Threads: It's NOT Just 'Scary,' It's Got Something to Say About Class (long, sorry)

Okay, so I finally watched Threads. I knew it was supposed to be bleak, but wow. It's not just 'scary' in a horror-movie way, it's disturbing. Like, bone-deep. I think what got to me most was how it depicted the different experiences of people before, during, and after the bombs fell. We follow Ruth and Jimmy, this young working-class couple, and their families. They're just trying to live their lives when EVERYTHING goes to hell. It hit me that the movie subtly showed the class disparity. Before the attack, the local government officials are arguably more aware and prepared (to a degree) than the regular folks. They have some backup plans, even if those plans are tragically insufficient. But Ruth's family? They're just trying to figure out how to pay the bills and get their car fixed when the world begins to collapse around them. The movie doesn't hammer it home, but it's there: those with resources are better equipped to navigate even an apocalypse. Then afterwards, when the whole social structure is gone, the difference between people who are somewhat prepared and those who really aren't becomes even more stark and horrifying. And then there's the 'long run' which is just brutal. The whole bit with the pregnant women giving birth to malformed children just gutted me. It feels like the movie's suggesting that the class structure and the social inequalities that existed before the war don't simply disappear, they get warped and contorted into something even uglier in the post-nuclear world. The kids born after have no real context for what came before, so they can't even fathom that there could be another way of living, even though at that point, class just completely doesn't matter anymore. It's all about survival. Anyway, sorry for the rant! I think this movie is more than just a horror flick. It's a really grim illustration of how social structures, even in their broken pre-apocalypse forms, influence survival and suffering. It's a hard watch, but if you pay attention to the ordinary characters and their struggles, it's really stuck with me. Has anyone else got these vibes from Threads, or am I overthinking it?