Deathwatch

Deathwatch is a 2002 British horror film directed by Michael J. Bassett. The story is set during World War I. In the chaos of a trench warfare battle, a small group of British soldiers get lost, surrounded by a thick mysterious fog which is not a poison gas. As they emerge from it, the British come across a complex network of German trenches occupied by a handful of apparently terrified German soldiers. KIlling all but one German and convinced th... more

Deathwatch is a 2002 British horror film directed by Michael J. Bassett. The story is set during World War I. In the chaos of a trench warfare battle, a small group of British soldiers get lost, surrounded by a thick mysterious fog which is not a poison gas. As they emerge from it, the British come across a complex network of German trenches occupied by a handful of apparently terrified German soldiers. KIlling all but one German and convinced that they have broken through the enemy lines, the soldiers decide to secure the trenches. They find several bodies wrapped in barbed wire, and they realise they are perhaps not alone, though there is a great deal of confusion among them concerning why the Germans seem to have killed each other. One of the men in the British squad, Chevasse, has been paralysed due to a spinal injury and is laid under a blanket. The single living German captive is abused by all but one of the soldiers, 16-year old Charlie Shakespeare. During their first night,... less