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The Horror Film Weapons, the latest horror movie from Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as moviegoers flocked to theaters to experience the scares and humor in this unsettling and surprisingly funny story of a town searching for the truth after seventeen kids go missing. Streaming for the first time the film on the service. Thriller lovers can also watch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on digital rental and Michelle Garza Cervera’s new version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the platform.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense apocalyptic drama from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on the streaming giant. Or you can just stay in and stream the film version of the author's futuristic story The Long Walk on VOD.

Check out this guide of the most notable fresh titles on online services, highlighting the top-rated and trending new movies you can view from your living room.

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The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
• Duration: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: The Oscar-winning director
• Featuring: Notable actors

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is known for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with worldwide nuclear conflict in A House of Dynamite. After one unidentified atomic weapon is found en route to the American territory, all of the U.S. armed forces' emergency protocols are challenged as they attempt to determine how to react.

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Descendent

• Type: Futuristic drama
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Director: The director
• Featuring: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Main character Sean (a familiar face) is expecting his first child when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, apparently after a fall off the educational institution where he serves in a protective role. But he firmly believes he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and grows fixated on safeguarding his loved ones from the alien forces.

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The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Type: Chilling whodunit
• Run time: Over two hours
• Filmmaker: Zach Cregger
• Featuring: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

The town of Maybrook is ruptured by the enigma of what happened to 17 children from the identical school grade who rose simultaneously in the dark and disappeared into the night. The prior film Barbarian filmmaker follows the perspective of various characters seeking the truth in this powerfully affecting and deeply disturbing cinematic work.

The questions with an elaborate mystery are always whether that narrative momentum can be maintained, and whether the journey is finally rewarding. On the most elemental level, Weapons pays off big time. After the climax falls into place, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, ideally structured to challenge any mutterings of disappointment. Yet as the horror-movie high, there are some lingering questions about why, precisely the plot needed a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

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Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Type: Chilling suspense
• Helmed by: The director
• Cast: A talented cast

Following her exploration of the terrors of expecting with her directorial debut Huesera, the filmmaker explores the anxiety of hiring help with a remake of the classic suspense film. The character Polly (a familiar face) is a well-off mother who brings in a babysitter (an acclaimed actor), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Western Drama

• Genre: Cowboy drama
• Length: 1h 33m
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Main character Henry (a performer) heads to a small town after his parent is murdered and becomes entangled with the local lawman (Pierce Brosnan) and a charming criminal (a celebrated performer) seeking the fortune he helped Henry’s dad steal. The protagonist must choose which side he’s on through a sequence of gunfights that risk destroying the town.

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Afterburn

• Category: Post-apocalyptic action
• Duration: 106 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Earth has descended into chaos after a enormous electromagnetic burst eradicated modern conveniences across the planet. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) hires Jake (a familiar face) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he works to bring back structure. But securing the artwork in France proves to be a very dangerous task.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Type: Erotic thriller
• Run time: 94 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Cast: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one took Bone Lake seriously. The exaggerated, violent feature tracks a pair whose romantic weekend is invaded by additional characters who put their relationship to the test by promoting cheating. But the risks go beyond romance – the puzzling visitors are also homicidal maniacs.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

• Type: Non-fiction film
• Run time: 1h 42m
• Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|