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Weapons, the newest terror flick from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as cinema lovers flocked to theaters to share the gasps and laughs in this disturbing and surprisingly funny tale of residents looking for answers after 17 children go missing. Now you can find the feature on the streaming platform. Horror fans can also catch 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 the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking doomsday story from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on Netflix. Or you can just relax at home and stream the adaptation of Stephen King’s futuristic story The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Here's a rundown of the biggest new releases on digital platforms, featuring the biggest, best, and most popular recent films you can watch at home.

Latest Netflix Releases

A House of Dynamite

• Type: End-of-the-world suspense
• Length: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: A celebrated filmmaker
• Featuring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. After one unattributed nuclear missile is found en route to the American territory, all of the nation's defense strategies are put to the test as they attempt to determine how to respond.

Latest on AMC Plus

Peter Cilella's Film

• Genre: Futuristic drama
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: Peter Cilella
• Starring: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (the actor) is expecting his first child when he finds himself hospitalized, apparently after a fall off the roof of the school where he serves in a protective role. But he firmly believes he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and grows fixated on defending his household from the invaders.

New on HBO Max

Weapons

• Category: Horror mystery
• Duration: 2h 8m
• Director: The director
• Featuring: Notable actors

The town of Maybrook is torn apart by the enigma of what happened to a group of kids from the identical school grade who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. Barbarian creator examines the stories of various characters searching for answers in this emotionally rich and highly troubling cinematic work.

Central doubts with an elaborate mystery are always how the plot's energy can be maintained, and if the experience is ultimately worthwhile. On the most elemental level, Weapons delivers impressively. When the conclusion falls into place, it feels expected but innovative, excellently paced to refute possible doubts of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are some lingering questions about why, precisely the plot required a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

Latest Hulu Releases

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Genre: Terrifying drama
• Director: A skilled filmmaker
• Cast: Notable performers

Subsequent to examining the terrors of expecting with her directorial debut Huesera, the filmmaker takes on the anxiety of hiring help with a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Polly (a familiar face) is a wealthy suburban mom who hires a new nanny (the performer), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Unholy Trinity

• Type: Western
• Length: 1h 33m
• Helmed by: The director
• Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

The protagonist (a performer) travels to Trinity, Montana after his parent is murdered and finds himself torn between the peace officer (a familiar star) and a persuasive bandit (a celebrated performer) looking for the fortune he was involved in taking. The protagonist must choose which side he’s on through a series of shootouts that endanger the community's unity.

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The Action Film Afterburn

• Category: Dystopian adventure
• Length: 106 minutes
• Helmed by: An action specialist
• Starring: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

The planet is in disarray after a huge solar event destroyed electronics across the globe. An autocratic leader (a renowned star) hires main character Jake (the performer) to collect valuable artifacts as he works to bring back structure. But retrieving the famous painting in the nation proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

• Category: Erotic thriller
• Duration: 1h 34m
• Filmmaker: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Starring: A talented cast

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan aimed to ensure no one considered it a straight thriller. The exaggerated, violent feature follows a couple whose retreat is interrupted by two others who put their relationship to the test by encouraging infidelity. But the dangers are not only sensual – the mysterious interlopers are also murderers.

The Documentary

• Category: Fact-based feature
• Length: 1h 42m
• Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|