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# Threads

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Product Description               In September 1984, THREADS was aired on the BBC and shocked tens of millions of UK viewers. Four months later, it was broadcast in America and became the most watched basic cable program in history. After more than three decades, it remains one of the most acclaimed and shattering made-for-television movies of all time. Reece Dinsdale (Coronation Street):, David Brierly (Doctor Who) and Karen Meagher, in a stunning debut performance star in this "graphic and haunting" (People Magazine) docudrama about the effects of a nuclear attack on the working -class city of Sheffield, England as the fabric of society unravels. Directed by Mick Jackson (THE BODYGUARD, TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE) from a screenplay by novelist/playwright Barry Hines (Ken Loach s KES) and nominated for seven BAFTA Awards, "The most terrifying and honest portrayal of nuclear war ever filmed" (The Guardian) has now been fully restored from a 2K scan for the first time ever.                  Review               UNSETTLINGLY POWERFUL. THREADS is certainly among the best and most harrowing dramatizations of nuclear holocaust. --The New York TimesA MASTERPIECE. Realistic, terrifying and brilliantly conceived, THREADS is guaranteed to give you nightmares. --New York Daily NewsEXTRAORDINARY. THREADS is the scariest, most horrifying TV movie ever made. --New York Newsday

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## Customer Reviews

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    Simply a nightmare...
  

*by J***H on Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2018*

I'm a life long horror fan and when ever I'm asked what the scariest I have ever seen is I always reply "Threads". I grew up watching this and it has not lost a single bit of it's brutal impact. I think this film is even scarier given our current political climate and how the world is one bad choice away from a reality such as this. One good thing about this film is that it makes you very, very thankful for what you have. I do not mean to sound melodramatic but the best advice I can give is to watch this with the lights on and preferably with another person.

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    Threads is indeed the closest you ever want to come to nuclear war...
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2018*

I was born the year The Day After was first shown on ABC network across the USA, and year before this film was shown on the BBC network across  Britain.  I vaguely remember seeing the news covering the fall of the Berlin Wall and the close of the Cold War in the early 1990's.  I saw some happy people in Germany and elsewhere, but didn't really get what all the excitement was about.  So, I can't say that I might understand at an emotional level what the impact of this film might be within the context of its release year, but I suppose I might have some useful perspective that is detached from the opinions about nuclear weapons/war of those days.  So here goes.This film is of a docu-drama style that juxtaposes a human story arc (Jimmy and Ruth) through a nuclear war scenario with proposed statistics describing the effects of the nuclear war scenario.  I am a big fan of this choice, because it lends a lot of credence to the storyline portion by referencing from expert sources.  It is as if the movie is acting out a small part of a wider simulated scenario, and serves as a powerful warning with its combination of the cold, unfeeling worldwide stats backing up the raw human experiences.  I have only learned about the Cold War from history books, and I think this movie conveys that intangible feeling of living through those tense times that books cannot.I am glad that this movie has found a proper release on Bluray and DVD available in the N. American region, because it has an important message that can apply to today's nuclear situation as well as our future.  I think the single most important part of this message would be the fearlessness with which the movie's creators approached the topic.  It appears that they held nothing back in the name of TV censors or public perception.  This is among the most brutally honest and unflinching stories about nuclear war, or any subject really, put to the screen.  This movie has some notoriety among those that have watched it that some warning is in order before viewing it for the first time.  I think any adult can certainly watch it, and should watch it, but do keep in mind that this can evoke far more horror than any standard gore movie.  Upon rewatching it following this digital purchase, I was certainly impacted all over again, but fortunately less so upon further viewing.  Still, the reality that we live in a world where enough weapons exist to unleash this movie's scenario looms large and is one of the primary reasons, in my opinion, for the heightened impact.  This nightmare could have been a reality.There are some minor drawbacks to the film, in my opinion, but had little effect on the overall theme and emotional impact.  A couple characters disappear pretty noticeably through the movie with no character resolution, but then again, that might be a merciful thing for the audience, spared from a couple more grisly deaths within the family/friends circle of the primary characters.  Jimmy's friend/coworker shows up to help out Ruth for a brief few scenes in the month or so after the nuclear event and then disappears.  Some people have some criticism in reviews of the nuclear bomb effects, some being stock footage, but I found them to be adequate, especially when focusing on the blast/burn effects and destroyed walls that directly affect the characters.  Seeing a high-tech nuclear explosion on a city is one thing, but having the guts to show humans writhing in pain while engulfed in flames hits a decidedly different note.  I didn't find the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament rally scenes to be all that useful to the movie, because the rest of the movie certainly makes any points espoused by the rally, and the main characters have no interaction with the scenes other than just casually observing from the crowd.  Finally, I think a couple points of the movie are actually too optimistic.  It feels as though the movie held back a bit on its estimation of the nuclear winter's effect on human populations during that first year.  It seemed like a decent crop was still had that summer after the war in May.  Also, while the movie does boldly extend its scenario out to 13 years after the war, it leaves an ending that calls into question humanity's fate, rather than resolving it.  That being said, the ending is rather shocking and does leave an uneasy impression on humanity's reproduction odds going forward, at least in Britain.  It certainly had an impactful ending, though I think exploring the possibility of a mass extinction event with humans as one of the species on the list might have been an option.  Then again, the nuclear winter science was relatively new at that point, and we know more today with help of powerful analysis tools what the effects of firestorm debris injected into the stratosphere would entail.  Apparently, even a regional nuclear exchange far smaller than this proposed scenario could cause some serious agricultural / starvation problems for all parts of the world.  The movie wasn't bleak enough.  There I said it.There are no problems on my end with the digital release, and I like Amazon's streaming player functions on a PC.  Subtitles were very helpful, and pretty amusing at a couple points.  The music at the end of those Protect and Survive public service announcements was subtitled as "(ominous music)".  Between that and one other quick scene, there isn't any other humor to be found, though.All in all, this is an excellent movie that deserves far more recognition in the USA than its current underground or seemingly taboo status.  Our nation has a distinct responsibility to lead on this issue, and we ought to be equally as fearless and unflinching to understand the responsibility involved to reduce existential risks to our world.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Absolute required viewing
  

*by B***3 on Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2018*

I had seen this film on some random “films you must see” type article, saying that it was a disturbing, realistic film about nuclear war and its effects. I took a gamble and ordered it the day this blu Ray came out.  This film is horrifying, filled with sadness, despair and will shock you every chance it gets. There are very few films out there that have had a true lasting impact on me and I can honestly say that this is one of them. If you are the type that enjoys films based on real life ‘what if...’ scenarios, then you should definitely own, or at the very least, watch this film.

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