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Zach Cregger's Latest, the newest horror movie from the hit film Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as cinema lovers flocked to theaters to enjoy the frights and comedy in this eerie and unexpectedly humorous narrative of a community looking for answers after 17 children disappear. Currently available the feature on HBO Max. Horror fans can also watch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film Bone Lake on VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s reimagining of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking nuclear thriller from renowned director Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on the platform. Alternatively, stay in and stream the adaptation of the author's futuristic story The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Check out this guide of the most notable new releases on digital platforms, featuring the major and acclaimed cinematic releases you can view from your living room.

New on Netflix

The Thriller A House of Dynamite

• Genre: Doomsday drama
• Duration: 112 minutes
• Director: The Oscar-winning director
• Starring: Notable actors

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for tense, political dramas like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. When a single unattributed nuclear missile is spotted approaching the American territory, all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they try to figure out how to react.

New on AMC Plus

Descendent

• Genre: Science fiction thriller
• Length: 92 minutes
• Helmed by: A talented creator
• Starring: An accomplished cast

The protagonist Sean (Ross Marquand) is expecting his first child when he wakes up in the hospital, seemingly having fallen off the school building's top where he works as a security guard. But he firmly believes he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and develops a preoccupation with protecting his family from the otherworldly threats.

Latest HBO Max Titles

Weapons

• Genre: Horror mystery
• Length: 2h 8m
• Director: A horror specialist
• Cast: A star-studded lineup

A small community is ruptured by the puzzle of what happened to seventeen youngsters from the identical school grade who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. Barbarian creator tracks the viewpoints of various characters searching for answers in this deeply moving and highly troubling cinematic work.

Central doubts with an elaborate mystery are always whether that narrative momentum can be continued, and whether the journey is ultimately worthwhile. On the most elemental level, Weapons pays off big time. Once its grand finale falls into place, it feels expected but innovative, ideally structured to counter potential criticisms of “That’s it?”. Once the frights fade, there are some lingering questions about the specific purpose the plot required a various viewpoints.

Latest Hulu Releases

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Genre: Chilling suspense
• Helmed by: Michelle Garza Cervera
• Cast: A talented cast

Subsequent to examining the horror of pregnancy with her first film Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera takes on the dread of securing a nanny with a remake of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Main protagonist Polly (a familiar face) is a wealthy suburban mom who employs a caregiver (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s invited in.

The Western Drama

• Genre: Frontier story
• Length: 93 minutes
• Director: The director
• Cast: A star-powered cast

Henry Broadway (the actor) heads to Trinity, Montana after his dad is killed and becomes entangled with the town’s sheriff (a familiar star) and a persuasive bandit (Samuel L. Jackson) seeking the gold he assisted in stealing. Henry will have to decide his alignment through a series of shootouts that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

New to rent

The Action Film Afterburn

• Type: Dystopian adventure
• Run time: 106 minutes
• Filmmaker: An action specialist
• Starring: Notable performers

Earth has descended into chaos after a huge solar event wiped out technology across the world. The self-appointed King of England (Samuel L. Jackson) enlists the help of Jake (a familiar face) to retrieve important items as he seeks to restore civilization. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

• Genre: Erotic thriller
• Duration: 94 minutes
• Helmed by: A creative filmmaker
• Starring: Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita

Creator Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one took Bone Lake seriously. The exaggerated, violent feature tracks a pair whose getaway is crashed by another duo who strain their connection by suggesting betrayal. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the puzzling visitors are also murderers.

Alexandre O. Philippe's Film

• Category: Documentary
• Length: 1h 42m
• Filmmaker: {Alexandre O. Philippe|