Deaths-Head Revisited - Twilight Zone Episode REVIEW 

Great review of an epic episode. Mister Serling was a Master of thought provoking narratives and Soliloquy

One of the best episodes, thank you for covering this one. I nearly cried with this one when I first saw it.

Fantastic video as always Anthony. The two lead actors are Emmy worthy imo. The way Oscar sells the pain of the bullets and torture while he is losing his sanity is so authentic it disturbs me to my core. Love the explanation from Rod at the end too. It has to stand so we can learn from history. No matter how dark it may be. Imo the most underrated zone out there. Great work!

Great review of a tough episode Anthony. The two leads were fantastic.

One of the more terrifying episodes. You don't need beastly monsters for effective horror, just a reminder that no one can bury their past sp deep that the effects of it won't eventually come back to haunt you. What i love most is that our antagonist isn't physically wounded or harmed by the ghosts of the past, they just make him endure the psychological toll of the horrors that he subjected them to. Which is arguably far more frightening than any other grisly fate. Thanks for covering this one.

It’s worth pointing out that this episode aired and was developed and consumed by people who lived through WW2. It was scarcely 20 years prior. If anything I’d say it’s even more important now as WW2 has faded from living memory.

Yet another great episode with some top notch editing, Ant-Man. A little piece of extra trivia I'm not sure anyone has mentioned. On the 1990 Anthrax album Persistence of Time, dialog from the episode is sampled for an instrumental called "Intro to Reality". And the song that immediately follows, Belly of the Beast, begins with the line "He walked this earth without a heart". It covers essentially the same subject matter.

FEVA! Another classic. I always remembered this one as a kid. Rod always took great care into any world war episodes. And it shows. Thanks again man.

What's up Anthony! Always happy to see your latest uploads. This is definitely a deep episode and Gunther got what he rightfully deserved.

Such a great and chilling episode performance wise top notch Merry Christmas Anthony

This sounds right up my street. A nasty Nazi getting his just desserts! Great vid Anthony! This sounds like one of those episodes that would forever stick in your memory. I’m still on the quest to find a second hand copy of the series.

Twilight Zone is a rare gem. So many well thought out stories and top notch actors. And Serling!

This is totally awesome. A powerful TZ and a powerful FDT episode too. Excellently handled and put together. Beautiful edit, Anthony. I love that Rod Serling used his voice in his work. If a topic moved him, it influenced him. Great art always comes from this, imho. I have never seen this episode and I'm now looking forward to viewing it. Btw, have you covered 'He's Alive'? Would love to see your breakdown of that one too sometime. Really stellar work here, man. Respect! 👊

Thanks for another great review. Many of Rod Serling's episodes show the influence of his experience in WW II. This is definitely a 5 star episode.

Anthony! Hope Thanksgiving was the best...anyways, here goes nothing. This episode hits hard as it should. So I would like to disect it from an angle that I haven't seen much of in the few reviews that I have read/seen: retribution and punishment. Lutz is what we call in this neck of the woods, "a piece of work". He is not only a True Believer, he feels the need to gloat over his many accomplishments, to take a vacation (risking capture and execution) just to see the old place again. And he wants to throw it in everyone's face. HE survived; HE thrives; HE lives and can get away with it all, because HE was right all along. Some will say he was a cartoon villain - taking an idiotic chance, daring the authorities to take him down, using no disguise at all except the old 'John Smith' / 'Johnnes Schmidt ' weeze, and monologuing like crazy. But he isn't a cartoon, an imagining out of Lovecraft or some schlock low budget creep of a penny dreadful. Herr Captain is real, and there are people that are just like him. Proof? Just look at how he walks into the inn. He is retired, but no matter, he's still the Captain, the Manager, the CEO, Sheriff, the Mayor, the captain of industry.. Still the Boss of you lowly peons. His time is more valuable so he summons you to scurry. And then fun begins, the power trip he's been missing.

At the risk of sounding like an old fogey this episode is yet more proof that you don’t have to have over the top CGI, jump scares and sensory overload to be entertained. Now I don’t mind some mindless entertainment from time to time, but nothing beats an excellent script, two excellent actors and a compelling subject. The TZ was masterful at this protagonist, antagonist interplay as with ‘A game of pool and ‘The obsolete man’. Yes this episode is a bit preachy and heavy handed but if there was ever a subject to be given this treatment it probably justified that this was it. Agreed 5/5.

These types of stories are so satisfying to watch, lol. And exactly, this was fairly soon after WWII so for Rod to tackle this topic in the way that he did was pretty epic. Wonderful breakdown, as always, Anthony!✨

This was a GREAT Twilight Zone episode,Fever.The two protagonists were fantastic in how they played their respective roles.

Oh man. Did not get my usual notification for some reason. Luckily I always keep an eye out for those unmissable channels. Not seen this episode before. Not seen any TZ where they tackle that subject but as always Serling handled it with great care. Amazing work as always Anthony.

Came here via The Atomic Cafe. One of the best episodes of the series. My personal favourite. It is Serlings narration that sticks in my mind since I first saw it. Especially the closing narration "Then we become the gravediggers".

Yes, another great Twilight Zone episode. A great review of the episode . Oscar Beregi Jr.'s delivery of the lines "You will pronounce sentence. And, then you shall execute that sentence" -- accompanied by a quite convincing smile and laugh as though 'nothing can touch me' really did 'get to me' at 13 (first view) and yet today.

Great video! Interesting info! I remember watching that powerful episode a long time ago. Very moving subject matter. Katherine Heigl was incredible in Cradle of Darkness, a Forrest Whitaker Zone. 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥

There was more to the Eichmann inspiration. Eichmann, like so many, had fled to Argentina and managed to start a new life. However, Mossad (Israel’s intelligence agency), had been looking for him and managed to find him. A plan was hatched and he was abducted while on his way to work. He was swiftly taken to Israel, where he was tried, convicted and executed. And people were furious, but not at what Eichmann did. People were outraged about Israel’s actions. They believed that the sovereignty of Argentina had been violated (although Israel had damn good reason to believe that Argentina would either protect Eichmann or even help him flee). Others felt that the Holocaust had happened long ago, that it was time to bury the past and that we needed to move on. Serling didn’t feel that way, however. The original reason he enlisted in the first place was to fight Nazis (although he was sent to the Pacific Theater instead). The ordeal of the victims (people knew the Nazis were treating the Jews terribly but had no clue it had turned to mass murder until the discovery of the camps) stuck with Serling. He was angry at not only how Israel was being treated but at how the Holocaust was being forgotten or even denied. Honestly, he’d be shocked at current events if he was still alive.

Maybe it's just in my head but there's something about the camera work and angles of this episode that always stood out to me. Great video as always man.

I scowl in disgust whenever Capt. Lutze begs to be set free, that what Becker and the other ghosts are doing to him is inhuman. Yeah, because what u did to them wasn't inhuman?

Hey Anthony, this has to be the most powerful episode, Haunting, especially then the victims became the Judges and Jury. Agree 5 out of 5

My favorite episode. The bad guy gets payback for his actions

Great review of this one! It certainly resonated with audiences at the time, with the events still fresh in their minds. Beregi is great in this, one of his best performances. Have a great holiday and I hope to see more great Twilight Zone videos from you in 2024!

Wow! Amazing! You're giving reviews on TV series. Keep up the great work!

FINALLY!!!!! I've been WAITING for this episode to get the FDT treatment.😊

Howdy Anthony! Hope you have a good week!😊

This is the most important episode in the series and on TV's history. This episode was never shown when I was growing up. Share this out to everyone.

Yes I love this episode it right up there with monster on maprle street and the shelter it more the teaching than scary for me

Excellent episode

You know things are serious when Anthony doesn't use a special ranking or end with a gag related to the episode.

I served in the Army in Germany and I visited the real Dachau prison.

Nice

I originally came upon this episode thru its adaptation im the early 2000’s BBC radio show. It expertly adapted the episode (which i have now seen twice), and expanded upon the themes in meaningful ways. The taxi cab character’s role was bigger to show that Lutze’s deeds are remembered in the people who miss their families.

My number seven episode of TZ. Chilling performances by both major actors. I don't know if being Jewish affects someone's perspective, though. As a (black) woman said once "everyone has had his or her own holocaust" as bestial as it is. Move on as best you can. Don't let bitterness destroy you. Trust in God❤

This is an episode I barely remember. And I thought I had the Twilight Zone series memorized! I do, however, remember when Eichman was captured and put on trial. The messages in this episode are as timely today as they were back then. And it makes me very sad to say that. Great video!