Tensions between America and Russia over the Middle East finally culminate in an exchange of atomic weaponry... and for the working-class community of Sheffield, England, the immediate horrors of the global warfare would become outstripped by the devastation of over a decade's nuclear winter to follow. Sobering BBC docudrama marked by it's groundbreaking depiction of thermonuclear war's aftermath stars Reece Dinsdale, Karen Meagher, David Brierley, June Broughton; Mick Jackson directs. 117 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailer.

Review

UNSETTLINGLY POWERFUL.

THREADS is certainly among the best and most harrowing dramatizations of nuclear holocaust. --The New York Times

A MASTERPIECE.

Realistic, terrifying and brilliantly conceived, THREADS is guaranteed to give you nightmares. --New York Daily News

EXTRAORDINARY.

THREADS is the scariest, most horrifying TV movie ever made. --New York Newsday