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Weapons, the latest horror movie from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as moviegoers flocked to theaters to share the gasps and laughs in this disturbing and unexpectedly humorous narrative of a town looking for answers after a group of youngsters vanish. Now you can find the feature 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 remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the platform.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking nuclear thriller from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the platform. Viewers may relax at home and watch the film version of the author's futuristic story The Long Walk on VOD.

Check out this guide of the most notable latest additions on streaming and VOD, highlighting the major and acclaimed new movies you can stream right now.

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Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
• Run time: 112 minutes
• Director: Kathryn Bigelow
• Starring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is renowned 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. When a single unidentified atomic weapon 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 take action.

New on AMC Plus

The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Category: Science fiction thriller
• Duration: 92 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Cast: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is preparing for parenthood when he wakes up in the hospital, seemingly having fallen off the school building's top where he serves in a protective role. But he firmly believes he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and grows fixated on safeguarding his loved ones from the otherworldly threats.

New on HBO Max

The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Genre: Chilling whodunit
• Duration: Over two hours
• Director: A horror specialist
• Starring: Notable actors

The setting is torn apart by the puzzle of the fate of seventeen youngsters from the same third-grade class who awoke and ventured out and disappeared into the night. Barbarian director Zach Cregger examines the stories of multiple people looking for clues in this emotionally rich and profoundly unsettling film.

The questions with a complex puzzle are always whether that narrative momentum can be sustained, and if the experience is ultimately worthwhile. On the most elemental level, Weapons pays off big time. When the conclusion arrives, it feels predictable yet exciting, excellently paced to challenge any mutterings of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are some lingering questions about the exact reasons this story required a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

New on Hulu

Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Genre: Terrifying drama
• Filmmaker: Michelle Garza Cervera
• Featuring: A talented cast

After delving into the terrors of expecting with her first film Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera addresses the dread of securing a nanny with a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. The character Polly (the actress) is a well-off mother who brings in a babysitter (the performer), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s allowed inside.

The Western Drama

• Genre: Cowboy drama
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: A seasoned creator
• Featuring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

The protagonist (Brandon Lessard) journeys to Trinity, Montana after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the local lawman (Pierce Brosnan) and a charming criminal (a celebrated performer) looking for the gold he helped Henry’s dad steal. He needs to pick his alignment through a series of shootouts that endanger the community's unity.

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J. J. Perry's Movie

• Category: Dystopian adventure
• Length: 106 minutes
• Director: The director
• Cast: Notable performers

Earth has descended into chaos after a enormous electromagnetic burst wiped out technology across the globe. An autocratic leader (the actor) hires Jake (the performer) to retrieve important items as he seeks to restore civilization. But recovering the Mona Lisa in the European country proves to be a very dangerous task.

The Erotic Thriller

• Category: Steamy suspense
• Run time: 94 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one viewed the film as earnest. This over-the-top, bloody movie follows a couple whose retreat is crashed by another duo who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the dangers are not only sensual – the puzzling visitors are also murderers.

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• Type: Fact-based feature
• Length: 1h 42m
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