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Weapons, the newest horror movie from the hit film Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as moviegoers flocked to theaters to experience the scares and humor in this eerie and unexpectedly humorous story of a community seeking explanations after seventeen kids go missing. Streaming for the first time the feature on the streaming platform. Thriller lovers can also view Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film 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 highly suspenseful apocalyptic drama from renowned director Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on the platform. Alternatively, sit on your couch and stream the screen translation of Stephen King’s dystopian novel The Long Walk on VOD.

Below is a summary of the highly anticipated 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

• Type: Doomsday drama
• Length: 1h 52m
• Helmed by: A celebrated filmmaker
• Featuring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. Upon detection of an mysterious warhead is spotted approaching the continental U.S., all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are activated as they attempt to determine how to react.

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Peter Cilella's Film

• Category: Sci-fi suspense
• Run time: 1h 32m
• Filmmaker: A talented creator
• Cast: Skilled performers

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he wakes up in the hospital, seemingly having fallen off the roof of the school where he serves in a protective role. But Sean is convinced he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and becomes obsessed with safeguarding his loved ones from the alien forces.

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Weapons

• Genre: Chilling whodunit
• Length: Over two hours
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: Notable actors

The setting is divided by the puzzle of the fate of 17 children from the identical school grade who all got up during the night and vanished without a trace. Barbarian director Zach Cregger examines the stories of multiple people seeking the truth in this emotionally rich and deeply disturbing movie.

Central doubts with a detailed enigma are always if the story's drive can be maintained, and whether the journey is in the end valuable. On the most elemental level, Weapons succeeds greatly. Once its grand finale arrives, it feels predictable yet exciting, excellently paced to challenge possible doubts of letdown. Once the frights fade, there are remaining uncertainties about the specific purpose the narrative used a multi-perspective cast.

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Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Category: Chilling suspense
• Director: Michelle Garza Cervera
• Cast: A talented cast

After delving into the terrors of expecting with her directorial debut Huesera, the filmmaker explores the dread of securing a nanny with a reimagining of the classic suspense film. Polly (Maika Monroe) is a affluent parent who employs a caregiver (an acclaimed actor), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Unholy Trinity

• Type: Frontier story
• Duration: 1h 33m
• Helmed by: The director
• Starring: A star-powered cast

Henry Broadway (Brandon Lessard) travels to Trinity, Montana after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the peace officer (the actor) and a persuasive bandit (Samuel L. Jackson) searching for the gold he helped Henry’s dad steal. The protagonist must choose which side he’s on through a sequence of gunfights that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

Latest VOD Releases

The Action Film Afterburn

• Type: Dystopian adventure
• Duration: Nearly two hours
• Director: An action specialist
• Featuring: A strong cast

Global society has collapsed after a enormous electromagnetic burst destroyed electronics across the globe. An autocratic leader (Samuel L. Jackson) hires Jake (a familiar face) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he works to bring back structure. But securing the artwork in France proves to be a very dangerous task.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Category: Erotic thriller
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: The director
• Cast: Skilled actors

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one considered it a straight thriller. This over-the-top, bloody movie centers on two people whose romantic weekend is crashed by another duo who put their relationship to the test by encouraging infidelity. But the dangers are not only sensual – the mysterious interlopers are also homicidal maniacs.

The Documentary

• Category: Fact-based feature
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Director: {Alexandre O. Philippe|