[gaijin]

Long ago they also had a BRITISH version of this, more or less.

It was HARROWING..!

I didn’t see it until last year, so it was ollllld, but wow was it scary..!

[daltec]

You may be talking about "Threads." It truly was harrowing and harder-hitting than The Day After. But even The Day After really made me think.

People can make fun of the acting all they want, but those scenes of searching for loved ones in a stadium full of grievously wounded people, or of that guy saying "Get out of my house!" to the starving family, and his house is nothing but charred rubble, and they silently offer food to him, well, they were pretty powerful when I first saw them when I was like 14, and like I said, they still make me think now.

Really brought home the utter hopelessness of it all.

[KarlInOhio]

Was that Threads?

Way scarier than The Day After.

[Ronniesque]

“Threads” was the name of that one.

[eekitsagreek]

Long ago they also had a BRITISH version of this, more or less.

It was HARROWING..!

The name of that movie is called "Threads" and it is THE most shockingly disturbing movie I have ever seen (unless of course you include "The Room"). The hospital scene alone should be required viewing for politicians around the world.

"Threads" is actually an updated version of an earlier British film called "The War Game". Go find both films on YouTube. Either one makes "The Day After" look like a comedy. The Brits don't joke around when it comes to nuclear war.

I also want to mention another nuclear war movie called "Testament". There are no scenes of destruction, but it has to rank as the most depressing film I have ever seen. I don't even want to talk about it here.

[Catmom]

I watched “Threads” online in 2009 and it had me shaking through the next day.

You can watch a good, full hi-def version on the Vimeo app. It’s not on youtube and you can’t find a US region DVD online.