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The Horror Film Weapons, the newest terror flick from the hit film Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as moviegoers flocked to theaters to enjoy the frights and comedy in this disturbing and surprisingly funny tale of a community looking for answers after 17 children disappear. Currently available the movie on the streaming platform. Genre enthusiasts can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s campy thriller Bone Lake on video on demand and Michelle Garza Cervera’s new version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking doomsday story from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto Netflix. Viewers may relax at home and watch the screen translation of Stephen King’s dystopian novel The Long Walk on video on demand.

Here's a rundown of the highly anticipated latest additions on digital platforms, including the biggest, best, and most popular cinematic releases you can stream right now.

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Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Genre: Doomsday drama
• Duration: 1h 52m
• Filmmaker: A celebrated filmmaker
• Cast: A talented ensemble

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is known for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she raises those stakes with worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. Upon detection of an unattributed nuclear missile is found en route to the United States mainland, all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are activated as they try to figure out how to take action.

New on AMC Plus

Peter Cilella's Film

• Type: Futuristic drama
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: The director
• Cast: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Sean (Ross Marquand) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he wakes up in the hospital, ostensibly after an accident off the roof of the school where he works as a security guard. But the character insists he was actually abducted by aliens and grows fixated on defending his household from the otherworldly threats.

Fresh on HBO Max

Weapons

• Type: Terrifying puzzle
• Run time: 128 minutes
• Helmed by: The director
• Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

A small community is ruptured by the mystery of what happened to 17 children from the same third-grade class who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian creator tracks the viewpoints of several individuals searching for answers in this emotionally rich and deeply disturbing cinematic work.

Key inquiries with a complex puzzle are always if the story's drive can be maintained, and whether the journey is finally rewarding. Fundamentally, Weapons pays off big time. Once its grand finale arrives, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, ideally structured to challenge any mutterings of disappointment. However, after the scare factor, there are remaining uncertainties about why, precisely this story needed a multi-perspective cast.

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Genre: Horror thriller
• Director: The director
• Cast: Notable performers

After delving into the horror of pregnancy with her initial feature Huesera, the director explores the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a new version of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. The character Polly (the actress) is a wealthy suburban mom who employs a caregiver (an acclaimed actor), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s invited in.

The Unholy Trinity

• Genre: Western
• Duration: 93 minutes
• Filmmaker: Richard Gray
• Cast: Notable actors

Henry Broadway (Brandon Lessard) heads to the setting after his dad is killed and winds up caught between the peace officer (the actor) and a persuasive bandit (a celebrated performer) seeking the treasure he helped Henry’s dad steal. He needs to pick which side he’s on through a string of confrontations that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

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Afterburn

• Type: Post-apocalyptic action
• Run time: 106 minutes
• Filmmaker: An action specialist
• Featuring: Notable performers

Global society has collapsed after a massive solar flare wiped out technology across the world. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) hires the protagonist Jake (Dave Bautista) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he seeks to restore civilization. But securing the artwork in the European country proves to be a very dangerous task.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Type: Erotic thriller
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: A creative filmmaker
• Featuring: Skilled actors

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one viewed the film as earnest. This over-the-top, bloody movie follows a couple whose retreat is interrupted by two others who strain their connection by encouraging infidelity. But the risks go beyond romance – the puzzling visitors are also murderers.

The Documentary

• Category: Documentary
• Run time: 1h 42m
• Director: {Alexandre O. Philippe|