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The Horror Film Weapons, the most recent chilling film from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as moviegoers filled cinemas to enjoy the frights and comedy in this eerie and unexpectedly humorous story of a community searching for the truth after 17 children go missing. Streaming for the first time the feature on the service. Thriller lovers can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s campy thriller Bone Lake on digital rental and Michelle Garza Cervera’s reimagining of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on Hulu.

A House of Dynamite, a highly suspenseful apocalyptic drama from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on Netflix. Or you can just stay in and see the film version of Stephen King’s dystopian novel The Long Walk on video on demand.

Here's a rundown of the biggest fresh titles on streaming and VOD, featuring the biggest, best, and most popular recent films you can stream right now.

Latest Netflix Releases

The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Type: Doomsday drama
• Duration: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: A celebrated filmmaker
• Featuring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is known 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. After one unidentified atomic weapon is detected heading towards the American territory, all of the nation's defense strategies are challenged as they attempt to determine how to take action.

New on AMC Plus

Peter Cilella's Film

• Type: Futuristic drama
• Duration: 1h 32m
• Filmmaker: Peter Cilella
• Cast: Skilled performers

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is preparing for parenthood when he wakes up in the hospital, apparently after a fall off the school building's top where he works as a security guard. But Sean is convinced he was actually abducted by aliens and becomes obsessed with defending his household from the otherworldly threats.

New on HBO Max

The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Type: Chilling whodunit
• Run time: 2h 8m
• Director: The director
• Featuring: Notable actors

The setting is divided by the mystery of what happened to seventeen youngsters from the same third-grade class who rose simultaneously in the dark and vanished without a trace. Barbarian director Zach Cregger examines the stories of several individuals seeking the truth in this emotionally rich and profoundly unsettling film.

Key inquiries with a detailed enigma are always if the story's drive can be maintained, and if the experience is in the end valuable. On the most elemental level, Weapons succeeds greatly. Once its grand finale falls into place, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, excellently paced to refute possible doubts of “That’s it?”. Once the frights fade, there are some lingering questions about why, precisely the narrative used a multi-perspective cast.

Latest Hulu Releases

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Genre: Terrifying drama
• Director: The director
• Featuring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

After delving into the horror of pregnancy 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 (Maika Monroe) is a affluent parent who brings in a babysitter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s allowed inside.

The Western Drama

• Category: Western
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: A seasoned creator
• Cast: A star-powered cast

Main character Henry (a performer) travels to Trinity, Montana after his father is executed and winds up caught between the town’s sheriff (a familiar star) and a persuasive bandit (the renowned actor) searching for the fortune he assisted in stealing. He needs to pick which side he’s on through a series of shootouts that endanger the community's unity.

New to rent

The Action Film Afterburn

• Type: Post-apocalyptic action
• Duration: 106 minutes
• Director: J. J. Perry
• Starring: Notable performers

The planet is in disarray after a enormous electromagnetic burst eradicated modern conveniences across the planet. A self-declared ruler (a renowned star) hires the protagonist Jake (the performer) to retrieve important items as he works to bring back structure. But securing the artwork in the European country proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Genre: Erotic thriller
• Duration: 94 minutes
• Helmed by: The director
• Featuring: A talented cast

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one took Bone Lake seriously. The campy, gory film follows a couple whose romantic weekend is crashed by another duo who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the risks go beyond romance – the enigmatic intruders are also serial killers.

The Documentary

• Category: Documentary
• Duration: 1h 42m
• Director: {Alexandre O. Philippe|