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The Horror Film Weapons, the newest terror flick from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as moviegoers filled cinemas to share the gasps and laughs in this disturbing and unexpectedly humorous tale of a town searching for the truth after 17 children go missing. Streaming for the first time the film on the streaming platform. Genre enthusiasts can also view 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, arrives at the platform. Alternatively, stay in and stream the film version of the author's dystopian novel The Long Walk on video on demand.

Check out this guide of the most notable new releases on online services, highlighting the top-rated and trending new movies you can view from your living room.

New on Netflix

A House of Dynamite

• Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
• Run time: 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 takes it further with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. After one unidentified atomic weapon is found en route to the continental U.S., all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they try to figure out how to respond.

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Peter Cilella's Film

• Category: Futuristic drama
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: Peter Cilella
• Featuring: Skilled performers

The protagonist Sean (a familiar face) is preparing for parenthood when he finds himself hospitalized, seemingly having fallen off the educational institution where he is employed as a guard. But he firmly believes he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and develops a preoccupation with protecting his family from the otherworldly threats.

Fresh on HBO Max

The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Genre: Chilling whodunit
• Run time: 2h 8m
• Director: Zach Cregger
• Cast: A star-studded lineup

The town of Maybrook is torn apart by the enigma of the fate of 17 children from the same third-grade class who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian filmmaker examines the stories of various characters looking for clues in this powerfully affecting and highly troubling cinematic work.

Key inquiries with a detailed enigma are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and if the experience is ultimately worthwhile. At its core, Weapons delivers impressively. Once its grand finale arrives, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, excellently paced to challenge any mutterings of disappointment. Once the frights fade, there are unresolved issues about why, precisely the plot required a multi-perspective cast.

New on Hulu

The Thriller Remake

• Genre: Chilling suspense
• Helmed by: Michelle Garza Cervera
• Featuring: Notable performers

After delving into the horror of pregnancy with her first film Huesera, the filmmaker addresses the dread of securing a nanny with a new version of the original movie. Main protagonist Polly (the actress) is a affluent parent who hires a new nanny (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Western Drama

• Category: Cowboy drama
• Run time: 93 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Cast: Notable actors

Henry Broadway (a performer) heads to the setting after his parent is murdered and finds himself torn between the local lawman (Pierce Brosnan) and a charismatic outlaw (a celebrated performer) searching for the treasure he was involved in taking. He needs to pick his alignment through a sequence of gunfights that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

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Afterburn

• Category: Post-apocalyptic action
• Run time: 1h 46m
• Director: J. J. Perry
• Featuring: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Global society has collapsed after a huge solar event wiped out technology across the globe. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) recruits main character Jake (a familiar face) to collect valuable artifacts as he attempts to reestablish order. But retrieving the famous painting in the European country proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

The Erotic Thriller

• Type: Steamy suspense
• Duration: 94 minutes
• Filmmaker: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one took Bone Lake seriously. The campy, gory film tracks a pair whose romantic weekend is interrupted by two others who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the mysterious interlopers are also homicidal maniacs.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

• Genre: Non-fiction film
• Run time: 1h 42m
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