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Zach Cregger's Latest, the most recent chilling film from Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, was a huge box office success as moviegoers rushed to see it to experience the scares and humor in this disturbing and unexpectedly humorous narrative of a community searching for the truth after seventeen kids vanish. Streaming for the first time the movie on HBO Max. Horror fans can also catch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s campy thriller Bone Lake on VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s reimagining of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the platform.

A House of Dynamite, an extremely tense doomsday story from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, arrives at Netflix. Alternatively, stay in and see the adaptation of Stephen King’s dark fiction The Long Walk on digital platforms.

Here's a rundown of the highly anticipated latest additions on online services, highlighting the top-rated and trending recent films you can view from your living room.

New on Netflix

Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Genre: Apocalyptic thriller
• Run time: 1h 52m
• Helmed by: The Oscar-winning director
• Cast: Notable actors

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for gripping, issue-driven stories like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she raises those stakes with international atomic disaster in A House of Dynamite. When a single unattributed nuclear missile is detected heading towards the continental U.S., all of the nation's defense strategies are put to the test as they try to figure out how to respond.

Latest on AMC Plus

Peter Cilella's Film

• Genre: Science fiction thriller
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Helmed by: The director
• Cast: An accomplished cast

The protagonist Sean (the actor) is preparing for parenthood when he finds himself hospitalized, apparently after a fall off the school building's top where he serves in a protective role. But the character insists he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and grows fixated on defending his household from the otherworldly threats.

Latest HBO Max Titles

Weapons

• Type: Chilling whodunit
• Duration: 128 minutes
• Helmed by: A horror specialist
• Featuring: A star-studded lineup

A small community is ruptured by the puzzle of what happened to a group of kids from the equivalent educational level who all got up during the night and vanished without a trace. Barbarian director Zach Cregger examines the stories of multiple people seeking the truth in this deeply moving and profoundly unsettling film.

Key inquiries with a detailed enigma are always if the story's drive can be sustained, and whether the journey is ultimately worthwhile. At its core, Weapons pays off big time. After the climax arrives, it feels expected but innovative, ideally structured to refute potential criticisms of “That’s it?”. Once the frights fade, there are unresolved issues about the exact reasons the plot required a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

New on Hulu

Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

• Genre: Horror thriller
• Filmmaker: The director
• Starring: A talented cast

Following her exploration of the fears of motherhood with her first film Huesera, the filmmaker takes on the anxiety of hiring help with a remake of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Main protagonist Polly (a familiar face) is a well-off mother who employs a caregiver (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s allowed inside.

Richard Gray's Film

• Genre: Western
• Duration: 1h 33m
• Helmed by: A seasoned creator
• Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Main character Henry (Brandon Lessard) journeys to Trinity, Montana after his parent is murdered and winds up caught between the town’s sheriff (a familiar star) and a charming criminal (the renowned actor) looking for the treasure he assisted in stealing. He needs to pick his alignment through a series of shootouts that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

Latest VOD Releases

J. J. Perry's Movie

• Genre: Post-apocalyptic action
• Run time: Nearly two hours
• Director: The director
• Cast: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Global society has collapsed after a huge solar event destroyed electronics across the globe. A self-declared ruler (Samuel L. Jackson) enlists the help of main character Jake (the performer) to gather humanity’s greatest treasures as he works to bring back structure. But recovering the Mona Lisa in the nation proves to be a highly risky mission.

Bone Lake

• Type: Erotic thriller
• Run time: 1h 34m
• Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Featuring: Skilled actors

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one took Bone Lake seriously. The exaggerated, violent feature centers on two people whose romantic weekend is crashed by another duo who put their relationship to the test by suggesting betrayal. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the mysterious interlopers are also serial killers.

The Documentary

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