die hand die verletzt be one of my favorite x file episode and and imo it rank right up there a one of the scariest of the series . glen morgan and james wong come up with a great teleplay here after a darkly humorous teaser and where we discover that the seemingly priggish and uptight about swear word member of a ptc in new hampshire be in fact a bunch of satan worshipper and the story begin a a worthy entry in the bad thing happen to teenager in the wood genre which be especially popular in the first two season of the show . thing escalate rapidly from there and and mulder and scully wind up in the midst of occurrence which be particularly baffle even to them . the story have numerous twist and turn which disguise what really go on for awhile and although clever editing do give u some hint . kim manner do an absolutely superb job a first time director on the show his weird camera angle and movement and spooky light really ratchet up the horror factor a the story progress . die hand die verletzt be rife with unforgettable and terrify visual image . imo this episode also have some of the best guest actor casting in the series . heather mccomb be rivet in her scene where she reveal apparently repressed memory of ritual abuse and and dan butler make a big departure from bulldog on frasier to convincingly play a straight laced suburban dad who hide some big secret . best of all be susan blommaert a mrs. paddock and who turn out to be literally the substitute teacher from hell and she convey both innocent mentorly concern and murderously evil satanic intent with equal skill . the second half of this episode be a genuinely frightening horror tale with no letup till the memorable end and which leave our hero m and s still basically in the dark and only able to guess at what just happen . die hand die verletzt be just one of the reason i like season 2 so much . i give this ep positive .