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The Horror Film Weapons, the latest horror movie from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as cinema lovers filled cinemas to experience the scares and humor in this disturbing and surprisingly funny tale of a town looking for answers after seventeen kids go missing. Now you can find the movie on the service. Horror fans can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on digital rental and Michelle Garza Cervera’s new version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense apocalyptic drama from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, arrives at Netflix. Alternatively, relax at home and watch the screen translation of the horror master's dystopian novel The Long Walk on video on demand.

Below is a summary of the most notable fresh titles on online services, highlighting the biggest, best, and most popular new movies you can stream right now.

New on Netflix

Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Category: End-of-the-world suspense
• Length: 1h 52m
• Helmed by: A celebrated filmmaker
• Featuring: Notable actors

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. After one unidentified atomic weapon is detected heading towards the continental U.S., all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are activated as they attempt to determine how to take action.

New on AMC Plus

Descendent

• Genre: Science fiction thriller
• Length: 1h 32m
• Helmed by: A talented creator
• Cast: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (the actor) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he finds himself hospitalized, seemingly having fallen off the school building's top where he serves in a protective role. But the character insists he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and becomes obsessed with protecting his family from the alien forces.

Fresh on HBO Max

Weapons

• Type: Chilling whodunit
• Length: 128 minutes
• Helmed by: Zach Cregger
• Starring: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

The town of Maybrook is ruptured by the enigma of the disappearance of 17 children from the identical school grade who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian creator tracks the viewpoints of various characters searching for answers in this emotionally rich and profoundly unsettling film.

Central doubts with an elaborate mystery are always if the story's drive can be continued, and whether the journey is finally rewarding. On the most elemental level, Weapons pays off big time. After the climax arrives, it feels expected but innovative, excellently paced to refute potential criticisms of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are some lingering questions about why, precisely the plot required a various viewpoints.

Fresh Titles on Hulu

The Thriller Remake

• Category: Terrifying drama
• Filmmaker: The director
• Featuring: Notable performers

After delving into the terrors of expecting with her first film Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera explores the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a reimagining of the classic suspense film. Polly (the actress) is a affluent parent who hires a new nanny (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but discovers she is unaware who she’s allowed inside.

The Western Drama

• Category: Western
• Run time: 93 minutes
• Director: A seasoned creator
• Featuring: Notable actors

Henry Broadway (Brandon Lessard) journeys to Trinity, Montana after his dad is killed and becomes entangled with the local lawman (the actor) and a persuasive bandit (a celebrated performer) looking for the gold he assisted in stealing. The protagonist must choose where his loyalties lie through a string of confrontations that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

New to rent

Afterburn

• Type: Post-apocalyptic action
• Run time: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: J. J. Perry
• Starring: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Earth has descended into chaos after a huge solar event wiped out technology across the world. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) enlists the help of Jake (Dave Bautista) to retrieve important items as he seeks to restore civilization. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Bone Lake

• Category: Provocative drama
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Cast: Skilled actors

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one considered it a straight thriller. The campy, gory film tracks a pair whose getaway is interrupted by two others who challenge their bond by encouraging infidelity. But the dangers are not only sensual – the mysterious interlopers are also murderers.

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• Category: Fact-based feature
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: {Alexandre O. Philippe|