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Weapons, the most recent horror movie from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as moviegoers filled cinemas to enjoy the frights and comedy in this unsettling and shockingly comedic tale of residents looking for answers after seventeen kids disappear. Currently available the movie on HBO Max. Genre enthusiasts can also watch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s campy thriller Bone Lake on video on demand and Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the platform.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense apocalyptic drama from renowned director Kathryn Bigelow, arrives at Netflix. Viewers may stay in and stream the film version of Stephen King’s dark fiction The Long Walk on VOD.

Here's a rundown of the highly anticipated new releases on digital platforms, including the major and acclaimed new movies you can view from your living room.

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The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
• Duration: 112 minutes
• Helmed by: Kathryn Bigelow
• Cast: Notable actors

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is known for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. When a single unidentified atomic weapon is spotted approaching the continental U.S., all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they try to figure out how to react.

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Descendent

• Genre: Science fiction thriller
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: A talented creator
• Featuring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Sean (a familiar face) 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 truly taken by extraterrestrials and grows fixated on safeguarding his loved ones from the invaders.

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The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Genre: Horror mystery
• Run time: 128 minutes
• Director: Zach Cregger
• Starring: A star-studded lineup

The setting is ruptured by the mystery of the fate of 17 children from the same third-grade class who awoke and ventured out and disappeared into the night. Barbarian creator examines the stories of multiple people searching for answers in this powerfully affecting and profoundly unsettling cinematic work.

Key inquiries with an elaborate mystery 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. After the climax falls into place, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, perfectly timed to challenge potential criticisms of “That’s it?”. However, after the scare factor, there are remaining uncertainties about the specific purpose the narrative required a various viewpoints.

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Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Genre: Horror thriller
• Helmed by: The director
• Featuring: A talented cast

Following her exploration of the fears of motherhood with her initial feature Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera explores the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a new version of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Polly (a familiar face) is a well-off mother who hires a new nanny (an acclaimed actor), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Western Drama

• Type: Western
• Run time: 93 minutes
• Filmmaker: Richard Gray
• Starring: A star-powered cast

The protagonist (Brandon Lessard) heads to a small town after his parent is murdered and winds up caught between the peace officer (the actor) and a charming criminal (the renowned actor) searching for the fortune he helped Henry’s dad steal. He needs to pick which side he’s on through a sequence of gunfights that risk destroying the town.

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Afterburn

• Genre: End-of-the-world thrills
• Length: 106 minutes
• Filmmaker: An action specialist
• Featuring: Notable performers

Earth has descended into chaos after a enormous electromagnetic burst eradicated modern conveniences across the world. A self-declared ruler (a renowned star) enlists the help of the protagonist Jake (Dave Bautista) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he attempts to reestablish order. But retrieving the famous painting in the European country proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

• Genre: Provocative drama
• Run time: 1h 34m
• Helmed by: A creative filmmaker
• Cast: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one viewed the film as earnest. The exaggerated, violent feature tracks a pair whose getaway is invaded by additional characters who challenge their bond by encouraging infidelity. But the risks go beyond romance – the mysterious interlopers are also murderers.

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• Type: Non-fiction film
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Director: {Alexandre O. Philippe|