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Threads

Name: Threads
Director: Mick Jackson
Genre: War, Drama, Science Fiction
Released: 1984-09-23
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane

1984 · 1h 57m · War, Drama, Science Fiction

IMDb 7.9 Metacritic 92 RT 100%

Watch it tonight—but only if you're prepared for one of cinema's most relentlessly bleak and unflinching depictions of nuclear annihilation. Threads is a masterclass in apocalyptic horror that earns its perfect RT score, though be warned: this isn't entertainment, it's a gutting wake-up call that'll haunt you for days.

Plot

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Director: Mick Jackson

Cast: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane

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