For people saying this doesn't fit into the Tales from the Crypt series, it's actually an adaptation of an EC Comics story called "Yellow" from Shock Suspenstories issue #1. It was written by Al Feldstein, who wrote many Tales from the Crypt comics. So I'm pretty sure he knew what would resonate with readers of EC Comics.
This is more of a real life horror story that maybe modern boys wouldn't understand because they're so far removed from the kind of devastating war that WWI was. If you don't find war, facing a firing squad, or having a human body fall on you "scary" or think it's "not enough of a twist," you are lucky and don't come from a generation who saw things like that happen in real life.
Anyway, there was a "twist" in this. And it's that the General tricked Martin. The moment when he died was the twist. And in the Comic, it's admittedly more effective than here. But the performances are beautiful, the war scenes are suspenseful, and it's true to the original story, save for the change in name.
This is more of a real life horror story that maybe modern boys wouldn't understand because they're so far removed from the kind of devastating war that WWI was. If you don't find war, facing a firing squad, or having a human body fall on you "scary" or think it's "not enough of a twist," you are lucky and don't come from a generation who saw things like that happen in real life.
Anyway, there was a "twist" in this. And it's that the General tricked Martin. The moment when he died was the twist. And in the Comic, it's admittedly more effective than here. But the performances are beautiful, the war scenes are suspenseful, and it's true to the original story, save for the change in name.