[jvanvleet]

The only movie to give me nightmares and sleepless nights. The Day After had little impact on me but Threads was on a whole different level.

For some reason I also still remember a scene from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Bulletin - the news crew trying to understand why the NEST bomb squad was running away just before cutting out...

[snthpy]

Interesting. I watched both about ten years ago (around the birth of my first child incidentally) Andi remember The Day After a lot while Threads had little impact on me. I think I should rewatch Threads.

I thought the scene in The Day After where the silos open and the missiles go up was the most chilling thing to experience. At that point you've got a couple of minutes until the end of the world ...