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Weapons, the newest horror movie from the hit film Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as fans rushed to see it to experience the scares and humor in this unsettling and unexpectedly humorous story of residents seeking explanations after 17 children go missing. Streaming for the first time the movie on the service. Horror fans can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film Bone Lake on VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s new version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a highly suspenseful doomsday story from renowned director Kathryn Bigelow, arrives at the streaming giant. Or you can just stay in and see the adaptation of the author's futuristic story The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Below is a summary of the biggest fresh titles on online services, featuring the major and acclaimed new movies you can view from your living room.

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A House of Dynamite

• Category: Doomsday drama
• Length: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: A celebrated filmmaker
• Featuring: A talented ensemble

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is famous for tense, political dramas like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. Upon detection of an unidentified atomic weapon is found en route to the continental U.S., all of the nation's defense strategies are challenged as they attempt to determine how to react.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Genre: Science fiction thriller
• Length: 1h 32m
• Helmed by: Peter Cilella
• Cast: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (the actor) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he wakes up in the hospital, seemingly having fallen off the educational institution where he is employed as a guard. But the character insists he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and becomes obsessed with safeguarding his loved ones from the otherworldly threats.

New on HBO Max

Weapons

• Category: Chilling whodunit
• Run time: Over two hours
• Helmed by: Zach Cregger
• Featuring: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

The town of Maybrook is divided by the enigma of what happened to seventeen youngsters from the identical school grade who rose simultaneously in the dark and disappeared into the night. The prior film Barbarian filmmaker tracks the viewpoints of various characters searching for answers in this emotionally rich and profoundly unsettling cinematic work.

Central doubts with a complex puzzle are always whether that narrative momentum can be maintained, and if the experience is in the end valuable. On the most elemental level, Weapons pays off big time. When the conclusion unfolds, it feels expected but innovative, perfectly timed to refute possible doubts of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are unresolved issues about why, precisely the narrative required a multi-perspective cast.

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Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Type: Chilling suspense
• Helmed by: The director
• Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

Following her exploration of the horror of pregnancy with her first film Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera takes on the dread of securing a nanny with a new version of the classic suspense film. The character Polly (a familiar face) is a well-off mother who brings in a babysitter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but discovers she is unaware who she’s invited in.

The Western Drama

• Type: Frontier story
• Run time: 93 minutes
• Director: Richard Gray
• Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Main character Henry (Brandon Lessard) travels to the setting after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the local lawman (the actor) and a charismatic outlaw (Samuel L. Jackson) looking for the gold he assisted in stealing. Henry will have to decide which side he’s on through a sequence of gunfights that endanger the community's unity.

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The Action Film Afterburn

• Category: Post-apocalyptic action
• Duration: 1h 46m
• Helmed by: The director
• Featuring: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Earth has descended into chaos after a massive solar flare wiped out technology across the planet. An autocratic leader (a renowned star) recruits Jake (a familiar face) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he seeks to restore civilization. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a highly risky mission.

The Erotic Thriller

• Genre: Provocative drama
• Duration: 94 minutes
• Helmed by: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Starring: Skilled actors

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one considered it a straight thriller. The exaggerated, violent feature tracks a pair whose romantic weekend is invaded by additional characters who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the mysterious interlopers are also serial killers.

The Documentary

• Genre: Non-fiction film
• Duration: 102 minutes
• Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|