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The Horror Film Weapons, the latest chilling film from the hit film Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as fans rushed to see it to enjoy the frights and comedy in this eerie and unexpectedly humorous story of a town searching for the truth after a group of youngsters disappear. Now you can find the movie on the streaming platform. Thriller lovers can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s new version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on Hulu.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense apocalyptic drama from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the streaming giant. Or you can just relax at home and stream the adaptation of the author's dystopian novel The Long Walk on VOD.

Below is a summary of the biggest fresh titles on streaming and VOD, including the top-rated and trending cinematic releases you can stream right now.

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Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Category: Apocalyptic thriller
• Run time: Nearly two hours
• Helmed by: Kathryn Bigelow
• Featuring: Notable actors

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. When a single unattributed nuclear missile is spotted approaching the continental U.S., all of the American military’s contingency plans are activated as they try to figure out how to respond.

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Descendent

• Category: Futuristic drama
• Run time: 1h 32m
• Director: Peter Cilella
• Starring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Main character Sean (a familiar face) is expecting his first child when he wakes up in the hospital, apparently after a fall off the educational institution where he works as a security guard. But he firmly believes he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and grows fixated on protecting his family from the alien forces.

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The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Category: Horror mystery
• Duration: Over two hours
• Filmmaker: Zach Cregger
• Featuring: A star-studded lineup

The town of Maybrook is divided by the puzzle of the fate of a group of kids from the identical school grade who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of multiple people looking for clues in this emotionally rich and deeply disturbing movie.

Central doubts with a complex puzzle are always whether that narrative momentum can be continued, and if the experience is finally rewarding. At its core, Weapons pays off big time. When the conclusion arrives, it feels predictable yet exciting, perfectly timed to counter potential criticisms of “That’s it?”. Yet as the horror-movie high, there are remaining uncertainties about the specific purpose this story needed a multi-perspective cast.

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Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Genre: Chilling suspense
• Helmed by: Michelle Garza Cervera
• Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

Following her exploration of the horror of pregnancy with her directorial debut Huesera, the director addresses the anxiety of hiring help with a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Polly (a familiar face) is a well-off mother who hires a new nanny (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Unholy Trinity

• Category: Frontier story
• Run time: 1h 33m
• Helmed by: A seasoned creator
• Starring: A star-powered cast

The protagonist (a performer) journeys to the setting after his dad is killed and becomes entangled with the peace officer (the actor) and a charismatic outlaw (Samuel L. Jackson) seeking the fortune he helped Henry’s dad steal. He needs to pick which side he’s on through a string of confrontations that risk destroying the town.

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J. J. Perry's Movie

• Genre: End-of-the-world thrills
• Length: 106 minutes
• Helmed by: An action specialist
• Cast: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Global society has collapsed after a massive solar flare destroyed electronics across the planet. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) hires the protagonist Jake (the performer) to retrieve important items as he attempts to reestablish order. But recovering the Mona Lisa in the nation proves to be a highly risky mission.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Genre: Provocative drama
• Run time: 94 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: Skilled actors

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one viewed the film as earnest. The exaggerated, violent feature tracks a pair whose retreat is interrupted by two others who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the risks go beyond romance – the enigmatic intruders are also murderers.

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• Type: Documentary
• Run time: 1h 42m
• Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|