Considered by many to be one of the most realistic (and hence scariest) depictions of nuclear war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)
Other free sources that work in MX, maybe elsewhere too:
https://fawesome.tv/movies/10647273/threads
https://tubitv.com/es-mx/movies/531445/threads
https://flixhouse.com/video/2599/threads
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So grim that it makes every other movie look light and cheerful. It’s pure tragedy, but without even the mitigating structure of a traditional Tragedy.
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian called the film a “masterpiece”, writing: “It wasn’t until I saw Threads that I found that something on screen could make me break out in a cold, shivering sweat and keep me in that condition for 20 minutes, followed by weeks of depression and anxiety”.[46] Sam Toy of Empire gave the film a perfect score, writing that “this British work of (technically) science fiction teaches an unforgettable lesson in true horror” and went on to praise its ability “to create an almost impossible illusion on clearly paltry funds”.[47] Jonathan Hatfull of SciFiNow gave a perfect score to the remastered DVD of the film. “No one ever forgets the experience of watching Threads. […It] is arguably the most devastating piece of television ever produced. It’s perfectly crafted, totally human and so completely harrowing you’ll think that you’ll probably never want to watch it again.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threads_(1984_film)
They’re not exaggerating.
When I first got Netflix, I saw they had post-apocalyptic film The Road (based on the Cormac McCarthy book), which the local cinema had a huge banner for almost a year but never actually showed.
“Yes!” I thought and watched it. Daayyuummmm, it gets so, SO dark within the first 3 minutes and never lets up.
A few months later, I watched post-apocalyptic film The Book of Eli and every time it tried to get dark, I couldn’t help but feel like it was a comedy compared to The Road.
So I guess if I ever muster the gumption to actually watch Threads, every other nuclear war film I ever watch will seem like a comedy in comparison.
post-apocalyptic film The Road (based on the Cormac McCarthy book)
Haven’t seen the film, but I read the book. I could only read a couple pages at a time, it was pretty dark. But the book was a laugh, compared to “Threads.”
YMMV, but having seen both, I’d say that Threads makes The Road seem like a light-hearted romp.
It’s brilliant though, definitely one to see.
I’ll just have to make sure I have video of puppies playing queued up for after.
Ha, yes, that might help 😁
I watched it while living in Sheffield (where it’s set).
The ending revolves around something that I have real-life trauma about, so the nightmares where I woke up screaming lasted about 6 months.
Yikes!
Sorry if I brought it back up
Don’t be, I think everyone should watch it once and I regularly mention it on relevant movie threads (ba-dum-tish)
I saw it about 20 years and a lot of therapy ago, I couldn’t watch it again but I can talk about it :-)
Scared the crap out of me as a kid for sure.
The one I saw back then was the US The Day After, and I’ve heard Threads makes that look like Disney by comparison.
Yeah, that’s true. When the Wind Blows is another film on that topic, tho I haven’t worked up the nerve to watch it yet.
When the Wind Blows isn’t as horrifying or depressing as Threads tbh.
Being animated, and in that particular Raymond ‘The Snowman’ Briggs style, it’s more just a sad-but-endearing story.
I saw it as a kid, and although I got the seriousness of it, it didn’t upset me or anything, it was just kind of gloomy, but with enough little humorous moments to lift it (less so towards the end, of course).
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If anyone wants to accompany their glass of sweet, sweet Threads with a When the Wind Blows chaser (double your fun!), WTWB is on Tubi & Fawesome (at least for me in MX)
- https://tubitv.com/es-mx/movies/551478/when-the-wind-blows
- https://fawesome.tv/movies/10647226/when-the-wind-blows
Youtube, too, but not sure if this source is licensed
I’ve never had the nerve to watch it, either. Something about the summaries I’ve read just make me dread it.
Yes. I saw both, and agree.
Second that. The Day After is pretty dark, dark enough that it supposedly inspired Reagan to pursue nuclear arms control far more than he had previously. That being said, where The Day After is dark, Threads is just relentlessly brutal. And it never feels like they’re just trying to shock you–it just lays all the awful consequences of nuclear war out there for the viewer.
Ironic(?) how they keyword-stuffed “Survive the Apocalypse” into the title for SEO purposes yet the documentary clearly shows you really really don’t want to survive the apocalypse because the months and years after are too shit to want to be alive for.
If the bombs start falling, I want to be as close as possible to where they land. Just get it over with in an instant.
This ⬆️ is the best option.
Let the Zuckerbergs of the world hide in their bunkers and emerge lords of nothing more than lifeless & lethal fallout deserts.
Not sure what that video thumbnail is all about, I don’t think that’s in the film. It does look very similar to this official poster, but the character in question isn’t laden with belts of bullets, and it’s bandages on his face, not a mask. Also, he’s a traffic warden, basically pressed into armed service as society collapses.
I thought the image in the thumbnail looked a bit too new to be from a movie released in 1984.
Yeah, definitely. I’d bet someone has made it using AI rather than use the correct image.
Yeah, quite common clickbait tactic on Youtube. IIRC there’s a browser extension that replaces those clickbaity images with a genuine screenshot, can’t remember the name ATM
The extension is DeArrow from the same developer making our lives better with SponsorBlock.
That’s the one, thanks!
