The Secret War story
A platoon of Red Army soldiers hunts ghouls in the Siberian forests. Sgt. Sergei Pavlovich and Lieutenant Nikolai Zakharov raise concerns that the men are too dispersed, but the Major dismisses their worries. Following a bloody victory, Scout Okchen finds the decomposed corpse of a fallen Secret Police agent, Boris Grishin. Grishin's notebook describes "Operation Hades", an attempt to summon ghouls to fight for the Red Army. However, the summoners failed to control them and are killed. Sergei wishes to use this information to get rid of the ghouls, but Zakharov fears it would expose the government's past errors. As they locate a burrow, Okchen, and another soldier, Pogodin ready munitions to seal the ghouls' nest, but the blast instead opens the entire burrow. The horde is larger than expected, so Zakharov orders a last stand, commanding his son to relay a message to bombard their current location to kill the horde. The ghouls kill the whole platoon by the morning, but planes fly over them and begin carpet-bombing the site. Cast: Stefan Kapičić, Bruce Thomas, Jeff Berg, Antonio Alvarez, Victor Brandt Directed by: István Zorkóczy. Story by: David W. Amendola.
7 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human vs. monster | choice | The story revolves around a platoon of Red Army soldiers hunting down a hoard of gruesome ghouls deep inside the Siberian wilderness. |
| heroism | major | The platoon went on a death defying raid on a nest of ghouls, and ended up making a last stand to contain the said ghouls until the air strike arrived. |
| monster | major | The story revolves around a platoon of Red Army soldiers hunting down a hoard of gruesome ghouls deep inside the Siberian wilderness. |
| sacrifice for one's people | major | The platoon went on a death defying raid on a nest of ghouls, and ended up making a last stand to contain the said ghouls until the air strike arrived. |
| black magic | minor | The gruesome ghouls had originally been summoned by means of occult forces under the misguided notion that they would serve the Red Army in battle. |
| suicide | minor | Maxim blew his brains out just as the gruesome creatures overwhelmed his platoon. |
| World War II | minor | The story follows a platoon of Second World War era Red Army soldiers as they undertake a perilous and strange mission in the Siberian wilderness. Lt. Zakharov made reference to the German siege of Stalingrad. |