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Weapons, the most recent chilling film from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as moviegoers flocked to theaters to share the gasps and laughs in this disturbing and shockingly comedic narrative of a community looking for answers after 17 children disappear. Currently available the film on the streaming platform. Thriller lovers 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 nuclear thriller from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on Netflix. Or you can just relax at home and see the film version of the author's dark fiction The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Here's a rundown of the most notable fresh titles on digital platforms, highlighting the biggest, best, and most popular new movies you can view from your living room.

Latest Netflix Releases

Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Genre: End-of-the-world suspense
• Run time: 1h 52m
• Helmed by: The Oscar-winning director
• Featuring: A talented ensemble

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for tense, political dramas like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she raises those stakes with worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. When a single unidentified atomic weapon is detected heading towards the American territory, all of the American military’s contingency plans are challenged as they try to figure out how to react.

New on AMC Plus

Peter Cilella's Film

• Category: Futuristic drama
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: The director
• Featuring: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he finds himself hospitalized, apparently after a fall off the roof of the school where he works as a security guard. But he firmly believes he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and becomes obsessed with safeguarding his loved ones from the alien forces.

Latest HBO Max Titles

Weapons

• Type: Terrifying puzzle
• Length: 128 minutes
• Director: Zach Cregger
• Cast: Notable actors

A small community is ruptured by the puzzle of what happened to 17 children from the identical school grade who awoke and ventured out and vanished without a trace. Barbarian creator tracks the viewpoints of several individuals searching for answers in this emotionally rich and deeply disturbing cinematic work.

The questions with a detailed enigma are always whether that narrative momentum can be maintained, and if the experience is ultimately worthwhile. Fundamentally, Weapons succeeds greatly. After the climax falls into place, it feels predictable yet exciting, excellently paced to counter any mutterings of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are some lingering questions about why, precisely the plot needed a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

Latest Hulu Releases

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Category: Horror thriller
• Filmmaker: Michelle Garza Cervera
• Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

Subsequent to examining the fears of motherhood with her first film Huesera, the director explores the dread of securing a nanny with a new version of the original movie. Main protagonist Polly (a familiar face) is a affluent parent who hires a new nanny (the performer), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s allowed inside.

The Western Drama

• Genre: Frontier story
• Length: 93 minutes
• Director: The director
• Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Main character Henry (Brandon Lessard) heads to a small town after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the peace officer (Pierce Brosnan) and a charismatic outlaw (Samuel L. Jackson) searching for the treasure he was involved in taking. Henry will have to decide which side he’s on through a sequence of gunfights that endanger the community's unity.

Latest VOD Releases

The Action Film Afterburn

• Type: Post-apocalyptic action
• Duration: 1h 46m
• Filmmaker: The director
• Featuring: A strong cast

Global society has collapsed after a massive solar flare wiped out technology across the planet. An autocratic leader (a renowned star) enlists the help of the protagonist Jake (a familiar face) to retrieve important items as he seeks to restore civilization. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a highly risky mission.

The Erotic Thriller

• Genre: Steamy suspense
• Duration: 1h 34m
• Helmed by: A creative filmmaker
• Featuring: A talented cast

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one took Bone Lake seriously. The exaggerated, violent feature follows a couple whose retreat is interrupted by two others who put their relationship to the test by encouraging infidelity. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the enigmatic intruders are also homicidal maniacs.

Chain Reactions

• Type: Documentary
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|