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Weapons, the latest chilling film from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as cinema lovers rushed to see it to share the gasps and laughs in this eerie and shockingly comedic story of residents looking for answers after seventeen kids vanish. Streaming for the first time the movie on the service. Genre enthusiasts 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, an extremely tense doomsday story from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the streaming giant. Alternatively, stay in and see the film version of the author's dark fiction The Long Walk on VOD.

Below is a summary of the most notable new releases on online services, featuring the biggest, best, and most popular new movies you can view from your living room.

Fresh Titles on Netflix

A House of Dynamite

• Category: Apocalyptic thriller
• Run time: 112 minutes
• Director: A celebrated filmmaker
• Featuring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

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 worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. After one mysterious warhead is spotted approaching the continental U.S., all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they try to figure out how to respond.

New on AMC Plus

The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Genre: Futuristic drama
• Duration: 1h 32m
• Director: A talented creator
• Starring: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (a familiar face) is expecting his first child 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 he firmly believes he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and becomes obsessed with protecting his family from the alien forces.

New on HBO Max

Zach Cregger's Film

• Genre: Chilling whodunit
• Run time: Over two hours
• Helmed by: The director
• Starring: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

A small community is ruptured by the enigma of what happened to seventeen youngsters from the equivalent educational level who awoke and ventured out and ran into the darkness. Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of various characters seeking the truth in this emotionally rich and highly troubling cinematic work.

Central doubts with an elaborate mystery are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and if the experience is finally rewarding. At its core, Weapons pays off big time. When the conclusion falls into place, it feels expected but innovative, ideally structured to challenge possible doubts of disappointment. Yet as the horror-movie high, there are remaining uncertainties about why, precisely this story required a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

Latest Hulu Releases

The Thriller Remake

• Type: Terrifying drama
• Filmmaker: A skilled filmmaker
• Featuring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

After delving into the terrors of expecting with her initial feature Huesera, the filmmaker takes on the anxiety of hiring help with a new version of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Polly (the actress) is a wealthy suburban mom who brings in a babysitter (the performer), but discovers she is unaware who she’s allowed inside.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Western
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: A seasoned creator
• Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Main character Henry (Brandon Lessard) journeys to a small town after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the town’s sheriff (a familiar star) and a charismatic outlaw (a celebrated performer) looking for the treasure he was involved in taking. The protagonist must choose his alignment through a series of shootouts that risk destroying the town.

Latest VOD Releases

Afterburn

• Type: End-of-the-world thrills
• Run time: Nearly two hours
• Director: J. J. Perry
• Starring: Notable performers

The planet is in disarray after a huge solar event destroyed electronics across the planet. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) recruits main character Jake (the performer) to retrieve important items as he attempts to reestablish order. But recovering the Mona Lisa in the European country proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Bone Lake

• Category: Steamy suspense
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Director: A creative filmmaker
• Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan aimed to ensure no one took Bone Lake seriously. The exaggerated, violent feature centers on two people whose getaway is crashed by another duo who put their relationship to the test by encouraging infidelity. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the puzzling visitors are also murderers.

The Documentary

• Type: Non-fiction film
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|