Horror movie producers would die to hire the producers of Threads because as a previous commenter mentioned, Threads is THE ultimate horror movie and while the other two movies had their moments Threads exposes the devastating effect fallout has on the human body, the breakdown of civilisation and how close we are to annihilation.
@billcapehart52382 күн бұрын
Threads was the most no-holds barred of the three butTestament was the hardest of the three to watch. (Along with When the Winds Blow which despite being a “cute” cartoon is the nuclear war movie I can’t sit through in one sitting.)
@peanuts21053 күн бұрын
I went to Sheffield recently and i thought it was used for nuclear teating. What a dump
@patrickdezenzio49885 күн бұрын
Great movies and if you already have seen these and are looking for more, give Damnation Alley a try. It's a bit campy but pretty cool. Another really good movie is Miracle Mile. Great soundtrack.
@minutebeforemidnight5 күн бұрын
Thanks much! I'll definitely search them up!
@johndavis62956 күн бұрын
The War Game 1966 made by the BBC in Uk wasnt shown on tv as it was deemed to frightening. Was shown in cinemas . I saw it , at the end there was just stunned silence from the audience , everyone just sat there instead of heading for the exit as usual.
@minutebeforemidnight6 күн бұрын
I will definitely check out for that movie!
@mikefitzgerald417 күн бұрын
Threads made the Day After look like a walk in the park
@minutebeforemidnight7 күн бұрын
Yet “The day after” was way more impactful. Regan had a screening in Camp David a month before the it was officially released and it influenced his reversal on nuclear weapons policy and Cold War in general.
@100toeface10 күн бұрын
Here is a movie list to consider, (some taken from the comments below, thank you). fallout 2024 Damnation Alley A Boy and his Dog On the Beach" 1959 When the Wind Blows The War Game" (1966) Special bulletin Barefoot gen Silkwood China syndrome The atomic cafe Manhattan project 86 Whoops apocalypse Ground zero Rules of engagement 89 When the wind blows 86 Letters from a dead man 86 Memoirs of a survivor Chain reaction Failsafe By Dawn's Early Light 28 days Dr Strangelove
@minutebeforemidnight9 күн бұрын
Very cool list! Thanks much for posting this!
@Scrapper.10 күн бұрын
Threads, the ultimate horror movie. Raw, unrestrained. We have returned again to disturbing times.
@minutebeforemidnight10 күн бұрын
I agree. Very uncertain times.
@TishaHayes11 күн бұрын
As a grade schooler I remember the duck-and-cover exercises in the 1960's where we were supposed to hide under our school desks and cover our heads with our hands. We lived three miles to the west of downtown Chicago. It would of been over like a flash. I remember seeing the John Handcock building from my classroom window on the second floor of our grade school on 16th street.
@martyn_g13 күн бұрын
THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN NUCLEAR WAR, OR WAR IN GENERAL.
@Alisand199913 күн бұрын
Fallout, 2024.
@SnowyLeopard00714 күн бұрын
The Day After to me was the most realistic of all 3 movies. It used actual test nuke footage to make it feel more real. I own that movie.
@christinerkleman13615 күн бұрын
I was 10 when this movie came out. Scared the crap out of me! Gave me nightmares for weeks.
@minutebeforemidnight11 күн бұрын
I think I was 8 or 9 when I watched that movie in theater as well.
@mongmanification15 күн бұрын
Theres only one and thats THREADS.
@stevenpayne906316 күн бұрын
I’m from Sheffield: when Threads was made, the air attack warning was sounded (so it could be recorded) at 10am on 4th July 1984: not sure why I can remember it so very precisely - after all: it wasn’t the most utterly terrifying thing that’s ever happened to me - not even slightly😳
@steveblog117 күн бұрын
Threads scared the Hell out of me in 1984. The arms race was at its height, the USSR was an existential threat and as kids, we honestly thought a nuclear war was likely. CND marches and protests outside nuclear air force bases and sub ports were a permanent fixture, and it just felt like a fuse had been lit on the planet. How sad that for almost the same reasons as back then, we find ourselves wondering the same thing again 40 years later.
@mikefowler3015 күн бұрын
Naw it wasn't that bad at all, I joined the navy in 84 Reagan was president and he pretty much bankrupted the USSR By just going nuts on the military spending knowing full well the USSR couldn't financially keep up And that's when the USSR basically started falling apart. Ha the good old days. Even back then I was saying USSR isn't really a problem (low population a pitiful GDP they were joke), We should be more worried about china, My buddies laughed telling me they carried sticks (and at that time 90% of there population rode bicycles, times do change don't they?) because they couldn't afford weapons for there million man army, They don't carry sticks anymore.
@donaldduck83018 күн бұрын
"When the Wind Blows" It is animated, but it is realistic enough.
@christopherseat98715 күн бұрын
❤
@rachelannsmart371018 күн бұрын
The Day After was sterile in comparison to Threads, which is just about the scariest shit I have ever seen.
@studleyjb317219 күн бұрын
I'll settle for " A Boy and his Dog"
@steeloned17 күн бұрын
She had good taste. 😋
@stevenpayne906316 күн бұрын
A good little film (even though I couldn’t get “Miami Vice” out of my head😉)
@anb740821 күн бұрын
Some people liked “Threads”, but I didn’t. Primarily because they went cheap and didn’t spend money on showing graphics of the warheads launching and detonating. We just get a screen card telling us some bombs hit somewhere.
@stevenpayne906316 күн бұрын
BBC - limited budget (and the Govt of the day - well any day: they don’t pick sides, bless ‘em - was not enamoured…), so stock footage, and amateur actors (not the man characters)
@spacecat319824 күн бұрын
Threads and The Day After, both are great in their own way, already knew what would happen after reading Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivor accounts (and yes while they were horrifying in themselves they're peanuts compared to nukes that came later and now) and all the other info I read out there. But watching them helped me put it all into perspective. Right until last year I'd think of survival as well as prevention, now I'm just all about prevention. I'm not a parent, I've nobody to rely on me after an attack, I barely fit in now and get picked on so I dread to think what most people would be like after and physically and mentally I'm already not well, I would not do well surviving a nuke. So now I'd choose to stay at ground zero, but I'd rather they never happen. Please anyone sees this, i know it's easy to think you can't do anything, but please join a CND or Global Zero. With enough protest we can work on getting rid of these things, no matter where we are. There are no winners in any war, but especially nuclear war.
@zitherzon212124 күн бұрын
"On the Beach" 1959. A nuclear sub surfaces after WW III ends carrying sailors who are some of the last survivors on Earth. Chilling.
@minutebeforemidnight23 күн бұрын
Never watched the original, just a remake which I found a great and stunning performance of Armando Asante!
@dougbrowne989021 күн бұрын
@@minutebeforemidnight Gregory Peck is far better in the 1959 version. Both good though.
@develynseether44262 сағат бұрын
@dougbrowne9890 great actor, terrible person
@originalsusser25 күн бұрын
The Day After, when compared to Threads, was soft. The soldiers coming in to clean up afterwards... yer sure, as if! Totally unrealistic
@minutebeforemidnight23 күн бұрын
Yet it made such an impact. They say it left such an impression on the President Regan that he decided to sign the treaty with Soviets on reducing the nuclear arsenal….
@originalsusser23 күн бұрын
@@minutebeforemidnight well I suppose he hadn't seen Threads. I mean The Day After was ok and all. It featured some harrowing scenes for sure. But for the long term looksee of, not just the day after but the generation after, Threads is truly shocking
@stevenpayne906316 күн бұрын
After “Threads”, I thought the “The Day After” was a bl**dy comedy…
@originalsusser25 күн бұрын
I was a teenager when I watched Threads back in the early 80s... that movie freaked me out! I hadn't seen it since. About a yr ago, I was talking with someone about it & after I bought a copy from eBay. I have to say it still resonates today. The most realistic portrayal of nuke war & its aftermath. When that young girl screamed at the sight of her baby at the end, wow, you know humanity is f****d
@stevenpayne906316 күн бұрын
Got it on DVD, last year… Hadn’t seen it since it was broadcast - didnt sleep the first time around, nor the second…
@jameswilkerson887326 күн бұрын
Anyone remember Damnation Alley? I think it was called that.
@Cline391126 күн бұрын
Yes. 1977. George Peppard and Jan-Michael Vincent.
@originalsusser25 күн бұрын
Yes... loved that movie as a kid. Never liked cockroachs after seeing it, but I don't think it has held up well by today's standards 🤔
@minutebeforemidnight22 күн бұрын
Thanks for the tip. I'll watch it.
@BebeLush228 күн бұрын
When the Wind Blows. Animated film that truly shows the aftermath of nuclear war.
@minutebeforemidnight28 күн бұрын
I remember the animated movie. Truly sad one.
@originalsusser25 күн бұрын
I'll check that one out
@billcapehart52382 күн бұрын
I can sit through Threads. I can’t sit through WtWB. I start blubbering watching what happens to that nice old couple.
@fuffoonКүн бұрын
What a sad film. 😢
@grahamthompson259428 күн бұрын
The Bed Sitting Room is a wild post apocalypse dark comedy
@minutebeforemidnight28 күн бұрын
I'll check it out. Never watched it. Thanks for the tip.
@purplemindarcana53329 күн бұрын
A real scenario would be a lot worse. In reality, large cities & national capitals would be targeted, not a bunch of small towns & minor cities.
@dougbrowne989021 күн бұрын
There are enough nukes in the US, Russia, China and the UK to target even the smallest town 10 times over.
@jamielumm958319 күн бұрын
Tell us you haven’t seen Threads without telling us you haven’t seen Threads
@alanbrooke3237Ай бұрын
I was in NBC in the Marines during the COLD WAR, the Nuclear weapons are bad enough without the Chemical weapons and the Biological weapons. Blistering Agent your skins just blisters and burns,don't breathe in it. Mass suicide.
@CasualHoarder-ny9sdАй бұрын
Testament is underrated, probably what most people would have to deal with.
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
I agree. It's a great movie. Very hard to watch, though!
@100toeface10 күн бұрын
It was unrealistic though how none of them had visible radiation burns, only 1 character has a few strands of hair fall out, there was zero issue of looting except for one neighborhood kid. In reality there would be gangs going from house to house and taking all food in order to survive. People without food aren't all going to just sit in their houses and starve most likely.
@minutebeforemidnight9 күн бұрын
@@100toefaceMakes sense. Especially in LA suburb where looting wave would come from the cities. But if the city is destroyed by the initial blaze - smaller suburban areas could organize and defend them. The sense of unity is stronger in suburbs. Especially in smaller cities around LA where people know eachother.
@patrickdezenzio49885 күн бұрын
@@100toeface Maybe. It all depends how far the town is from a city. Interestingly, you probably have the best chance of survival on the west coast away from the larger cities because fallout travels west to east. There's nothing but the Pacific Ocean so if you can survive the initial blasts, chances are very little radiation would be present.
@billcapehart52382 күн бұрын
@@minutebeforemidnightharder than the more graphic ones in the list. I can’t hear little gum tree without flashing back.
@yunwiyawaya8593Ай бұрын
Threads is a very realistic movie. All the cast did a great job
@TonyWeaving19 күн бұрын
Jane Hazkegrove played the papergirl in this film. Jane went on to star in BBCs Casualty and ITVs Coronation Street.
@yorkiecob13 күн бұрын
Not a "movie" but a TV series, publicly funded by the BBC
@martyn_g13 күн бұрын
Totally brilliant.
@derryjones10299 күн бұрын
Yes I remember watching it as a kid and it really stuck in my mind
@rautakallio1852Ай бұрын
I would add "The War Game" (1966) to this list. Definitely worth a watch if you liked the other three mentioned here.
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
I never watched that one. Thanks for the tip!
@kc72186Ай бұрын
The all time best one will be out in November 2024, unfortunately no one will be alive to see it in theaters.
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
Why November? Elections?
@elizabethwinsor5140Ай бұрын
I've seen it . .....
@Gremlin242722 күн бұрын
But I was looking forward to Christmas!
@christopherseat9871Ай бұрын
"THREADS" 🇬🇧
@user-el6lh3jl2yАй бұрын
News kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6GZo5x8a7R9jKs
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
Let me know what you think in the comments.
@donovanharvey3648Ай бұрын
The strain was a great show! Also the video game adaptation shows such as fallout and the last of us are very good.
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
I didn’t watch the Fallout, but did the Last of us. Awesome show!
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
Second best: Probably Strain.
@musablueАй бұрын
Absolutely not! Christian hegemony is responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world.
@HZV1911.Ай бұрын
O yes,we must be prepared ✝️✝️🙏🙏
@gaylewatkins6781Ай бұрын
Armageddon is coming...soon
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
It might be around the corner. But it's interesting that almost every generation has experienced war and I'm not sure were going to be the exception.
@gaylewatkins6781Ай бұрын
@@minutebeforemidnight never has the world been in this much turmoil...it's global..and u can try to explain it away..but u and the world are going to experience what no other generation has experienced. Ignore it to ur peril..
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
@@gaylewatkins6781 No sure what are you are referring to? Can you elaborate? I'm coming from the Balkans - I'm pretty sure you are aware what happened there in the 90's and seen my share of conflicts and war. I'm also trying to warn this generation to be vigilant and prepared.
@Jo_876Ай бұрын
I think Russia ain’t gonna do shit because it can’t do shit. If it could it’d already be in charge in Ukraine. And US foreign policy should not be led by authoritarian regimes threatening violence if the US does not comply, no democracy should bow to authoritarian demands.
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
I agree. Russia lost momentum over Ukraine long time ago. They lost that war. But hurt pride is a most dangerous condition and most unpredictable.
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
Israel is more than capable defending itself as we could see.
@joehocker6169Ай бұрын
The U.S. should take no part in this whatsoever and it should withdraw any current support.
@user-tt6rx1cy4fАй бұрын
God bless Israel❤
@johnblasik9647Ай бұрын
“That’s like your opinion man”. The Dude.
@GunnyRichard-jm5jrАй бұрын
US backs Israel, your forgetting UK or Britain is also backing Israel. Russia is tied up in Ukraine. Nobody wants 3rd war.
@rickshawwheelchairАй бұрын
I think that the Bidumb admin is just stupid and wrong on every foreign policy. After that, i don't know, i just know they're wrong.
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
They are making terrible moves in foreign policy that is for sure!
@static_not_hereАй бұрын
Woah nice!
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
Thanks!
@J.M.254Ай бұрын
The real one is coming soon.
@KC-tk3oiАй бұрын
Jesus was left leaning. He certainly wasn't a conservative, considering he spent his entire time breaking down social norms and status quo. He was big on welfare. He was for financial redistribution. When it came to social issues, he handled it very differently than the right does when given the choice. An equivalent example from his time is when famous said "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" and then proceeded to, as the only qualified person, not do that. The only reason you don't see how left leaning he was is because you aren't from that time. If you were proportionally as conservative then as you are now, you'd be on the side of everything he spoke against.
@xxxhoodooxxxАй бұрын
Jesus was Communist hu? This has to be an AI generated comment. None of this makes sense or true whatsoever. Welcome to the Twilight zone.
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
Debatable. Yes, he was big on welfare (and let's say welfare is something we can associate with the left) but so were the apostles, Peter and Paul but we know their view on LGBT - by the same token should we label them as far right... It's not that simple.
@KC-tk3oiАй бұрын
@xxxhoodooxxx Matthew 19:21-24 "Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Socialist seems like the right word for it, but yeah
@KC-tk3oiАй бұрын
@@minutebeforemidnight that is true, but Jesus specifically speaks on "sexual immorality" in the story I pointed to about the stoning. He basically tells people to mind themselves. The apostles aren't Jesus. Them having beliefs that go against that is on them.
@xxxhoodooxxxАй бұрын
@@KC-tk3oi Oh my God! Jesus was a communist. And he was killed by the government! He really was communist!😳 I'm just playing, I knew what you were saying and you're not wrong. He was full socialist with a dash of philanthropist.
@556rockyАй бұрын
It’s not a about a religious belief it’s about what you think and feel about things . We are humans not a mindless mechanical robot . Religion just like anything else is some type Of grooming
@minutebeforemidnightАй бұрын
I could somewhat agree on the organized religion, but personal faith is different.