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The Horror Film Weapons, the latest horror movie from Barbarian writer-director 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 community seeking explanations after a group of youngsters vanish. Currently available the movie on HBO Max. Genre enthusiasts can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film Bone Lake on VOD 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 Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the platform. Or you can just sit on your couch and see the film version of the horror master's dystopian novel The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Check out this guide of the most notable new releases on digital platforms, featuring the major and acclaimed new movies you can view from your living room.

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Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Type: End-of-the-world suspense
• Run time: 1h 52m
• Filmmaker: A celebrated filmmaker
• Cast: Notable actors

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. Upon detection of an mysterious warhead is spotted approaching the American territory, all of the American military’s contingency plans are challenged as they work to decipher how to react.

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Peter Cilella's Film

• Type: Science fiction thriller
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Director: Peter Cilella
• Starring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is preparing for parenthood when he finds himself hospitalized, ostensibly after an accident off the educational institution where he works as a security guard. But he firmly believes he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and grows fixated on protecting his family from the invaders.

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Weapons

• Genre: Chilling whodunit
• Length: Over two hours
• Filmmaker: Zach Cregger
• Featuring: Notable actors

The setting is divided by the mystery of the disappearance of 17 children from the identical school grade who all got up during the night and ran into the darkness. Barbarian creator follows the perspective of various characters looking for clues in this powerfully affecting and deeply disturbing film.

The questions with a detailed enigma are always whether that narrative momentum can be maintained, and whether the journey is finally rewarding. On the most elemental level, Weapons succeeds greatly. After the climax unfolds, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, excellently paced to refute potential criticisms of disappointment. Once the frights fade, there are unresolved issues about the exact reasons the narrative required a multi-perspective cast.

Latest Hulu Releases

The Thriller Remake

• Category: Horror thriller
• Filmmaker: A skilled filmmaker
• Cast: Notable performers

Following her exploration of the horror of pregnancy with her initial feature Huesera, the filmmaker takes on the anxiety of hiring help with a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Polly (a familiar face) is a affluent parent who employs a caregiver (an acclaimed actor), but discovers she is unaware who she’s invited in.

The Western Drama

• Type: Frontier story
• Run time: 1h 33m
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Main character Henry (the actor) travels to the setting after his dad is killed and finds himself torn between the local lawman (a familiar star) and a charismatic outlaw (a celebrated performer) seeking the treasure he assisted in stealing. Henry will have to decide where his loyalties lie through a string of confrontations that endanger the community's unity.

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J. J. Perry's Movie

• Type: End-of-the-world thrills
• Length: Nearly two hours
• Helmed by: The director
• Starring: Notable performers

Earth has descended into chaos after a enormous electromagnetic burst destroyed electronics across the planet. A self-declared ruler (Samuel L. Jackson) enlists the help of the protagonist Jake (the performer) to collect valuable artifacts as he attempts to reestablish order. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a highly risky mission.

The Erotic Thriller

• Category: Provocative drama
• Run time: 1h 34m
• Director: A creative filmmaker
• Starring: A talented cast

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan aimed to ensure no one viewed the film as earnest. The exaggerated, violent feature follows a couple whose retreat is invaded by additional characters who put their relationship to the test by encouraging infidelity. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the mysterious interlopers are also homicidal maniacs.

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• Type: Fact-based feature
• Run time: 1h 42m
• Filmmaker: {Alexandre O. Philippe|