New list - Best of the nuclear war movies

[Lubicon]

Dr Stangelove does it for me, but honorable mention to By Dawns Early Light.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099197/

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by karl262

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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus

I remember watching both of these, alone on the little black and white TV we had in the basement when I was a kid.

####ing Terrifying for 12 yr old UCB.

[Puppet Guy]

a couple of TV disclaimers/editorials before airings of Threads.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I own it on DVD, and I pulled it out to watch it last year. It certainly didn't have the same effect as when I watched it the first time, because there wasn't the shock and really viceral reaction to what was happening on the screen. While it was still terrifying, it became more of an academic viewing to me, then an emotional viewing.

Yes, time has dulled the impact of The Day After. It’s impossible to put yourself in the mindset of someone watching that it on TV at the time, when the settings, characters, etc all looked contemporary and realistic. And that’s not even getting into the culture of the time, when fear of nuclear armageddon was always in the air the way global warming is today.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I remember watching both of these, alone on the little black and white TV we had in the basement when I was a kid.

####ing Terrifying for 12 yr old UCB.

I was around the same age when I watched The Day After. It freaked me out too but I was with my 8-year-old cousin who had nightmares for a while after that. Oops.