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Weapons, the latest chilling film from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as fans filled cinemas to enjoy the frights and comedy in this eerie and unexpectedly humorous story of a community looking for answers after a group of youngsters disappear. 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 remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking doomsday story from renowned director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the streaming giant. Alternatively, stay in and stream the film version of Stephen King’s dystopian novel The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Below is a summary of the highly anticipated new releases on streaming and VOD, including the top-rated and trending recent films you can watch at home.

New on Netflix

A House of Dynamite

• Genre: End-of-the-world suspense
• Length: 1h 52m
• Helmed by: A celebrated filmmaker
• Cast: A talented ensemble

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for high-stakes narratives like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. Upon detection of an unattributed nuclear missile is found en route to the American territory, all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are activated as they work to decipher how to respond.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Genre: Sci-fi suspense
• Run time: 1h 32m
• Helmed by: Peter Cilella
• Featuring: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is preparing for parenthood when he finds himself hospitalized, ostensibly after an accident off the school building's top where he works as a security guard. But Sean is convinced he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and becomes obsessed with safeguarding his loved ones from the invaders.

Fresh on HBO Max

Zach Cregger's Film

• Category: Horror mystery
• Length: Over two hours
• Filmmaker: A horror specialist
• Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

A small community is ruptured by the mystery of what happened to 17 children from the equivalent educational level who all got up during the night and vanished without a trace. Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of various characters seeking the truth in this deeply moving and highly troubling movie.

Central doubts with a complex puzzle are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and if the experience is finally rewarding. Fundamentally, Weapons delivers impressively. After the climax arrives, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, perfectly timed to refute any mutterings of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are some lingering questions about why, precisely the narrative required a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

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The Thriller Remake

• Type: Terrifying drama
• Helmed by: The director
• Featuring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

Following her exploration of the terrors of expecting with her initial feature Huesera, the director takes on the dread of securing a nanny with a new version of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. The character Polly (the actress) is a well-off mother who hires a new nanny (an acclaimed actor), but discovers she is unaware who she’s allowed inside.

The Unholy Trinity

• Type: Western
• Length: 1h 33m
• Helmed by: A seasoned creator
• Starring: A star-powered cast

Main character Henry (a performer) travels to Trinity, Montana after his dad is killed and finds himself torn between the peace officer (the actor) and a charming criminal (the renowned actor) searching for the gold he assisted in stealing. The protagonist must choose where his loyalties lie through a sequence of gunfights that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

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Afterburn

• Category: Post-apocalyptic action
• Run time: 106 minutes
• Director: An action specialist
• Starring: Notable performers

Earth has descended into chaos after a huge solar event destroyed electronics across the planet. A self-declared ruler (Samuel L. Jackson) enlists the help of main character Jake (Dave Bautista) to retrieve important items as he attempts to reestablish order. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Category: Provocative drama
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: The director
• Featuring: Skilled actors

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one took Bone Lake seriously. The campy, gory film follows a couple whose romantic weekend is invaded by additional characters who strain their connection by suggesting betrayal. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the mysterious interlopers are also murderers.

The Documentary

• Type: Fact-based feature
• Duration: 102 minutes
• Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|