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Weapons, the follow-up from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, became a breakout box office hit as viewers packed theaters for its mix of dread and dark humor in a community torn apart after 17 children vanish. The film is now available on HBO Max. Horror fans can also find Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s gleefully grisly slasher Bone Lake on VOD, while Michelle Garza Cervera’s new take on The Hand That Rocks the Cradle streams on Hulu.
A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow’s taut nuclear thriller, has landed on Netflix. If you prefer a darker, dystopian ride, Francis Lawrence’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk is available to rent on various VOD platforms.
Below is a curated list of notable new releases on streaming and VOD — the biggest, buzziest, and most compelling films you can watch at home right now.
New on Netflix
A House of Dynamite
- Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
- Runtime: 1h 52m
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow
- Cast: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso
Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow elevates the genre with a high-stakes thriller about the fragile architecture of deterrence. When an unclaimed nuclear missile is detected en route to the continental U.S., military and political leaders scramble through contingency protocols to avert catastrophe.
New on AMC Plus
Descendent
- Genre: Science fiction thriller
- Runtime: 1h 32m
- Director: Peter Cilella
- Cast: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger
Sean (played by Ross Marquand) wakes up in a hospital with gaps in his memory and a life that feels suddenly fractured. Convinced he was abducted by extraterrestrials, he becomes consumed with protecting his growing family from a threat others refuse to acknowledge.
New on HBO Max
Weapons
- Genre: Horror mystery
- Runtime: 2h 8m
- Director: Zach Cregger
- Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich
In the small town of Maybrook, the unexplained nighttime disappearance of 17 third-graders shatters a community. Zach Cregger approaches the story through multiple viewpoints, assembling an emotionally charged and unsettling mystery as residents hunt for answers.
From our review:
The film sustains momentum throughout its intricate mystery, delivering a finale that feels both inevitable and refreshingly original. While the ensemble point-of-view structure raises some questions, the payoff is satisfyingly bold and memorable.
New on Hulu
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
- Genre: Horror thriller
- Director: Michelle Garza Cervera
- Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, Raúl Castillo
Michelle Garza Cervera, after probing the terrors of pregnancy in Huesera, remakes the 1992 suburban nightmare about trust and betrayal. Polly (Maika Monroe) hires a nanny to help with her family — and quickly discovers that opening her door may have been a catastrophic mistake.
The Unholy Trinity
- Genre: Western
- Runtime: 1h 33m
- Director: Richard Gray
- Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly
After his father’s execution, Henry Broadway travels to Trinity, Montana, where he’s pulled into a violent dispute between the town’s sheriff and a charismatic outlaw. Betrayals and gunfights escalate as Henry must choose his allegiance.
New to rent
Afterburn
- Genre: Post-apocalyptic action
- Runtime: 1h 46m
- Director: J. J. Perry
- Cast: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju
Following a catastrophic solar flare that collapses modern infrastructure, a self-declared monarch recruits Jake (Dave Bautista) to retrieve humanity’s cultural treasures. The mission to recover the Mona Lisa becomes a perilous odyssey across a lawless Europe.
Bone Lake
- Genre: Erotic thriller / slasher
- Runtime: 1h 34m
- Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
- Cast: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita
Mercedes Bryce Morgan leans into camp and carnage with a lurid tale about a weekend getaway gone wrong. A couple’s romantic retreat is interrupted by strangers who push them toward temptation — and reveal far more sinister intentions.
Chain Reactions
- Genre: Documentary
- Runtime: 1h 42m
- Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Filmmakers, critics, and creators — from Stephen King to Takashi Miike — reflect on the cultural influence of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 shocker The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, exploring why the film continues to unsettle and inspire.
Dead of Winter
- Genre: Action thriller
- Runtime: 1h 38m
- Director: Brian Kirk
- Cast: Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca
Barb (Emma Thompson) intends to scatter her husband’s ashes at a beloved lake but becomes entangled in a desperate rescue when she spots a woman held captive during a blizzard. Survival instincts kick in as she races to save a stranger without becoming a target herself.
Good Boy
- Genre: Supernatural horror
- Runtime: 1h 13m
- Director: Ben Leonberg
- Cast: Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden
Told from the vantage of a dog, this unsettling horror film explores the bond between a chronically ill owner and her companion as the pet senses an otherworldly presence in their home — tapping into one of cinema’s deepest anxieties about animal safety and loyalty.
The Long Walk
- Genre: Dystopian thriller
- Runtime: 1h 48m
- Director: Francis Lawrence
- Cast: Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing
Francis Lawrence adapts Stephen King’s bleak 1979 novel into a harrowing competition where teenage boys must keep walking without rest — and those who falter face lethal consequences. The last survivor earns a chance at a better life, but at a terrible price.
Source: Polygon
