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The Horror Film Weapons, the most recent horror movie from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as cinema lovers flocked to theaters to experience the scares and humor in this unsettling and surprisingly funny tale of a community searching for the truth after seventeen kids vanish. Streaming for the first time the movie on HBO Max. Thriller lovers can also watch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film Bone Lake on digital rental and Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the platform.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense nuclear thriller from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, arrives at the platform. Or you can just relax at home and see the film version of the horror master's futuristic story The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Here's a rundown of the biggest latest additions on streaming and VOD, including the top-rated and trending cinematic releases you can view from your living room.

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A House of Dynamite

• Genre: Doomsday drama
• Run time: 1h 52m
• Helmed by: The Oscar-winning director
• Featuring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Academy Award winner 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. When a single unattributed nuclear missile is detected heading towards the United States mainland, all of the American military’s contingency plans are activated as they try to figure out how to respond.

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Descendent

• Category: Science fiction thriller
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Director: Peter Cilella
• Featuring: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is expecting his first child when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, seemingly having fallen off the educational institution 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: Terrifying puzzle
• Duration: 128 minutes
• Helmed by: The director
• Starring: A star-studded lineup

The town of Maybrook is divided by the mystery of the fate of a group of kids from the same third-grade class who awoke and ventured out and vanished without a trace. Barbarian creator tracks the viewpoints of multiple people seeking the truth in this deeply moving and highly troubling cinematic work.

Central doubts with a detailed enigma are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and how the path is in the end valuable. Fundamentally, Weapons succeeds greatly. After the climax unfolds, it feels predictable yet exciting, perfectly timed to counter any mutterings of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are remaining uncertainties about why, precisely this story needed a various viewpoints.

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Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Type: Chilling suspense
• Director: A skilled filmmaker
• Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

After delving into the fears of motherhood with her directorial debut Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera takes on the dread of securing a nanny with a remake of the classic suspense film. Polly (Maika Monroe) is a well-off mother who brings in a babysitter (the performer), but discovers she is unaware who she’s allowed inside.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Western
• Length: 1h 33m
• Director: Richard Gray
• Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

The protagonist (a performer) travels to a small town after his dad is killed and winds up caught between the peace officer (a familiar star) and a charming criminal (the renowned actor) searching for the fortune he was involved in taking. He needs to pick his alignment through a series of shootouts that risk destroying the town.

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The Action Film Afterburn

• Type: Dystopian adventure
• Length: 1h 46m
• Director: The director
• Cast: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Earth has descended into chaos after a enormous electromagnetic burst destroyed electronics across the globe. A self-declared ruler (the actor) hires Jake (a familiar face) to collect valuable artifacts as he attempts to reestablish order. But retrieving the famous painting in the European country proves to be a highly risky mission.

The Erotic Thriller

• Genre: Provocative drama
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: The director
• Cast: Skilled actors

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one viewed the film as earnest. This over-the-top, bloody movie centers on two people whose getaway is interrupted by two others who strain their connection by promoting cheating. But the risks go beyond romance – the enigmatic intruders are also serial killers.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

• Genre: Documentary
• Length: Over an hour and a half
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