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I'd rate "The Day After" a 5 out of 10 on the horror scale, while "Threads" is a 10.

peoplefromibiza 4y ago
I agree. Threads is more realistic, but The day after literally ignited panic in millions of families (I remember watching it on Television when I was 6, almost any other neighbour household was watching the same thing!) I would also add the more prosaic Wargames, also from 1983, to the list of movies talking about a "Global Thermonuclear War" and, similarly to what Princeton is doing, simulating "A strange game" where "the only winning move is not to play"
- pmoriarty 4y ago
  "The day after literally ignited panic in millions of families" Yeah, because they hadn't seen Threads, and because The Day After is about the effect of nuclear war on the US, which obviously hits closer to home. If they'd seen Threads their reaction to The Day After would have probably been much milder.
  - peoplefromibiza 4y ago
    > which obviously hits closer to home. Maybe, but as I said I've watched it in Italy, as Italian, and almost everyone was watching it that night. Also, I was merely pointing out that before Threads there was this other movie that pioneered the idea of the atomic holocaust. There's also China Syndrome from 1979, but even though I think it's a better movie than The day after, the premise is different and the threat is the atomic energy industry, not warheads.
richliss 4y ago
Threads is the most relentlessly grim and bleak thing I've ever seen. It's like they thought "let's make this get bleaker and bleaker until people have just had enough". I was shown it at school aged 9 and watched it out of curiousity about 5 months ago. I couldn't believe they showed it to kids in the 80's. After watching Threads your strategy for nuclear war goes from "hide in a basement" to "run towards the blast" as going quickly is the best approach.
- blaser-waffle 4y ago
  > Threads is the most relentlessly grim and bleak thing I've ever seen. It's like they thought "let's make this get bleaker and bleaker until people have just had enough". The reality would have probably been worse.
agumonkey 4y ago
Oh I never knew about Threads. https://archive.org/details/threads_201712 https://archive.org/details/threads_201712
euroderf 4y ago
I'd also recommend "Miracle Mile". Dunno 'bout the horror scale cos it's not that kind of film. It's about the day of the event. Leaves an impression.
- pmoriarty 4y ago
  Fantastic movie that should be much better known. It has a great Tangerine Dream soundtrack as well.

I agree. Threads is more realistic, but The day after literally ignited panic in millions of families (I remember watching it on Television when I was 6, almost any other neighbour household was watching the same thing!) I would also add the more prosaic Wargames, also from 1983, to the list of movies talking about a "Global Thermonuclear War" and, similarly to what Princeton is doing, simulating "A strange game" where "the only winning move is not to play"

pmoriarty 4y ago
"The day after literally ignited panic in millions of families" Yeah, because they hadn't seen Threads, and because The Day After is about the effect of nuclear war on the US, which obviously hits closer to home. If they'd seen Threads their reaction to The Day After would have probably been much milder.
- peoplefromibiza 4y ago
  > which obviously hits closer to home. Maybe, but as I said I've watched it in Italy, as Italian, and almost everyone was watching it that night. Also, I was merely pointing out that before Threads there was this other movie that pioneered the idea of the atomic holocaust. There's also China Syndrome from 1979, but even though I think it's a better movie than The day after, the premise is different and the threat is the atomic energy industry, not warheads.

richliss 4y ago

Threads is the most relentlessly grim and bleak thing I've ever seen. It's like they thought "let's make this get bleaker and bleaker until people have just had enough". I was shown it at school aged 9 and watched it out of curiousity about 5 months ago. I couldn't believe they showed it to kids in the 80's. After watching Threads your strategy for nuclear war goes from "hide in a basement" to "run towards the blast" as going quickly is the best approach.

blaser-waffle 4y ago
> Threads is the most relentlessly grim and bleak thing I've ever seen. It's like they thought "let's make this get bleaker and bleaker until people have just had enough". The reality would have probably been worse.

agumonkey 4y ago

Oh I never knew about Threads. https://archive.org/details/threads_201712 https://archive.org/details/threads_201712

euroderf 4y ago

I'd also recommend "Miracle Mile". Dunno 'bout the horror scale cos it's not that kind of film. It's about the day of the event. Leaves an impression.

pmoriarty 4y ago
Fantastic movie that should be much better known. It has a great Tangerine Dream soundtrack as well.