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Weapons, the newest terror flick from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as cinema lovers filled cinemas to experience the scares and humor in this unsettling and unexpectedly humorous narrative of residents seeking explanations after seventeen kids go missing. Now you can find the movie on HBO Max. Thriller lovers can also watch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the platform.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking nuclear thriller from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on the streaming giant. Viewers may sit on your couch and stream the adaptation of the horror master's futuristic story The Long Walk on video on demand.

Check out this guide of the biggest fresh titles on online services, highlighting the major and acclaimed recent films you can watch at home.

New on Netflix

The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Genre: End-of-the-world suspense
• Length: Nearly two hours
• Helmed by: Kathryn Bigelow
• Starring: A talented ensemble

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is known 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. Upon detection of an mysterious warhead is found en route to the American territory, all of the nation's defense strategies are challenged as they attempt to determine how to take action.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Type: Science fiction thriller
• Length: 92 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (the actor) is expecting his first child when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, apparently after a fall off the school building's top where he serves in a protective role. But Sean is convinced he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and becomes obsessed with protecting his family from the alien forces.

New on HBO Max

The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Genre: Chilling whodunit
• Duration: 128 minutes
• Director: Zach Cregger
• Starring: Notable actors

The town of Maybrook is torn apart by the enigma of the fate of seventeen youngsters from the identical school grade who awoke and ventured out and vanished without a trace. The prior film Barbarian filmmaker examines the stories of several individuals searching for answers in this powerfully affecting and highly troubling film.

Central doubts with a detailed enigma are always if the story's drive can be maintained, and if the experience is in the end valuable. At its core, Weapons delivers impressively. After the climax unfolds, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, perfectly timed to counter potential criticisms of “That’s it?”. However, after the scare factor, there are remaining uncertainties about the specific purpose the plot needed a multi-perspective cast.

New on Hulu

The Thriller Remake

• Type: Terrifying drama
• Director: A skilled filmmaker
• Cast: A talented cast

Following her exploration of the terrors of expecting with her first film Huesera, the filmmaker explores the dread of securing a nanny with a remake of the original movie. The character Polly (Maika Monroe) is a affluent parent who brings in a babysitter (the performer), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s invited in.

The Western Drama

• Genre: Frontier story
• Length: 93 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Henry Broadway (Brandon Lessard) travels to the setting after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the peace officer (the actor) and a charming criminal (the renowned actor) seeking the fortune he assisted in stealing. The protagonist must choose his alignment through a series of shootouts that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

New to rent

Afterburn

• Type: End-of-the-world thrills
• Duration: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: J. J. Perry
• Starring: A strong cast

Earth has descended into chaos after a massive solar flare destroyed electronics across the globe. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) enlists the help of Jake (Dave Bautista) to retrieve important items as he seeks to restore civilization. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Bone Lake

• Genre: Provocative drama
• Length: 1h 34m
• Filmmaker: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• 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 getaway is interrupted by two others who strain their connection by encouraging infidelity. But the dangers are not only sensual – the enigmatic intruders are also homicidal maniacs.

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• Genre: Documentary
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: {Alexandre O. Philippe|