DEATHWATCH (2002) (http://imdb.com/title/tt0286306/) - World War I horror film. In the muddy trenches of 1917 France English soldiers go on the offensive to face certain death. With mud, barbwire, bombs, German machine guns blazing some make it out and into the wilderness/fog and come across some abandoned trenches. The officer in charge decides to hold the position. After securing the area they find out there is something strange about this trench area. The film is very good and very gory. The only part that is a bit annoying is the element of the horror itself, but all in all a very good film worth taking a look at.
:thumbup: :thumbup: (7 out of 10 Stars) A good mix of war and horror.
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhv_8DiEqNE
I've been interested in this one. The trailer for it didn't do much to interest me, but the plot idea does. Picking the trenches of WWI for the setting is a really good choice, because there is isolation, mud, scraps of barbed wire, broken wood, and so on. You also have the idea of a world given over to war, just steps from chaos and men faced with death on a daily basis.
You'll like it. I think it's rather original. A real gritty nightmare of a film.
POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING..........POSSIBLE SPOILER WARNING...........
The killer in the trenches is somekind of evil that takes many forms and drives the soldiers crazy causing them to kill each other off and then there is the question of whether the soldiers even survived that opening battle scene. In the end it becomes kind of a morality tale.
I saw this one awhile ago and enjoyed it. Glad some more people are getting into it. :thumbup: