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The threat of nuclear war has existed ever since the conception of the nuclear bomb, its lingering presence remaining a huge source of anxiety for people across the world. There have been spikes in that anxiety across various decades, whether it be the Cuban missile crisis or the Cold War tension of the 1980s. Film has attempted many times to understand what the experience of a nuclear war will feel like, the shared anxiety proving powerful enough to spawn an entire sub-genre of nuclear war movies.

Movies addressing the subject of nuclear war have to reckon with the real horror that we have seen committed by nuclear weapons. We know how scary these weapons are and how devastating they can be, so any movie covering the subject will inevitably become somewhat of a horror. There are many films that have dared approach the subject, but there are only a few...

Hey kids! Learn about the great time we’ll be having if the world powers plunge us into a nuclear winter! This post-atomic horror show traumatized England in 1984, and thanks to the liberal media magnate Ted Turner, even saw some airings in the U.S.. The most extreme prime-time response to Ronald Reagan’s heating up of the Cold War standoff, it remains an honest look at a possible grim future, that rubs our noses in the full consequences of a nuclear exchange.

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1984 / Color / 1:33 flat 16mm /

117 (112) min. / Street Date February 13, 2018 / 19.99

Starring: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierley, Rita May, Nicholas Lane, Jane Hazelgrove, Henry Moxon, June Broughton, Harry Beety, Ruth Holden, Patrick Allen (voice).

Cinematography: Andrew Dunn, Paul Morris

Film Editors: Donna Bickerstaff, Jim Latham

Visual Effects: Graham Brown, Peter Wragg

Written by Barry Hines

Produced and Directed by Mick Jackson

1965’s The War Game by Peter Watkins...