If you saw it for the first time today...

I think it would hold up very well.

The only obvious things that date the movie are when the news broadcasts mention "Soviet Union", "East Germany", "Warsaw Pact". (Things that don't exist anymore.)

You can tell the movie was made in the 1980s by the cars, but once it gets to the aftermath of the nuclear holocaust, none of that matters. It still has shock value and scenes that might make you wince.

I watched it for the first time a few years ago and it holds up very well. It's a very disturbing film. It's actually a great film for Halloween lol.

I saw this movie for the first time about 2 years ago. It so disturbed me I couldn't watch it all at once, but had to take a break. Despite the lack of state-of-the-art CGI, I think it holds up incredibly well and is devastating no matter when you see it. JMO.

As someone who didn't grow up during the cold war and who first saw it a few weeks ago, not only does it hold up well, it still packs an enormously scary and depressing punch, especially when you look at what's happening today between the West and Russia. A true testament for what was probably a low budget film made for TV over 30 years ago.

could possibly be MORE effective now since at the time of its release people were thinking of nuclear war. Now people are pretty naive about it and are likely to be shocked when hit with the facts.

Just watched it the other day for the first time and it most definitely holds up. It doesn't matter how much our technology has improved over the decades, the result of such an attack would be the same. This film deals primarily with a nuclear attack, which, let's face it, you can't really do much to prevent, but it really makes you wonder why more hasn't been done to at least try to guard against EMP. An EMP is just as capable of sending us back to the dark ages as a full on nuclear attack.

You've no doubt seen better special effects. But that doesn't really matter as it keeps the focus on the characters and the overall story. The cinematography is bleak and cold, it reminds me a lot of the movie "Come and See". I won't say too much, but don't expect a happy ending.

I was only 2 or 3 when the cold war ended.
When I finished Threads, I went to some news websites. NATO and US forces are building up in countries neighbouring Russia, Russia is supporting Bashar Alasad and the west is arming the people trying to depose him and North Korea is the closest it's ever been to launching a nuclear strike. I'd say the in these uncertain times, Threads is once again relevant.

It wouldn't hold up at all today. No one had cell phones or access to the internet back then