The Best Master of Horror Film in Years and Numerous Additional Titles Finally Streaming This Weekend

The Horror Film Weapons, the latest chilling film from Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as fans rushed to see it to share the gasps and laughs in this disturbing and surprisingly funny narrative of a community seeking explanations after a group of youngsters disappear. Now you can find the feature on the streaming platform. Horror fans can also view Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on digital rental and Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking nuclear thriller from renowned director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto Netflix. Or you can just relax at home and stream the film version of the author's futuristic story The Long Walk on VOD.

Check out this guide of the most notable new releases on streaming and VOD, highlighting the top-rated and trending cinematic releases you can stream right now.

Fresh Titles on Netflix

A House of Dynamite

• Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
• Length: 1h 52m
• Filmmaker: The Oscar-winning director
• Cast: A talented ensemble

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is known for high-stakes narratives like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she raises those stakes with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. When a single mysterious warhead is detected heading towards the United States mainland, all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they attempt to determine how to take action.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Type: Sci-fi suspense
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: Peter Cilella
• Featuring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Sean (a familiar face) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he wakes up in the hospital, apparently after a fall off the school building's top where he is employed as a guard. But Sean is convinced he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and develops a preoccupation with protecting his family from the invaders.

Fresh on HBO Max

Zach Cregger's Film

• Category: Terrifying puzzle
• Length: 128 minutes
• Helmed by: Zach Cregger
• Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

The setting is divided by the puzzle of the fate of 17 children from the same third-grade class who rose simultaneously in the dark and vanished without a trace. The prior film Barbarian filmmaker follows the perspective of several individuals searching for answers in this powerfully affecting and highly troubling cinematic work.

Central doubts with an elaborate mystery are always whether that narrative momentum can be sustained, and if the experience is finally rewarding. On the most elemental level, Weapons delivers impressively. When the conclusion unfolds, it feels expected but innovative, excellently paced to refute possible doubts of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are remaining uncertainties about the exact reasons this story required a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

New on Hulu

The Thriller Remake

• Category: Horror thriller
• Director: A skilled filmmaker
• Featuring: A talented cast

After delving into the terrors of expecting with her first film Huesera, the director takes on the dread of securing a nanny with a new version of the classic suspense film. Polly (a familiar face) is a well-off mother who hires a new nanny (an acclaimed actor), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s invited in.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Frontier story
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: The director
• Cast: A star-powered cast

Henry Broadway (Brandon Lessard) heads to a small town after his father is executed and becomes entangled with the town’s sheriff (Pierce Brosnan) and a charismatic outlaw (Samuel L. Jackson) searching for the fortune he was involved in taking. The protagonist must choose which side he’s on through a sequence of gunfights that risk destroying the town.

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J. J. Perry's Movie

• Type: Post-apocalyptic action
• Run time: 106 minutes
• Director: An action specialist
• Starring: Notable performers

The planet is in disarray after a enormous electromagnetic burst destroyed electronics across the world. An autocratic leader (the actor) recruits Jake (Dave Bautista) to collect valuable artifacts as he works to bring back structure. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Type: Provocative drama
• Duration: 1h 34m
• Director: The director
• Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one took Bone Lake seriously. The campy, gory film tracks a pair whose getaway is crashed by another duo who put their relationship to the test by encouraging infidelity. But the risks go beyond romance – the puzzling visitors are also homicidal maniacs.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

• Type: Documentary
• Run time: 102 minutes
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