Title Hell House
Episode # Season 1, Episode 17
First aired 6 April, 2006
Directed by Chris Long
Written by Trey Callaway
Outline Sam and Dean struggle to shut down a haunted house generated by an internet audience.
Monster Tulpa
Location(s) Richardson, Texas
Timeline 4-5 days between 20-31 August, 2006 (speculation)
Sam and Dean investigate the case of a maniacal ghost inhabiting a long abandoned Texas farmhouse known as "Hell House." They believe the ghost is the spirit of a deceased Depression-era farmer who killed his family, but they soon realize it is something far more powerful.
Music
* Blue
Öyster Cult – Fire of Unknown Origin
* Blue Öyster Cult – Burnin' for You
Trivia
* The
location of this episode, Richardson, Texas, is Jensen Ackles'
home town. However, the real city of Richardson is a major suburb
located within the Dallas metroplex, not a rural town as depicted
in the episode.
* The website in this episode, "Hellhounds Lair" is now an actual tie-in website created by the producers of the show. On it are the pictures from the character's ghost encounter and stories submitted by fans. Fans are allowed to submit their own scary stories with the understanding that they will not be paid if any ideas are used by the show.
Quotes
Craig's
Friend: Ooh, look, it's the evil root cellar, where Satan cans
all his vegetables.
Harry: Yeah, so if you guys don't mind, we're trying to conduct
a serious scientific investigation, here.
Dean: Oh yeah? What do you got so far?
Ed: Why don't tell 'em about EMF, Harry?
Harry: (in mock modesty) Well...
Sam: EMF?
Harry: Electromagnetic Field. Spectral entities can cause energy
fluctuation that can be read with an EMF detector (pulls one out
from his bag). Such as this bad boy right here. 2.8--wow, it's
hot in here. (Sam lets out a whistle).
Sam: I have a confession to make.
Dean: What?
Sam: I was the one who called them and told them I was a producer.
(Dean laughs)
Dean: Well, I was the one who put the dead fish in their backseat.
Dean: (to Ed and Harry) Would you look at that? Action figures
in their original packaging. What a shocker.
Sam: That was your great idea? To burn the house down?
Dean: People won't go in any more.
References
Ed: Sweet Lord...
Harry: of the Rings – run!!
Lord of the Rings is a fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkein (and
three movies based on it) concerning the adventures of a group
comprised of humans, elves and hobbits to destroy an evil ring.
Ed: I was
thinking that Mordecai just had like a really super-high attack
bonus.
Alluding
to role-playing games - an "attack bonus" is typically
added to a die roll made to determine if you hit a monster, or
to see if a monster hits you. Needless to say, a monster with
a super-high bonus would be very tough indeed. Common to Dungeons
& Dragons, Spycraft, Champions, and other such games.
Ed: Remember
- WWBD. What would Buffy do?
Referring
to Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and WWJD (What
Would Jesus Do?)
Ed: No. Would
John Edward go?
Referring
to the host of Crossing Over on the SciFi Channel and syndication,
and a new series as of this episode's airing in 2006, John Edward
Cross Country. John Edward purportedly speaks with the deceased
for the benefit of the living.
Spengler
and Zeddmore
This
is another allusion to the movie Ghost Busters, whose members
included Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddmore.
Ed: Remember - WWBD. What would Buffy do?
Referring to Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and WWJD
(What Would Jesus Do?)
Ed: No. Would John Edward go?
Referring to the host of Crossing Over on the SciFi Channel and
syndication, and a new series as of this episode's airing in 2006,
John Edward Cross Country. John Edward purportedly speaks with
the deceased for the benefit of the living.
Dean: Who you gonna call?
The catchphrase of the1984 sci-fi comedy film Ghostbusters.
Title
The Legend of Hell House is a 1973 horror film by Academy Pictures.
It was directed by John Hough and stars Roddy McDowall and Gayle
Hunnicutt. The screenplay was written by Richard Matheson based
on his own novel Hell House.
Ed: "The
power of Christ compels you!"
A line taken from the 1973 movie The Exorcist