The Twilight Zonehas inspired a number of filmmakers, fromJ.J.
AbramstoShawn Levy, and even had its ownbig screen adaptation.
The Season 4 episode “He’s Alive!”
Image by Federico Napoli
“He’s Alive!”
stars Hopper as Peter Vollmer, who is attempting and failing to start a Neo-Nazi movement.
What makes “He’s Alive!”
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Even thoughSerling sought to bring “He’s Alive!”
to the big screen, he ran into a major issue.
“Hes Alive!”
Faced Budgetary Concerns
Ironically, while Serling considered “He’s Alive!”
directorStuart RosenbergforCool Hand Luke.
Enter another dimension with this horrifying tale of doomed scientists.
“Hes Alive!”
is one of the most bone-chilling episodes ofThe Twilight Zoneever put on screen.
But the most disturbing element comes toward the end.
Throughout “He’s Alive!
It makes the end of “He’s Alive!”
all the more tragic:Hitler orders Vollmer to kill Ernst and he goes through with it.
“He’s Alive!”
was alsofrighteningly spot-on with how easily fascism can rise.
Vollmer also tells his followers that “a free, white America is a minority opinion!”
a sentiment that’s been the centerpiece ofwhite supremacist ralliesand political campaigns alike.
He’s alive.He’s alive so long as these evils exist.Remember that when he comes to your town.
Remember it when you hear his voice speaking out through others.
He’s alive because through these things we keep him alive.”
WhileRod Serling wasn’t able to make “He’s Alive!”
The Twilight Zoneis available to stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.
