Collier Jennings is a writer for Collider who focuses on science fiction, comics, and television. He also writes for AIPT Comics.
The Twilight Zone has inspired a number of filmmakers, from J.J. Abrams to Shawn Levy, and even had its own big screen adaptation. But what most Twilight Zone fans may not know is that series creator Rod Serling originally intended for one episode to be a feature-length film.
✕ Remove Ads Ironically, while Serling considered"He's Alive!" to be one of the best episodes he ever wrote for The Twilight Zone, he wasn't a fan of Hopper's performance. Serling even vented his frustration during a guest lecture at UCLA:"I thought it was one of the best-written scripts completely by the performance of Dennis Hopper...It was a most uncontrolled, undisciplined performance.
✕ Remove Ads "He's Alive!" was also frighteningly spot-on with how easily fascism can rise. In one of his speeches, Hitler tells Vollmer to appeal to his followers by"giving them objects for their anger." Vollmer also tells his followers that"a free, white America is a minority opinion!" – a sentiment that's been the centerpiece of white supremacist rallies and political campaigns alike.
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