The Best Stephen King Movie in Ages and All the Other Releases Now Ready to Watch This Weekend

The Horror Film Weapons, the latest horror movie from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as fans filled cinemas to share the gasps and laughs in this unsettling and shockingly comedic story of residents seeking explanations after seventeen kids disappear. Currently available the feature on the service. Horror fans 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 Hulu.

A House of Dynamite, a highly suspenseful doomsday story from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, arrives at the platform. Or you can just sit on your couch and see the screen translation of the author's dark fiction The Long Walk on video on demand.

Below is a summary of the biggest latest additions on digital platforms, featuring the major and acclaimed recent films you can stream right now.

Fresh Titles on Netflix

A House of Dynamite

  • Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
  • Length: 1h 52m
  • Director: The Oscar-winning director
  • Starring: A talented ensemble

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is known for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. After one unidentified atomic weapon is detected heading towards the continental U.S., all of the American military’s contingency plans are put to the test as they work to decipher how to respond.

New on AMC Plus

Peter Cilella's Film

  • Category: Futuristic drama
  • Duration: 1h 32m
  • Helmed by: Peter Cilella
  • Cast: Skilled performers

Sean (Ross Marquand) is preparing for parenthood when he wakes up in the hospital, ostensibly after an accident off the roof of the school where he is employed as a guard. But Sean is convinced he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and grows fixated on safeguarding his loved ones from the invaders.

Latest HBO Max Titles

The Horror Mystery Weapons

  • Genre: Terrifying puzzle
  • Length: 128 minutes
  • Helmed by: A horror specialist
  • Featuring: A star-studded lineup

A small community is divided by the enigma of what happened to seventeen youngsters from the equivalent educational level who awoke and ventured out and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of several individuals searching for answers in this powerfully affecting and profoundly unsettling cinematic work.

Key inquiries with a detailed enigma are always whether that narrative momentum can be maintained, and how the path is finally rewarding. On the most elemental level, Weapons delivers impressively. When the conclusion arrives, it feels predictable yet exciting, perfectly timed to refute any mutterings of “That’s it?”. However, after the scare factor, there are unresolved issues about the exact reasons the narrative required a various viewpoints.

Fresh Titles on Hulu

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

  • Category: Terrifying drama
  • Filmmaker: The director
  • Featuring: Notable performers

Following her exploration of the horror of pregnancy with her first film Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera takes on the dread of securing a nanny with a new version of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. The character Polly (the actress) is a well-off mother who brings in a babysitter (the performer), but discovers she is unaware who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Unholy Trinity

  • Genre: Cowboy drama
  • Duration: Over an hour and a half
  • Helmed by: A seasoned creator
  • Cast: Notable actors

Henry Broadway (a performer) journeys to the setting after his parent is murdered and becomes entangled with the peace officer (a familiar star) and a charismatic outlaw (a celebrated performer) searching for the gold he assisted in stealing. Henry will have to decide which side he’s on through a string of confrontations that endanger the community's unity.

Latest VOD Releases

Afterburn

  • Type: Dystopian adventure
  • Run time: 106 minutes
  • Director: J. J. Perry
  • Featuring: A strong cast

Global society has collapsed after a massive solar flare destroyed electronics across the globe. An autocratic leader (Samuel L. Jackson) recruits main character Jake (a familiar face) to collect valuable artifacts as he attempts to reestablish order. But securing the artwork in France proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

  • Category: Steamy suspense
  • Length: 1h 34m
  • Director: The director
  • Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan aimed to ensure no one considered it a straight thriller. This over-the-top, bloody movie tracks a pair whose getaway is interrupted by two others who strain their connection by suggesting betrayal. But the risks go beyond romance – the mysterious interlopers are also homicidal maniacs.

Chain Reactions

  • Type: Documentary
  • Run time: Over an hour and a half
  • Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|
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