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Weapons, the newest chilling film from Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as cinema lovers filled cinemas to share the gasps and laughs in this disturbing and unexpectedly humorous story of residents looking for answers after seventeen kids disappear. Now you can find the movie on HBO Max. Genre enthusiasts can also view Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film Bone Lake on video on demand 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 doomsday story from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the platform. Viewers may relax at home and watch the screen translation of the horror master's futuristic story The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Here's a rundown of the most notable latest additions on streaming and VOD, highlighting the top-rated and trending cinematic releases you can view from your living room.

Fresh Titles on Netflix

The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Type: End-of-the-world suspense
• Length: 1h 52m
• Director: The Oscar-winning director
• Featuring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is famous for high-stakes narratives 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 detected heading towards the continental U.S., all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are challenged as they attempt to determine how to react.

New on AMC Plus

Descendent

• Category: Science fiction thriller
• Length: 92 minutes
• Helmed by: Peter Cilella
• Featuring: Skilled performers

Sean (a familiar face) is preparing for parenthood when he wakes up in the hospital, apparently after a fall off the roof of the school where he is employed as a guard. But Sean is convinced he was actually abducted by aliens and grows fixated on safeguarding his loved ones from the alien forces.

Fresh on HBO Max

Weapons

• Genre: Terrifying puzzle
• Run time: 2h 8m
• Filmmaker: The director
• Cast: A star-studded lineup

The setting is ruptured by the enigma of what happened to 17 children from the equivalent educational level who all got up during the night and ran into the darkness. Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of several individuals searching for answers in this emotionally rich and profoundly unsettling cinematic work.

Key inquiries with a complex puzzle are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and how the path is finally rewarding. On the most elemental level, Weapons delivers impressively. Once its grand finale arrives, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, perfectly timed to refute possible doubts of “That’s it?”. Once the frights fade, there are some lingering questions about why, precisely this story required a multi-perspective cast.

New on Hulu

The Thriller Remake

• Category: Terrifying drama
• Director: The director
• Cast: Notable performers

Subsequent to examining the horror of pregnancy with her directorial debut Huesera, the director takes on the anxiety of hiring help with a new version of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. The character Polly (a familiar face) is a affluent parent who brings in a babysitter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but discovers she is unaware who she’s invited in.

The Western Drama

• Genre: Frontier story
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: Richard Gray
• Featuring: Notable actors

The protagonist (Brandon Lessard) journeys to the setting after his dad is killed and becomes entangled with the peace officer (the actor) and a charismatic outlaw (the renowned actor) searching for the fortune he helped Henry’s dad steal. The protagonist must choose where his loyalties lie through a string of confrontations that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

Latest VOD Releases

Afterburn

• Type: Post-apocalyptic action
• Duration: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: The director
• Featuring: A strong cast

The planet is in disarray after a massive solar flare wiped out technology across the world. The self-appointed King of England (a renowned star) enlists the help of main character Jake (Dave Bautista) to collect valuable artifacts as he attempts to reestablish order. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a very dangerous task.

The Erotic Thriller

• Category: Steamy suspense
• Length: 94 minutes
• Filmmaker: A creative filmmaker
• Featuring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan aimed to ensure no one considered it a straight thriller. The campy, gory film centers on two people whose retreat is invaded by additional characters who strain their connection by promoting cheating. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the mysterious interlopers are also serial killers.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

• Category: Documentary
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: {Alexandre O. Philippe|