Members Westsailor Posted January 2, 2008 Members Share Posted January 2, 2008 I stumbled across this 1984 BBC Docu-drama rummaging around google videos. It is a depiction of the lead up & aftermath of a nuclear exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States that (almost as an aside) includes the United Kingdom. If this isn't THE most scary movie you'll ever see I don't know what is. While it's not chock full of the latest digital SF/X, it still makes movies like The Day After, etc. look like a old 'duck and cover' filmstrip. In fact, the very lack of such effects make it even that much more realistic/compelling. The character dialog is somewhat hard to follow (thick English accents) but no matter, don't let that keep you from watching this. You'll want to pay more attention to the much easier to understand background newscasters & narrator anyway. Although this is what nightmares are made of you owe it to yourself to watch this film. It DEFINITELY makes you think 'Jesus... what if...'. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5275628490749222181&q=threads+site%3Avideo.google.com&total=1011&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goofball Jones Posted January 2, 2008 Members Share Posted January 2, 2008 Scarier than "Manos: The Hands of Fate"? I think not.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members y-o-y Posted January 2, 2008 Members Share Posted January 2, 2008 Apparently you have never seen this movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scampi Posted January 2, 2008 Members Share Posted January 2, 2008 Scarier than "Manos: The Hands of Fate"? I think not.... lol that movie is so bad, and that frank zappa lookin mf'er... torgo otoh, he needs more work in film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thelurker Posted January 2, 2008 Members Share Posted January 2, 2008 Who could forget "The War that Reagan (was) Gonna Start". Not a movie, just the general gist of the news in those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BigPigPeaches Posted January 2, 2008 Members Share Posted January 2, 2008 Apparently you have never seen this movie Or this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dDigitalPimp Posted January 2, 2008 Members Share Posted January 2, 2008 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5275628490749222181&q=threads+site%3Avideo.google.com&total=1011&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4 we had to watch that movie in 10th grade english class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 Or this one. Dammit. Beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Renfield Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 As curious as I am, I seriously lack the attention span to sit through a whole movie right about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nayland Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 There was a whole string of "omg bomb" movies in the eighties. There was an American one as well...what was it called? The Last Day or something? The Day After, maybe? There was also a semi-lame one with David Rasche, but most of these were scary in one way or another, even that cartoon one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goofball Jones Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 There was a whole string of "omg bomb" movies in the eighties. There was an American one as well...what was it called? The Last Day or something? The Day After, maybe? There was also a semi-lame one with David Rasche, but most of these were scary in one way or another, even that cartoon one. Yeah "The Day After". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rikshaw Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 Who could forget "The War that Reagan (was) Gonna Start".Not a movie, just the general gist of the news in those days. i cant imagine how stupid that one must be. it has to be one of the stupidest ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Westsailor Posted January 3, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yeah "The Day After". I remember those too but to me they were all Hollywooded up. Even tho they tried to convey the horror of nuclear war I still always felt they glossed over the actualities. Unlike those however, there is a gritty, pull no punches, 'essence of reality' about Threads that strikes home and makes you shudder at the thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrcrow Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 wasnt there one called the long winter or the dark winter...atomic winteretcwhich depicted after the bomb societynot only scary but possibleno special effects needed to shoot your people in the head so you can eat them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 'The character dialog is somewhat hard to follow (thick English accents)' wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeonVomit Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 Ah yes, Threads. A film of horror, and the ending is one of the most sickening mind-twisting things you could care to witness. No gore, no outrageous effects. You don't even really 'see' anything. But it will stay with you, haunt you, rape your will to live. It will dare you to forget to be greatful for everything you have. Watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Westsailor Posted January 3, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 'The character dialog is somewhat hard to follow (thick English accents)' wtf Well, I think it would have been less correct to say 'thick British accents' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seraphim7s Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 'The character dialog is somewhat hard to follow (thick English accents)' wtf Thick English accents?! What - like Prince Charles? Sounded like received pronunciation to me tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Westsailor Posted January 3, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 Thick English accents?! What - like Prince Charles? Sounded like received pronunciation to me tbh Well, being in Liverpool, you have the advantage Certainly, no offense intended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jateca Posted January 3, 2008 Members Share Posted January 3, 2008 'The character dialog is somewhat hard to follow (thick English accents)' wtf Had a quick look, the characters have pure Sheffield yorkshire accents, so to be fair it's probably not the easiest for americans to follow. If it was van dyke cockney or beatles scouse they might have a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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