The Best Stephen King Movie in Ages and Everything Else Options At Last Streaming This Weekend
Weapons, the latest horror movie from Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as moviegoers filled cinemas to experience the scares and humor in this disturbing and unexpectedly humorous tale of a community looking for answers after a group of youngsters go missing. Streaming for the first time the feature on the streaming platform. Genre enthusiasts can also view 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 Hulu.
A House of Dynamite, a highly suspenseful doomsday story from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, arrives at Netflix. Or you can just stay in and stream the adaptation of the author's dystopian novel The Long Walk on digital platforms.
Check out this guide of the highly anticipated new releases on streaming and VOD, highlighting the top-rated and trending new movies you can view from your living room.
New on Netflix
The Thriller A House of Dynamite
- Genre: Doomsday drama
- Duration: 112 minutes
- Helmed by: A celebrated filmmaker
- Cast: Notable actors
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is known for high-stakes narratives like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. After one mysterious warhead is spotted approaching the American territory, all of the nation's defense strategies are put to the test as they try to figure out how to take action.
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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent
- Genre: Futuristic drama
- Length: 1h 32m
- Director: Peter Cilella
- Starring: Skilled performers
Sean (Ross Marquand) is expecting his first child when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, ostensibly after an accident off the school building's top where he works as a security guard. But the character insists he was actually abducted by aliens and becomes obsessed with defending his household from the otherworldly threats.
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Weapons
- Type: Terrifying puzzle
- Run time: 128 minutes
- Helmed by: A horror specialist
- Starring: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich
The town of Maybrook is torn apart by the enigma of what happened to a group of kids from the same third-grade class who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. Barbarian creator follows the perspective of multiple people searching for answers in this deeply moving and highly troubling film.
The questions with an elaborate mystery are always how the plot's energy can be sustained, and how the path is ultimately worthwhile. At its core, Weapons succeeds greatly. When the conclusion falls into place, it feels expected but innovative, ideally structured to refute any mutterings of disappointment. Once the frights fade, there are unresolved issues about the exact reasons the plot required a various viewpoints.
New on Hulu
The Thriller Remake
- Genre: Chilling suspense
- Filmmaker: Michelle Garza Cervera
- Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo
Subsequent to examining the fears of motherhood with her first film Huesera, the director takes on the nightmare of finding reliable childcare with a new version of the original movie. Polly (the actress) is a wealthy suburban mom who hires a new nanny (an acclaimed actor), but discovers she is unaware who she’s invited in.
Richard Gray's Film
- Genre: Frontier story
- Duration: 93 minutes
- Director: A seasoned creator
- Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly
The protagonist (a performer) heads to the setting after his father is executed and winds up caught between the local lawman (a familiar star) and a charming criminal (a celebrated performer) searching for the treasure he helped Henry’s dad steal. The protagonist must choose where his loyalties lie through a sequence of gunfights that risk destroying the town.
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J. J. Perry's Movie
- Genre: Post-apocalyptic action
- Length: 1h 46m
- Helmed by: The director
- Cast: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju
Global society has collapsed after a huge solar event wiped out technology across the world. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) recruits Jake (a familiar face) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he seeks to restore civilization. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a highly risky mission.
Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film
- Genre: Provocative drama
- Duration: 94 minutes
- Filmmaker: The director
- Featuring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita
Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one viewed the film as earnest. The exaggerated, violent feature follows a couple whose retreat is crashed by another duo who challenge their bond by encouraging infidelity. But the risks go beyond romance – the mysterious interlopers are also homicidal maniacs.
Alexandre O. Philippe's Film
- Genre: Fact-based feature
- Run time: 102 minutes
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