosseff, questions the
boy about Golda's murder. Charlie claims Golda was killed by the ghost
of Michael, his stillborn twin. But Maggie insists Charlie was never told
about his brother.
Michael's spectre appears in the hospital
and attacks a nurse. Pretending to be Charlie, Michael tricks Maggie into
believing he has been released from the hospital.
The agents discover the truth about Michael's
spirit. As Mulder supervises a Calusari exorcism over Charlie's body, Scully
races to the Holvey residence. Inside, she comes face to face with Michael,
a knife clutched in his hand. As the exorcism at the hospital reaches its
climax, Michael's ghost suddenly disappears, leaving behind only a trace
of ash.
The Calusari leader warns Mulder and Scully
that the evil now knows who they are.
Credits
THE X-FILES "THE CALUSARI" #2X21
Original Air Date: 04/14/95
CAST:
DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully
GUEST CAST:
JOEL PALMER as Charlie/Michael Holvey
LILYAN CHAUVIN as Golda
HELENE CLARKSON as Maggie Holvey
RIC REID as Steve Holvey
OLIVER and JEREMY ISAAC WILDSMITH as Teddy Holvey
CHRISTINE WILLES as Agent Kosseff
BILL DOW as Doctor Charles Burk
KAY E. KUTER as the Head Calusari
JACQUELINE DANDENEAU as Nurse Castor
BILL CROFT as Calusari #2
CAMPBELL LANE as Calusari #3
GEORGE JOSEF as Calusari #4
WRITTEN BY:
SARA CHARNO
DIRECTED BY:
MIKE VEJAR
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