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Weapons, the most recent chilling film from the hit film Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as cinema lovers flocked to theaters to share the gasps and laughs in this unsettling and unexpectedly humorous story of a town looking for answers after a group of youngsters go missing. 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 VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s reimagining 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, arrives at Netflix. Alternatively, relax at home and see the screen translation of Stephen King’s futuristic story The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Here's a rundown of the biggest fresh titles on streaming and VOD, featuring the biggest, best, and most popular cinematic releases you can watch at home.

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Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Genre: Doomsday drama
• Length: Nearly two hours
• Helmed by: The Oscar-winning director
• Starring: A talented ensemble

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for high-stakes narratives like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she raises those stakes with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. After one unattributed nuclear missile is spotted approaching the United States mainland, all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they try to figure out how to take action.

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Descendent

• Genre: Science fiction thriller
• Run time: 92 minutes
• Director: Peter Cilella
• Starring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

The protagonist Sean (a familiar face) is expecting his first child when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, seemingly having fallen off the school building's top where he is employed as a guard. But Sean is convinced he was actually abducted by aliens and develops a preoccupation with protecting his family from the otherworldly threats.

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Zach Cregger's Film

• Genre: Chilling whodunit
• Duration: 2h 8m
• Filmmaker: Zach Cregger
• Starring: A star-studded lineup

The setting is ruptured by the puzzle of what happened to a group of kids from the identical school grade who awoke and ventured out and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of various characters seeking the truth in this emotionally rich and deeply disturbing film.

The questions with a complex puzzle are always how the plot's energy can be maintained, and how the path is ultimately worthwhile. On the most elemental level, Weapons delivers impressively. When the conclusion falls into place, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, ideally structured to refute possible doubts of disappointment. Yet as the horror-movie high, there are remaining uncertainties about the specific purpose the plot used a various viewpoints.

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Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Type: Terrifying drama
• Filmmaker: The director
• Cast: Notable performers

Following her exploration of the terrors of expecting with her initial feature Huesera, the filmmaker takes on the dread of securing a nanny with a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. 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 invited in.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Western
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: Richard Gray
• Cast: A star-powered cast

The protagonist (Brandon Lessard) journeys to Trinity, Montana after his parent is murdered and finds himself torn between the local lawman (the actor) and a charming criminal (Samuel L. Jackson) searching for the gold he was involved in taking. He needs to pick where his loyalties lie through a series of shootouts that endanger the community's unity.

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J. J. Perry's Movie

• Genre: End-of-the-world thrills
• Run time: 106 minutes
• Director: An action specialist
• Starring: Notable performers

Earth has descended into chaos after a massive solar flare destroyed electronics across the planet. An autocratic leader (Samuel L. Jackson) recruits Jake (the performer) to collect valuable artifacts as he works to bring back structure. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

• Genre: Provocative drama
• Length: 94 minutes
• Helmed by: A creative filmmaker
• Featuring: A talented cast

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one viewed the film as earnest. The exaggerated, violent feature tracks a pair whose retreat is invaded by additional characters who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the dangers are not only sensual – the enigmatic intruders are also serial killers.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

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