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Threads [1984] | ![Threads [1984]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71PWWVHAXSL._SL75_.gif)
 enlarge | Director: Mick Jackson
Actors: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane
Studio: Meridian Entertainment
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  109 reviews
Sales Rank: 1191
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 112
Discs: 1
EAN: 5014503407124
ASIN: B00004U3VW
Theatrical Release Date: September 23, 1984
Release Date: July 10, 2000
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Condition: Brand new sealed. All orders are despatched from mainland UK within 48hrs - usually same day.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Hideously plausible when first broadcast in 1984, this BBC TV docu-drama now seems like a terrifying might-have-been, although a great deal of what it says about the probable aftermath of a nuclear attack remains horribly pertinent. Scripted by Barry Hines (author of the novel on which Ken Loach's Kes was based) and directed by Mick Jackson (who later went to Hollywood with The Bodyguard and Volcano), at the time Threads seemed like a response to the American TV movie The Day After although it stands nobly on its own. Showing the after-effects of World War III on the United Kingdom by concentrating on two Sheffield families linked by an unplanned pregnancy, it illustrates the scientific, political, medical and social consequences of the severing of the many vital connective "threads" that support a Western society. Grim in a particularly 1980s way, this is a compulsive if uncomfortable watch and accomplishes a great deal without the distraction of spectacle, picking through all the melted milk bottles and firing squad traffic wardens to find the human horror at the heart of it all. --Kim Newman
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Possibly the bleakest vision of mankind's future July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just a couple of points to add to the the other excellent reviews...
1. The special effects department used photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors as the basis for their reconstructions but they had to tone it down for television. Radiation burns look worse in real life.
2. There used to be a book available that predicted casualty figures based on most likely attack patterns. Liverpool was demmed to be the best place to live in the event of nuclear war because its inhabitants had only a 0.04% chance of serious injury. This was because they had a 99.96% chance of immediate death.
SCARY STUFF June 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even though this film is over 20 years old, the realisation of a total nuclear bomb strike on Great Britain and the effects of the aftermath are extremely realistic and scary. I watched this film with my Mum when it first came out and I was terrified. I recently purchased this DVD when it came out. I didn't think it would still scare me but it does. Much more realistic than the tamed down American version ''The Day After''. Set in Sheffield it keys the events leading up to the attack and around the lives of 2 families and a bunch of Council workers and how they all deal with events before and after the attack. Not for the faint hearted.
The best TV film ever! May 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've just watched Threads, it is so realistic and incredibly disturbing, showing the effects of the blast, radiation sickness and something which I forgot would happen- crop failure! With its buildup to war in Iran this film is incredibly relevant today despite being made in 1987. I advise anyone looking for an excellent buy, get Threads, its watchable and distrubing in equal measure.
Horrific!!! May 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This, quite simply, is the most horrific film I have ever watched. Topical when it was made it is even more pertinent now. The premise of a confrontation escalating into a nuclear exchange is only too easy to imagine but the real strength of this film is the way it depicts the aftermath, presenting it with a mix of fiction and cold hard fact. What really freaked me out was when I realised that some of the b/w photographs depicting Sheffield were actually of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In my mind, if there is anybody, anywhere who considers a "limited" nuclear war possible they should be declared legally insane!!
A Nuclear Nightmare March 27, 2008
It's quite a few years now since I watched Threads. I was only young, and it absolutely terrifed me!! At a time when nuclear warfare was constantly talked about, written about, and dreaded, it seemed very relevant to me. It was so REAL!! I had nightmares for ages, and used to spend a lot of time worrying about whether or not it was likely to happen. O.K. so it didn't, but it could have, and that's what made it so frightening, it was eminently possible. Now, many years later, I'm older, wiser, with kids of my own who haven't seen it, but I feel it is still relevant, and kids should see it, just to warn them of what COULD happen. It was way ahead of it's time, with brilliant performances, great direction, and as I say, still relevant today, so it's stood the test of time. I've never seen it repeated on t.v, which is a shame, so maybe I'll buy it. It's definitely worth watching again.
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