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Weapons, the latest chilling film from the hit film Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as fans flocked to theaters to share the gasps and laughs in this unsettling and surprisingly funny narrative of residents looking for answers after a group of youngsters disappear. Currently available the feature on the streaming platform. Thriller lovers can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s new version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on Hulu.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense doomsday story from renowned director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto Netflix. Or you can just relax at home and stream the screen translation of Stephen King’s dark fiction The Long Walk on video on demand.

Check out this guide of the biggest new releases on online services, highlighting the top-rated and trending recent films you can watch at home.

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A House of Dynamite

• Type: Doomsday drama
• Run time: 1h 52m
• Filmmaker: The Oscar-winning director
• Starring: Notable actors

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is famous for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. After one mysterious warhead is found en route to the continental U.S., all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are challenged as they try to figure out how to react.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Category: Science fiction thriller
• Length: 92 minutes
• Helmed by: Peter Cilella
• Starring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is expecting his first child when he wakes up in the hospital, seemingly having fallen off the educational institution where he works as a security guard. But he firmly believes he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and grows fixated on protecting his family from the invaders.

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Weapons

• Genre: Chilling whodunit
• Length: Over two hours
• Director: The director
• Cast: A star-studded lineup

The town of Maybrook is ruptured by the mystery of the fate of 17 children from the same third-grade class who awoke and ventured out and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian creator examines the stories of several individuals searching for answers in this emotionally rich and profoundly unsettling movie.

Key inquiries with a complex puzzle are always if the story's drive can be continued, and if the experience is finally rewarding. Fundamentally, Weapons delivers impressively. Once its grand finale falls into place, it feels expected but innovative, perfectly timed to refute potential criticisms of disappointment. However, after the scare factor, there are unresolved issues about the specific purpose the plot needed a multi-perspective cast.

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Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Type: Chilling suspense
• Filmmaker: A skilled filmmaker
• Starring: Notable performers

After delving into the fears of motherhood with her directorial debut Huesera, the director takes on the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a new version of the original movie. Polly (Maika Monroe) is a affluent parent who hires a new nanny (the performer), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s allowed inside.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Western
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: A seasoned creator
• Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

The protagonist (Brandon Lessard) travels to Trinity, Montana after his parent is murdered and winds up caught between the local lawman (the actor) and a charismatic outlaw (a celebrated performer) seeking the gold he assisted in stealing. The protagonist must choose where his loyalties lie through a string of confrontations that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

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The Action Film Afterburn

• Type: Post-apocalyptic action
• Run time: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: An action specialist
• Starring: A strong cast

Global society has collapsed after a huge solar event wiped out technology across the globe. The self-appointed King of England (a renowned star) enlists the help of main character Jake (a familiar face) to collect valuable artifacts as he seeks to restore civilization. But retrieving the famous painting in the nation proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

• Genre: Erotic thriller
• Length: 1h 34m
• Helmed by: A creative filmmaker
• Featuring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one viewed the film as earnest. This over-the-top, bloody movie centers on two people whose getaway is interrupted by two others who challenge their bond by encouraging infidelity. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the enigmatic intruders are also serial killers.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

• Type: Fact-based feature
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
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