The film is widely considered one of the most disturbing out there with Black Mirror’s creator Charlie Brooker recalling the major impact it had on his work
A film that has left an army of viewers traumatized and even inspired the chilling Netflix series Black Mirror is now available to stream for free on its 40th anniversary.
Released in September 1984, Threads follows two families living in Sheffield, England, as war breaks out between the US and the Soviet Union. A resulting nuclear attack changes life as they know it forever, with the film following the fallout from the attack over the subsequent decade in excruciating detail.
The sci-fi film was broadcast on BBC Four on Wednesday night (October 9) for the first time in more than a decade, becoming the fourth time ever it has been shown on network television. For brave viewers who missed the show and are looking for a harrowing watch, it can now be streamed for free on BBC iPlayer, 40 years on from its initial broadcast.
Despite being produced by the BBC on a low budget of £400,000, the film has been widely praised for its brutal and unflinching depiction of nuclear war. It has a rare perfect score of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and has multiple accolades behind it; it was up for seven BAFTA nominations in 1985, taking home four of them: Best Single Drama; Best Design; Best Film Cameraman and Best Film Editor.
TikTok is full of videos that brand it the scariest and most disturbing film ever made, with pages of written reviews backing this up.
“This is probably the most effective horror movie I’ve ever seen. I can’t think of another movie that is so brutally honest about its subject matter that it refuses to allow the viewer to do anything other than take this deadly seriously,” shared one viewer.
Another cautioned: “This film is incredibly well made, especially considering it was made quite some time ago. Although I have to say it’s a really impressive film, I’m not sure I’d recommend it unless you want to be depressed for days.”
“It graphically takes you step by step and from start to finish through the most harrowing horror film of what could be real if it ever happened. It’s guaranteed to shock and scare you to your wits end. Not a film to show your kids,” wrote a third viewer. While a fourth added: “A brave and realistic portrayal of a limited nuclear strike on Britain, as a drama documentary, also probably the scariest film ever made.”
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker watched Threads when he was young and recalled how it raised questions for him about what society can put up with, themes that are explored in his Netflix series. While appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs a few years ago, he said: “I remember watching Threads and not being able to process what it meant; not understanding how society kept going.”
Threads is now available to stream on BBC iPlayer
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