Twilight Zone: Deaths-Head Revisited (1961)
Reviewed by Geno McGahee
Captain Lutze (Oscar Beregi, JR.) returns to Germany after some time away to relive some good old times and reminisce. The good old times that he wants to relive are when he was a captain for the Nazi party and worked at the concentration camps, killing and torturing the prisoners. When the Nazis were defeated, he left, but with the heat off of him now, he is back and returns to one of the camps that he used to manage and as we walks through, he remembers the bodies hanging from poles, the screams of agony, and his own sadistic ways. The memory of torturing the prisoners brings a smile to his face.
As he walks around the camp, he runs into a familiar face. Becker (Joseph Schildkraut) was one of his prisoners and was beaten without mercy, but has apparently taken over as caretaker of the property or so Lutze believed.
Becker locks Lutze inside of the camp and now he must stand trial, and Lutze comes to the scary realization that Becker is not the only prisoner remaining at the camp. He comes face to face with numerous prisoners, all staring at him, and all very angry. It is one of the best scenes of the movie when all of the prisoners glare at their former jailer. Lutze must now stand trial for his crimes against humanity.
One of the best moments is when Lutze realizes that he had killed Becker and that he is in a bad situation. Being found guilty, he suffers for his crimes finally and that moment is terrific. This episode has some genuinely creepy moments and it is very compelling.
RSR Rating: 8.5/10