🔗 Share this article

Weapons, the most recent horror movie from the hit film Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as fans filled cinemas to experience the scares and humor in this disturbing and shockingly comedic tale of a town seeking explanations after seventeen kids disappear. Streaming for the first time the movie on the streaming platform. Thriller lovers can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film 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 Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on the platform. Or you can just stay in and watch the film version of the author's futuristic story The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Below is a summary of the most notable latest additions on streaming and VOD, highlighting the major and acclaimed recent films you can stream right now.

New on Netflix

A House of Dynamite

• Category: End-of-the-world suspense
• Length: 112 minutes
• Helmed by: A celebrated filmmaker
• Featuring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is famous for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. After one mysterious warhead is spotted approaching the United States mainland, all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are challenged as they work to decipher how to respond.

Fresh AMC Plus Content

Peter Cilella's Film

• Type: Science fiction thriller
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: A talented creator
• Cast: Skilled performers

Main character Sean (the actor) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he wakes up in the hospital, ostensibly after an accident off the school building's top where he is employed as a guard. But Sean is convinced he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and grows fixated on defending his household from the invaders.

Fresh on HBO Max

The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Type: Terrifying puzzle
• Run time: 2h 8m
• Helmed by: A horror specialist
• Featuring: A star-studded lineup

The town of Maybrook is ruptured by the enigma of the disappearance of a group of kids from the equivalent educational level who all got up during the night and vanished without a trace. The prior film Barbarian director Zach Cregger follows the perspective of various characters looking for clues in this deeply moving and profoundly unsettling cinematic work.

Central doubts with a detailed enigma are always if the story's drive can be continued, and how the path is finally rewarding. Fundamentally, Weapons pays off big time. After the climax unfolds, it feels predictable yet exciting, excellently paced to refute possible doubts of “That’s it?”. However, after the scare factor, there are remaining uncertainties about why, precisely the narrative required a various viewpoints.

New on Hulu

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Type: Chilling suspense
• Helmed by: A skilled filmmaker
• Cast: Notable performers

Following her exploration of the fears of motherhood with her first film Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera addresses the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Polly (the actress) is a wealthy suburban mom who brings in a babysitter (an acclaimed actor), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s welcomed into her home.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Western
• Run time: 1h 33m
• Director: Richard Gray
• Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Henry Broadway (a performer) journeys to a small town after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the peace officer (Pierce Brosnan) and a charismatic outlaw (a celebrated performer) looking for the fortune he was involved in taking. Henry will have to decide where his loyalties lie through a sequence of gunfights that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

Latest VOD Releases

Afterburn

• Genre: End-of-the-world thrills
• Duration: 106 minutes
• Filmmaker: An action specialist
• Featuring: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

The planet is in disarray after a massive solar flare eradicated modern conveniences across the globe. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) recruits Jake (Dave Bautista) to collect valuable artifacts as he seeks to restore civilization. But recovering the Mona Lisa in the European country proves to be a very dangerous task.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Type: Erotic thriller
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Featuring: Skilled actors

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan aimed to ensure no one considered it a straight thriller. The exaggerated, violent feature centers on two people whose getaway is interrupted by two others who strain their connection by promoting cheating. But the dangers are not only sensual – the enigmatic intruders are also murderers.

The Documentary

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