Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

I watched Threads again yesterday, my 3rd time, firstly at school in the mid-80s, then again a few years ago, then most recently yesterday evening.Without doubt this is the most horrific film I have ever seen, even with multiple viewings and knowing the ending, its shock value does not decrease at all.I've watched a lot of post-apocalyptic type films (incl. The Day After) and Threads is the *only* one that truly gives me nightmares with scenes that will never ever go away from me.Kudos to the writer, director, production staff, actors and the BBC for making this film. As others have mentioned, this film should be required viewing for everyone, and especially those who have their finger on the button.Yes it seems a little dated now (33+ years on) in terms of production values, special effects etc, but actually it's all the better for this.In my mind Threads is one for the best films ever made and should certainly be near the top (or at the top) of everyone's must-see list. Just have a box of tissues and some emotional support nearby when you do watch it.

With our idiot politicians popping their buttons when it comes to a nuclear confrontation, here in 2017, everyone should be required to see this film. It takes place in England and focuses on a small space and involves the aftermath of a nuclear confrontation. It is a companion piece to America's movie "The Day After." As powerful as that film is, this one eclipses it in its horrifying portrayal of the lives of people, trying to deal with all the fallout (both literally and figuratively) of such an event. Here we see what would actually happen to people and communities. There is nothing the least bit optimistic. The kind of devastation is beyond belief. I mentioned fallout. As bad as the original wave of fire is, at least most of those people were incinerated. It's those left alive that are the focus. Pregnant women, little children, young people who had a future, local politicians trying to aid people when they are totally unprepared. We need to recognize that the ones that would have to help us could be themselves destroyed or decimated. This is one of the most troubling films ever produced and can barely be watched. Much scarier than any commercial effort because of its documentary style and ultimate messaged. There is no letup in it and no real reward, other than this is an unacceptable thing to have happen.

Having lived through both the initial cold war era of "Dr. Strangelove," "Fail Safe" and "On The Beach" and the Reagan-inspired panic that produced "The Day After," "Testament" and "Threads," and having watched them all in the sociopolitical context in which they were made, I'd say "Threads" is the only one worth watching now in terms of what it has to offer on the subject of nuclear war. Kubrick's pop art masterpiece is still the go-to classic for purposes of entertainment and cinematic appreciation, but this is the film that will graphically illustrate to you what the actual sight of a mushroom cloud going off in your vicinity will do to you (you'll pee your pants) and what the actual effects will be on you and your community (hint: it will NOT provide opportunities for tour de force performances by Jason Robards, Jane Alexander or Peter Sellers.) I went back and watched this again after seeing some vintage British documentaries and PSAs about civil defense during nuclear war on Youtube (particularly the eerie "Protect And Survive" TV spots with their scary little jingle, which are used with frightening effect in this film.) The film's scriptwriter Barry Hines is clearly pointing out what a steaming load the public has been given about the survivability of nuclear war. Without the grand dramatic gestures of the other epics mentioned above, this modest film demonstrates with much more dramatic power how unfathomably inhuman the people at the top are to subject their fellow human beings to this ultimate in sadistic threats.One other thing that I think makes this film more effective than the others mentioned above and more worth watching is its universal dimension, applicable not only to the nuclear scenario but to modern warfare in general with its monstrous emphasis on mass destruction. Hines was speaking to a British audience to which the horrors of the Blitzkrieg were still vivid living memories, and this film, even with its frugal Thatcher-era BBC special effects budget, succeeds in making you feel the trauma of being trapped in a landscape reduced to chunks of concrete and rotting corpses, where survival means literally living like a rat. See it, and the next time you hear someone saying we should bomb the daylights out of this or that country, you might point out to them that bombing a civilian population entails crimes against humanity that they might want to think twice about involving themselves in, even on a purely moral level.The film is introduced with footage of a spider spinning silk from its abdomen, while a narrator compares the structure of human civilization to the interconnected threads of a spider's web. We then see the finished web. It's a pretty thing, but from our perspective fragile. Also a trap.

We've all seen those horror films where hazardous radiation/chemicals give humans super powers or turn them into zombies, and we've all seen those public service announcements from the seventies where after a nuclear war, eventually everyone is okay if they follow the rules.Threads is unique in the fact that it doesn't lie or even mix up the truth at all. In the event of a nuclear war, we'd all be doomed to a fate worse than death.Does it sound scary or depressing? Well, the film seemed innocent enough to me until I actually watched it on youtube one night. When a bomb is dropped, people all follow the rules, a few panic, one woman even wets her pants on the sidewalk, and some hide under objects like the government suggested... then the wave of the bomb hits and people collapse, vaporized, in the streets. Animals suffer the same horrible fate, and many of the humans hidden under vehicles and in homes are either crushed, burned alive or left to survive the long suffering of radiation sickness. The film stretches on for years until finally we learn, that when a bomb is dropped, there's no turning back to the way modern society was. Books, films, news broadcasts, music, all the things that we think are important, it all becomes so trivial in a post-apocalyptic environment....But what really makes this film stand out from others in its genre is that the scenario presented in the film is not only possible, the wrong hands could make this film a reality at any second.This is not a horror film, but it's the most disturbing, melancholy and frightening film I've ever seen, hands down. The poor people in it are so realistic, it makes you feel as though you're experiencing their suffering. Don't pass it up to go watch My Little Pony or Criminal Minds, because it's a film you can't afford to miss.