The Best Master of Horror Film in Years and All the Other Titles At Last Ready to Watch This Weekend

Weapons, the most recent terror flick from Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as moviegoers flocked to theaters to experience the scares and humor in this disturbing and surprisingly funny narrative of a town looking for answers after a group of youngsters vanish. Currently available the film on HBO Max. Horror fans can also watch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on digital rental and Michelle Garza Cervera’s reimagining of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on Hulu.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense apocalyptic drama from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the streaming giant. Or you can just relax at home and stream the adaptation of the horror master's dystopian novel The Long Walk on video on demand.

Check out this guide of the biggest new releases on online services, including the major and acclaimed new movies you can stream right now.

Fresh Titles on Netflix

The Thriller A House of Dynamite

  • Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
  • Run time: 1h 52m
  • Helmed by: The Oscar-winning director
  • Starring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is famous for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. After one unattributed nuclear missile is spotted approaching the American territory, all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are challenged as they try to figure out how to take action.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

  • Genre: Sci-fi suspense
  • Run time: 92 minutes
  • Filmmaker: The director
  • Starring: Skilled performers

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, apparently after a fall off the roof of the school where he works as a security guard. But Sean is convinced he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and develops a preoccupation with defending his household from the invaders.

New on HBO Max

Weapons

  • Type: Horror mystery
  • Duration: 128 minutes
  • Filmmaker: A horror specialist
  • Cast: A star-studded lineup

The setting is torn apart by the puzzle of what happened to 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 several individuals searching for answers in this deeply moving and highly troubling film.

Central doubts with a complex puzzle are always if the story's drive can be maintained, and whether the journey is ultimately worthwhile. At its core, Weapons delivers impressively. After the climax falls into place, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, perfectly timed to counter any mutterings of “That’s it?”. Once the frights fade, there are remaining uncertainties about why, precisely this story needed a multi-perspective cast.

Latest Hulu Releases

The Thriller Remake

  • Type: Chilling suspense
  • Director: The director
  • Featuring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

Subsequent to examining the terrors of expecting with her first film Huesera, the filmmaker explores the anxiety of hiring help with a reimagining of the classic suspense film. The character Polly (the actress) is a affluent parent who brings in a babysitter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Western Drama

  • Category: Frontier story
  • Run time: Over an hour and a half
  • Helmed by: The director
  • Cast: Notable actors

Henry Broadway (a performer) journeys to Trinity, Montana after his dad is killed and finds himself torn between the local lawman (Pierce Brosnan) and a persuasive bandit (Samuel L. Jackson) looking for the treasure he helped Henry’s dad steal. He needs to pick where his loyalties lie through a sequence of gunfights that endanger the community's unity.

New to rent

The Action Film Afterburn

  • Category: Post-apocalyptic action
  • Duration: 1h 46m
  • Helmed by: J. J. Perry
  • Cast: A strong cast

Global society has collapsed after a massive solar flare eradicated modern conveniences across the world. The self-appointed King of England (Samuel L. Jackson) hires the protagonist Jake (a familiar face) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he attempts to reestablish order. But securing the artwork in France proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

  • Type: Steamy suspense
  • Length: 94 minutes
  • Filmmaker: The director
  • Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one viewed the film as earnest. The campy, gory film follows a couple whose retreat is interrupted by two others who challenge their bond by encouraging infidelity. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the mysterious interlopers are also homicidal maniacs.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

  • Category: Documentary
  • Run time: Over an hour and a half
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