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Weapons, the newest chilling film from Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as cinema lovers flocked to theaters to enjoy the frights and comedy in this eerie and shockingly comedic story of a community looking for answers after a group of youngsters vanish. Streaming for the first time the feature on HBO Max. Genre enthusiasts can also view Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on video on demand and Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking nuclear thriller from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on Netflix. Or you can just stay in and stream the adaptation of the author's dystopian novel The Long Walk on video on demand.

Here's a rundown of the biggest new releases on online services, including the biggest, best, and most popular new movies you can view from your living room.

New on Netflix

Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Genre: Doomsday drama
• Duration: 1h 52m
• Director: The Oscar-winning director
• Featuring: A talented ensemble

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is famous 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 unattributed nuclear missile is found en route to the continental U.S., all of the nation's defense strategies are challenged as they work to decipher how to take action.

New on AMC Plus

Peter Cilella's Film

• Category: Sci-fi suspense
• Run time: 92 minutes
• Director: A talented creator
• Featuring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Main character Sean (the actor) is preparing for parenthood when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, ostensibly after an accident off the school building's top where he is employed as a guard. But he firmly believes he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and becomes obsessed with defending his household from the invaders.

Fresh on HBO Max

Zach Cregger's Film

• Category: Chilling whodunit
• Duration: Over two hours
• Filmmaker: The director
• Featuring: Notable actors

The town of Maybrook is ruptured by the mystery of the fate of seventeen youngsters from the equivalent educational level who awoke and ventured out and disappeared into the night. Barbarian creator follows the perspective of multiple people searching for answers in this emotionally rich and profoundly unsettling movie.

The questions with a detailed enigma are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and how the path is finally rewarding. Fundamentally, Weapons delivers impressively. Once its grand finale unfolds, it feels predictable yet exciting, ideally structured to refute possible doubts of letdown. Once the frights fade, there are unresolved issues about the specific purpose the plot required a multi-perspective cast.

Fresh Titles on Hulu

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Category: Horror thriller
• Helmed by: A skilled filmmaker
• Cast: Notable performers

After delving into the horror of pregnancy with her initial feature Huesera, the filmmaker takes on the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a new version of the original movie. Main protagonist Polly (Maika Monroe) is a affluent parent who hires a new nanny (the performer), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s invited in.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Frontier story
• Duration: 1h 33m
• Helmed by: Richard Gray
• Featuring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

The protagonist (the actor) journeys to the setting after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the town’s sheriff (the actor) and a charismatic outlaw (a celebrated performer) looking for the gold he helped Henry’s dad steal. He needs to pick his alignment through a series of shootouts that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

Latest VOD Releases

J. J. Perry's Movie

• Genre: Dystopian adventure
• Run time: 106 minutes
• Director: An action specialist
• Cast: A strong cast

Earth has descended into chaos after a massive solar flare destroyed electronics across the planet. A self-declared ruler (Samuel L. Jackson) hires the protagonist Jake (the performer) to retrieve important items as he attempts to reestablish order. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

• Genre: Steamy suspense
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Starring: A talented cast

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan aimed to ensure no one viewed the film as earnest. This over-the-top, bloody movie follows a couple whose romantic weekend is crashed by another duo who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the mysterious interlopers are also homicidal maniacs.

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• Genre: Fact-based feature
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
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