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The Horror Film Weapons, the latest horror movie from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as cinema lovers filled cinemas to enjoy the frights and comedy in this eerie and surprisingly funny narrative of a community seeking explanations after seventeen kids go missing. Now you can find the movie on HBO Max. Horror fans can also view Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s reimagining of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking nuclear thriller from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on the platform. Or you can just sit on your couch and stream the film version of Stephen King’s futuristic story The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Below is a summary of the biggest new releases on streaming and VOD, including the major and acclaimed cinematic releases you can stream right now.

Latest Netflix Releases

The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Type: Doomsday drama
• Run time: 1h 52m
• Filmmaker: Kathryn Bigelow
• Cast: A talented ensemble

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is famous for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. When a single unidentified atomic weapon is detected heading towards the United States mainland, all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they work to decipher how to react.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Genre: Futuristic drama
• Duration: 92 minutes
• Helmed by: The director
• Starring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

The protagonist Sean (Ross Marquand) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he finds himself hospitalized, ostensibly after an accident off the roof of the school where he serves in a protective role. But he firmly believes he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and becomes obsessed with protecting his family from the alien forces.

Fresh on HBO Max

Weapons

• Type: Chilling whodunit
• Duration: Over two hours
• Helmed by: A horror specialist
• Cast: A star-studded lineup

The town of Maybrook is ruptured by the puzzle of the disappearance of seventeen youngsters from the same third-grade class who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of various characters searching for answers in this deeply moving and deeply disturbing cinematic work.

Key inquiries with a complex puzzle are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and if the experience is ultimately worthwhile. On the most elemental level, Weapons succeeds greatly. Once its grand finale unfolds, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, excellently paced to challenge possible doubts of “That’s it?”. However, after the scare factor, there are remaining uncertainties about the specific purpose this story required a various viewpoints.

New on Hulu

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• 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 explores the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a remake of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Polly (a familiar face) is a affluent parent who brings in a babysitter (an acclaimed actor), but discovers she is unaware who she’s allowed inside.

The Unholy Trinity

• Category: Frontier story
• Length: 93 minutes
• Helmed by: A seasoned creator
• Featuring: Notable actors

Henry Broadway (the actor) heads to the setting after his parent is murdered and winds up caught between the town’s sheriff (the actor) and a persuasive bandit (Samuel L. Jackson) seeking the treasure he assisted in stealing. Henry will have to decide his alignment through a sequence of gunfights that endanger the community's unity.

Latest VOD Releases

Afterburn

• Category: Post-apocalyptic action
• Length: 1h 46m
• Director: J. J. Perry
• Featuring: Notable performers

Global society has collapsed after a enormous electromagnetic burst eradicated modern conveniences across the planet. An autocratic leader (the actor) hires main character Jake (the performer) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he attempts to reestablish order. But securing the artwork in France proves to be a highly risky mission.

The Erotic Thriller

• Genre: Steamy suspense
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Starring: A talented cast

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one took Bone Lake seriously. The campy, gory film tracks a pair whose getaway is interrupted by two others who put their relationship to the test by promoting cheating. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the puzzling visitors are also serial killers.

The Documentary

• Genre: Non-fiction film
• Length: 1h 42m
• Director: {Alexandre O. Philippe|