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Weapons, the newest terror flick from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as moviegoers flocked to theaters to share the gasps and laughs in this disturbing and unexpectedly humorous story of a town seeking explanations after seventeen kids disappear. Now you can find the movie on the streaming platform. Horror fans can also catch 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 nerve-wracking doomsday story from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, arrives at the streaming giant. Or you can just relax at home and see the screen translation of the author's dystopian novel The Long Walk on video on demand.

Here's a rundown of the most notable latest additions on streaming and VOD, featuring the biggest, best, and most popular cinematic releases you can watch at home.

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The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Type: Apocalyptic thriller
• Duration: 1h 52m
• Director: A celebrated filmmaker
• Cast: Notable actors

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is known for tense, political dramas like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she takes it further with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. After one unattributed nuclear missile is detected heading towards the United States mainland, all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they attempt to determine how to react.

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The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Type: Futuristic drama
• Run time: 92 minutes
• Helmed by: A talented creator
• Cast: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger

The protagonist Sean (a familiar face) is preparing for parenthood when he finds himself hospitalized, apparently after a fall off the educational institution where he works as a security guard. But the character insists he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and grows fixated on safeguarding his loved ones from the alien forces.

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Zach Cregger's Film

• Genre: Terrifying puzzle
• Duration: Over two hours
• Filmmaker: Zach Cregger
• Starring: A star-studded lineup

A small community is divided by the mystery of the fate of 17 children from the same third-grade class who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. Barbarian creator examines the stories of various characters seeking the truth in this powerfully affecting and deeply disturbing cinematic work.

Central doubts with an elaborate mystery are always if the story's drive can be continued, and how the path is in the end valuable. On the most elemental level, Weapons succeeds greatly. Once its grand finale falls into place, it feels predictable yet exciting, perfectly timed to counter potential criticisms of letdown. However, after the scare factor, there are remaining uncertainties about the exact reasons the narrative needed a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Type: Chilling suspense
• Filmmaker: A skilled filmmaker
• Cast: A talented cast

Subsequent to examining the terrors of expecting with her first film Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera takes on the anxiety of hiring help with a new version of the original movie. The character Polly (the actress) is a well-off mother who hires a new nanny (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but discovers she is unaware who she’s allowed inside.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Frontier story
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: Richard Gray
• Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

The protagonist (the actor) journeys to a small town after his parent is murdered and winds up caught between the local lawman (a familiar star) and a charming criminal (the renowned actor) seeking the fortune he was involved in taking. The protagonist must choose where his loyalties lie through a string of confrontations that risk destroying the town.

Latest VOD Releases

Afterburn

• Genre: Post-apocalyptic action
• Duration: 106 minutes
• Helmed by: An action specialist
• Cast: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Earth has descended into chaos after a huge solar event eradicated modern conveniences across the world. The self-appointed King of England (the actor) recruits the protagonist Jake (a familiar face) to collect valuable artifacts as he attempts to reestablish order. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

• Genre: Steamy suspense
• Length: Over an hour and a half
• Filmmaker: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Cast: A talented cast

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one took Bone Lake seriously. The campy, gory film follows a couple whose retreat is interrupted by two others who strain their connection by promoting cheating. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the puzzling visitors are also serial killers.

The Documentary

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