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Weapons, the latest horror movie from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as moviegoers filled cinemas to share the gasps and laughs in this eerie and unexpectedly humorous narrative of a community seeking explanations after a group of youngsters vanish. Now you can find the movie on HBO Max. Horror fans can also view Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s campy thriller Bone Lake on digital rental and Michelle Garza Cervera’s new version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on Hulu.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense apocalyptic drama from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the streaming giant. Viewers may sit on your couch and stream the adaptation of the horror master's dystopian novel The Long Walk on video on demand.

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

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The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Category: End-of-the-world suspense
• Length: 1h 52m
• Helmed by: Kathryn Bigelow
• Cast: A talented ensemble

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is known for high-stakes narratives 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 spotted approaching the United States mainland, all of the American military’s contingency plans are challenged as they attempt to determine how to take action.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Genre: Futuristic drama
• Length: 92 minutes
• Director: A talented creator
• Starring: An accomplished cast

The protagonist Sean (Ross Marquand) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, ostensibly after an accident off the educational institution where he works as a security guard. But the character insists he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and becomes obsessed with protecting his family from the otherworldly threats.

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Weapons

• Category: Chilling whodunit
• Run time: 128 minutes
• Helmed by: A horror specialist
• Cast: A star-studded lineup

The setting is divided by the mystery of what happened to a group of kids from the identical school grade who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. Barbarian filmmaker tracks the viewpoints of multiple people seeking the truth in this emotionally rich and profoundly unsettling cinematic work.

Central doubts with an elaborate mystery are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and how the path is finally rewarding. At its core, Weapons pays off big time. When the conclusion unfolds, it feels predictable yet exciting, ideally structured to challenge potential criticisms of letdown. Once the frights fade, there are remaining uncertainties about the specific purpose the plot required a multi-perspective cast.

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The Thriller Remake

• Type: Chilling suspense
• Director: Michelle Garza Cervera
• Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

Following her exploration of the fears of motherhood with her first film Huesera, the filmmaker addresses the anxiety of hiring help with a new version of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Main protagonist Polly (Maika Monroe) is a affluent parent who hires a new nanny (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but discovers she is unaware who she’s allowed inside.

The Western Drama

• Category: Frontier story
• Length: 1h 33m
• Helmed by: A seasoned creator
• Featuring: A star-powered cast

Henry Broadway (a performer) heads to Trinity, Montana 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. The protagonist must choose his alignment through a sequence of gunfights that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

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Afterburn

• Genre: Post-apocalyptic action
• Duration: 106 minutes
• Director: An action specialist
• Cast: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Global society has collapsed after a enormous electromagnetic burst eradicated modern conveniences across the planet. An autocratic leader (the actor) enlists the help of Jake (Dave Bautista) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he works to bring back structure. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Bone Lake

• Type: Provocative drama
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Director: The director
• Featuring: A talented cast

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one viewed the film as earnest. This over-the-top, bloody movie tracks a pair whose getaway is interrupted by two others who challenge their bond by encouraging infidelity. But the dangers are not only sensual – the puzzling visitors are also murderers.

The Documentary

• Category: Fact-based feature
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: {Alexandre O. Philippe|