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The Horror Film Weapons, the latest horror movie from the hit film Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as fans filled cinemas to share the gasps and laughs in this eerie and surprisingly funny story of a community searching for the truth after 17 children disappear. Streaming for the first time the movie on HBO Max. Horror fans can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film Bone Lake on video on demand and Michelle Garza Cervera’s reimagining of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking nuclear thriller from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the streaming giant. Alternatively, sit on your couch and see the film version of the horror master's dark fiction The Long Walk on VOD.

Here's a rundown of the biggest latest additions on online services, featuring the top-rated and trending cinematic releases you can watch at home.

Fresh Titles on Netflix

A House of Dynamite

• Category: Apocalyptic thriller
• Duration: 112 minutes
• Director: The Oscar-winning director
• Cast: Notable actors

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 international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. After one unattributed nuclear missile is spotted approaching the United States mainland, all of the American military’s contingency plans are challenged as they try to figure out how to react.

New on AMC Plus

Descendent

• Type: Sci-fi suspense
• Length: 92 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Cast: An accomplished cast

The protagonist Sean (a familiar face) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he wakes up in the hospital, ostensibly after an accident off the school building's top where he is employed as a guard. But Sean is convinced he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and grows fixated on safeguarding his loved ones from the invaders.

New on HBO Max

Zach Cregger's Film

• Type: Chilling whodunit
• Duration: 128 minutes
• Filmmaker: A horror specialist
• Featuring: Notable actors

A small community is torn apart by the puzzle of the fate of 17 children from the identical school grade who awoke and ventured out and vanished without a trace. The prior film Barbarian filmmaker tracks the viewpoints of various characters looking for clues in this powerfully affecting and profoundly unsettling cinematic work.

Key inquiries with a complex puzzle are always whether that narrative momentum can be sustained, and whether the journey is in the end valuable. Fundamentally, Weapons delivers impressively. When the conclusion arrives, it feels predictable yet exciting, excellently paced to challenge potential criticisms of letdown. Once the frights fade, there are remaining uncertainties about why, precisely the plot required a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

New on Hulu

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Category: Horror thriller
• Helmed by: The director
• Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

After delving into the fears of motherhood with her directorial debut Huesera, the filmmaker addresses the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. The character Polly (Maika Monroe) is a well-off mother who hires a new nanny (the performer), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s invited in.

The Unholy Trinity

• Genre: Western
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: A seasoned creator
• Cast: Notable actors

The protagonist (a performer) journeys to Trinity, Montana after his parent is murdered and becomes entangled with the peace officer (a familiar star) and a charming criminal (the renowned actor) looking for the gold he was involved in taking. He needs to pick where his loyalties lie through a sequence of gunfights that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

Latest VOD Releases

Afterburn

• Category: Post-apocalyptic action
• Length: Nearly two hours
• Helmed by: The director
• Featuring: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Global society has collapsed after a huge solar event wiped out technology across the world. An autocratic leader (the actor) recruits main character Jake (a familiar face) to collect valuable artifacts as he attempts to reestablish order. But securing the artwork in France proves to be a very dangerous task.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Genre: Steamy suspense
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one took Bone Lake seriously. The campy, gory film centers on two people whose romantic weekend is invaded by additional characters who strain their connection by suggesting betrayal. But the risks go beyond romance – the enigmatic intruders are also serial killers.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

• Genre: Documentary
• Length: 102 minutes
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