Following last year’s huge sold-out screenings and fresh off the back of the news that it will be remade by Sheffield’s own Warp Films, Sheffield Film Festival presents two very special screenings of Mick Jackson’s seminal film, Threads.

Young lovers Ruth (Karen Meagher) and Jimmy (Reece Dinsdale) decide to get married after Ruth unexpectedly gets pregnant. But their quiet lives in Sheffield, England, are threatened when the Soviet Union and United States go to war. After a nuclear attack destroys a NATO base 20 miles from Sheffield, the town falls into chaos. Ruth and Jimmy are separated as the fallout spreads. Ruth must struggle to survive alone in the post-apocalyptic landscape.

The Friday 22 August screening of Threads will be introduced by Craig Ian Mann, producer of the upcoming documentary Survivors: The Spectre of Threads.

Director Mick Jackson
Year 1984
Duration 2h 37m
Language English
Cast Karen Meagher and Reece Dinsdale
Genre Horror