Fresh from the enormous success of its Netflix drama Adolescence, UK production company Warp Films is now looking to terrify a new generation with a TV adaptation of 1984’s BAFTA-winning apocalyptic drama Threads. Directed by Mick Jackson from a script by Barry Hines, Threads presents a harrowing account of a nuclear attack on Britain by […]
The Best Made-For-TV Horror Movies and Serials
Marvelous Videos presents the best made-for-TV horror flicks and serials… Just because something was consigned to television back in the day didn’t guarantee that it was bad. Far from it, the lower budget meant less studio heads, meaning more creative freedom for aspiring filmmakers interested in telling a scary story. They may get a bad […]
Blu-ray Review – Threads (1984)
Threads, 1984. Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, and David Brierly. SYNOPSIS: Sheffield, England in the 1980s. Several people try to survive post-nuclear devastation, suffering from the effects of nuclear war between Russia and the United States. While the world isn’t exactly the same as it was back when this film was produced, […]
October Horrors 2018 Day 28 – Threads (1984)
Threads, 1984. Directed by Mick Jackson. Starring Reece Dinsdale, David Brierley, Rita May, Nicolas Lane, and Jane Hazlegrove. SYNOPSIS: As the Cold War between the superpowers erupts into a full-scale war, the English city of Sheffield finds itself at the centre of a nuclear attack that forever changes the lives of its inhabitants for decades […]
