This is the most unpleasant thing I have ever seen

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CoachGilligan — 11 years ago(April 01, 2015 10:20 PM)

Of course I realize that was the point. But I watched this for the first time tonight and I don't feel right. I can only imagine how disturbing it would have been 30 years ago. My family watched The Day After when it aired. I was 10. I think I am more unsettled by this at 41 than I was by that as a kid. This was rough.
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LongnStrong — 11 years ago(April 02, 2015 10:56 AM)

Amen to that. I had a similar reaction the first time I watched Threads. It actually scared me so much that, oddly enough (and I've read that others have done the same) the only way I could get over it was to watch it over and over again. The multiple viewings eventually made it less horrible, in my mind. After all repeated exposure is a proven way to conquer your fears. All the same, this is still probably the most harrowing film I've ever seen. Easily in top 3.

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iamthehollow — 11 years ago(April 03, 2015 04:15 AM)

The lesson beingdon't mess with the English when it comes to being depressing.
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blackurbanprince — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 03:14 PM)

Ditto. This movie was brutal just goes to show you don't always need some huge Hollywood budget to make a great film.

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ArtfulLodger — 10 years ago(January 29, 2016 11:53 AM)

Not a 'date movie', certainly, but oh so important and shows the power of film when it's done well. Shows why horror movies are so redundant and lame, too.

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jslavik — 9 years ago(January 17, 2017 09:56 AM)

Everyone here needs to read the book 'One Second After'. It follows a community and their struggles after an EMP attack. Truly scary and realistic. Had the same feeling after reading that as I did watching this film.

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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(April 15, 2019 01:51 PM)

Yeah, this is a seriously bleak and depressing film. The various ways society falls apart in the wake of the bomb being dropped are downright painful to behold.
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Slatch371 — 6 years ago(February 25, 2020 07:24 PM)

I don't know. The movie gets kinda funnier, to watch, with time. I mean, who pisses themselves over a the sight of an Atomic Bomb explosion? And why would you drive straight into a brick wall when a bomb goes off nearby. Come on! This movie, is silly.
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cryptoflovecraft — 4 years ago(March 07, 2022 06:16 AM)

Agreed, it's very unpleasant. Perhaps the best nuclear war film in terms of realism.

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TaraDeS — 4 years ago(March 07, 2022 06:32 AM)

Oh ok.
That was the subtle answer to my question in the other thread.
Pun intended.

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ToastedCheese — 4 years ago(March 08, 2022 01:11 AM)

Its bleak and disturbing, but the scenario of Russia invading Iraq was wrong and has dated the film, and this makes it more cheesy when it had been the US.
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Corwin — 4 years ago(March 08, 2022 01:14 AM)

Very bleak.

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Popaluv — 4 years ago(March 10, 2022 11:16 AM)

A really nasty film that left me depressed for days. There was not one glimmer of hope in the entire movie.

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MovieManCin2 — 4 years ago(March 10, 2022 03:24 PM)

That was the point.
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MLRD — 4 years ago(March 10, 2022 03:29 PM)

That's kind of why it's such a great film.