10 Scariest Horror Movies Set During World War II

10. Heavy Metal's "B-17"

Heavy Metal isn't exactly a World War II flick, which you probably would guess just by looking at the poster of a sword-wielding battle maiden flying on a bug-eyed bird over a futuristic city. However, this anthology film does have a short, sweet, and pretty spooky segment set during World War II.

After a B-17 bomber takes heavy fire during a dogfight, leading to the death of all but two of the plane's crew, things go from bad to worse when the crew are reanimated into flesh-eating zombies.

The choppy, almost rotoscoped animation style adds to the newly-returned Allied air fighters' creepiness, as the pilots desperately try and escape death at the clutches of their former comrades.

B-17, and the rest of Heavy Metal, don't shy away from the violent and gruesome imagery. Bullets turn the crew into ribbon before they monstrously morph into skeletal, hungry corpses. Even when one pilot escapes the downed plane, his nightmarish ride is far from over.

While this may be a quick pitstop into the historical for Heavy Metal, it's one that stays with its viewers well after the credits roll.