The X-Files Almost Remade A Classic Horror Movie (With Stephen King)
Horror master Stephen King came close to teaming up with The X-Files for an episode that remade a classic George Romero film. If the idea had come to fruition, it would not have been the first time King joined forces withThe X-Files, as he penned the season 5 episode «Chinga» that people tend to either really love or really hate with little middle ground. Still, «Chinga» drew great ratings, as the combination of The X-Files and King proved to be one many were quite excited to see.
While The X-Files never did work with Romero, late inventor of the modern zombie genre, they did sometimes tell stories that took cues from his work. Considering how influential Romero was on the world of horror, that is no surprise. Sadly, Romero never really did much in the TV realm, preferring to keep his focus on feature films. He did at least create and produce the well-remembered 1980s horror anthology series Tales from the Darkside.
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Romero's potential collaboration with The X-Files would have actually hearkened back to the beginning of his career, with Romero directing an episode that served as a remake of sorts of Night of the Living Dead. It is unclear exactly how Mulder and Scully would have been incorporated into the plot, but King wanted to pen the script, and actually approached X-Files producers about the idea. King and Romero's Night of the Living Dead remake episode was tentatively planned to be part of The X-Files season 7, and the two men even met in person with the show's team, but ultimately things didn't work out for reasons not entirely clear.
Interestingly, The X-Files season 7 would still play host to a zombie episode with «Millennium,» which served as a
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