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By *riggsboy123 OP Man over a year ago

Glasgow

I'd forgotten about this for some reason my parents let me watch it in 1984 when I was 9 who else remembers it it's the petrifying made for TV flick about a nuclear attack in Sheffield just bought it again who else remembers being utterly traumatised by this?

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By *adMerWoman over a year ago

Sandwich

Was that the one CND used to show?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I was telling my son about this one the other day, it used to be on YouTube but now you have to sign up for BritBox to get it

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By *riggsboy123 OP Man over a year ago

Glasgow

Probably it makes the a bomb scene in T2 look like an episode of blue Peter.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It is absolutely chilling in some places. Like when she's walking through the damage after the blast.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Was that the one CND used to show?"

Was it "When The Wind Blows"?

"The Day After"?

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By *riggsboy123 OP Man over a year ago

Glasgow

Even the 80's style typewriter style bullet letters are scary day 1 0800 hrs, day 2 1300 hrs etc

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By *inaTitzTV/TS over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

It's scarier than any horror film ever made.

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By *ixey and CopperCouple over a year ago

Taunton

Remember the American one..

The Day After, that was scary.

Don't remember the English one, have heard its pretty scary.

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By *itvclaireTV/TS over a year ago

Birmingham

"Remember the American one..

The Day After, that was scary.

Don't remember the English one, have heard its pretty scary."

Far darker/grittier than The Day After.

Definitely worth a watch.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

I wasn't traumatised by it as a kid, we lived not far away from Burtonwood airbase. So we knew if that got hit, we would need sun block 2000000 or have a real shitty day.

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By *ust RachelTV/TS over a year ago

Horsham

"Was that the one CND used to show?

Was it "When The Wind Blows"?

"The Day After"?"

There was another one called Threads, where they bombed sheffield.

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By *ixey and CopperCouple over a year ago

Taunton

Just searched, it's available on prime if you have a subscription

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By *ulfilthmentMan over a year ago

Just around the corner

It was pretty disturbing, and even now seems somehow more realistic than some modern movies with way better effects.

We lived not far away and knew that air bases like Finningley were on the target list so we’d probably be vaporised early on if things kicked off.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The one that did traumatise me was when the wind blows.

Picture it , young child at the video rental shop “oh I liked the snowman , this is by the same person, let’s watch that”

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

It’s terrifying! And boy, I’m sure we came close to that moment more than we know!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Was that the one CND used to show?

Was it "When The Wind Blows"?

"The Day After"?

There was another one called Threads, where they bombed sheffield."

Do you realise that's what this thread is actually about...the 1984 film "Threads"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"The one that did traumatise me was when the wind blows.

Picture it , young child at the video rental shop “oh I liked the snowman , this is by the same person, let’s watch that”

It was very much in the style of The Snowman, wasn't it.

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan over a year ago

Hastings

"I'd forgotten about this for some reason my parents let me watch it in 1984 when I was 9 who else remembers it it's the petrifying made for TV flick about a nuclear attack in Sheffield just bought it again who else remembers being utterly traumatised by this?"

Have you watched "When the wind blows"

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By *an4funMan over a year ago

london

"Was that the one CND used to show?

Was it "When The Wind Blows"?

"The Day After"?

There was another one called Threads, where they bombed sheffield."

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