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Zach Cregger's Latest, the most recent terror flick from the hit film Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as moviegoers flocked to theaters to enjoy the frights and comedy in this unsettling and surprisingly funny tale of residents looking for answers after 17 children go missing. Streaming for the first time the film on the streaming platform. Horror fans can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s campy thriller Bone Lake on VOD 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, debuts on the streaming giant. Alternatively, stay in and see the adaptation of the horror master's dystopian novel The Long Walk on VOD.

Check out this guide of the biggest fresh titles on online services, highlighting the major and acclaimed cinematic releases you can view from your living room.

Latest Netflix Releases

The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Category: End-of-the-world suspense
• Length: 1h 52m
• Director: The Oscar-winning director
• Featuring: A talented ensemble

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for high-stakes narratives like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. After one unidentified atomic weapon is found en route to the United States mainland, all of the nation's defense strategies are put to the test as they work to decipher how to take action.

Fresh AMC Plus Content

The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Genre: Sci-fi suspense
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: Peter Cilella
• Cast: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

Sean (Ross Marquand) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he finds himself hospitalized, apparently after a fall off the roof of the school where he is employed as a guard. But the character insists he was actually abducted by aliens and grows fixated on defending his household from the invaders.

Fresh on HBO Max

Weapons

• Category: Terrifying puzzle
• Length: 2h 8m
• Helmed by: Zach Cregger
• Starring: Notable actors

A small community is divided by the puzzle of the disappearance of a group of kids from the equivalent educational level who rose simultaneously in the dark and vanished without a trace. The prior film Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of multiple people seeking the truth in this powerfully affecting and deeply disturbing cinematic work.

Key inquiries with a complex puzzle are always how the plot's energy can be maintained, and if the experience is finally rewarding. At its core, Weapons delivers impressively. Once its grand finale unfolds, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, excellently paced to refute possible doubts of “That’s it?”. However, after the scare factor, there are unresolved issues about the specific purpose the plot needed a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

New on Hulu

Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Genre: Chilling suspense
• Filmmaker: A skilled filmmaker
• Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo

Following her exploration of the terrors of expecting with her first film Huesera, the director explores the anxiety of hiring help with a remake of the classic suspense film. Main protagonist Polly (a familiar face) is a wealthy suburban mom who brings in a babysitter (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s allowed inside.

The Western Drama

• Type: Frontier story
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: Richard Gray
• Featuring: A star-powered cast

Main character Henry (a performer) journeys to the setting after his father is executed and winds up caught between the town’s sheriff (the actor) and a persuasive bandit (a celebrated performer) searching for the treasure he was involved in taking. He needs to pick which side he’s on through a sequence of gunfights that risk destroying the town.

Latest VOD Releases

Afterburn

• Type: End-of-the-world thrills
• Run time: 106 minutes
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: A strong cast

Global society has collapsed after a massive solar flare destroyed electronics across the world. An autocratic leader (Samuel L. Jackson) recruits the protagonist Jake (a familiar face) to retrieve important items as he attempts to reestablish order. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a extremely perilous endeavor.

Mercedes Bryce Morgan's Film

• Type: Provocative drama
• Run time: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: The director
• Featuring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one considered it a straight thriller. The exaggerated, violent feature tracks a pair whose romantic weekend is interrupted by two others who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the dangers are not only sensual – the enigmatic intruders are also homicidal maniacs.

The Documentary

• Genre: Non-fiction film
• Length: 1h 42m
• Helmed by: {Alexandre O. Philippe|