Co-founder of The Whitest Kids U’Know Zach Cregger made the leap from comedy to horror in 2022 with the release of barbarian.
barbarianCregger’s unexpected success allowed him a lot of freedom with his next film, weaponswhich became an even bigger hit this year.
now, weapons has made its streaming debut on HBO Maxand it’s an easy choice for the movie you should be streaming this weekend.
i like barbarian, weapons it depends largely on surprising viewers. That’s why Watch with usThe reasons why you should see the movie won’t have major spoilers.
Many fans are convinced that Weapons is a sequel to Barbarian, and the cast and writer Zach Cregger are setting the record straight. “That’s not entirely accurate,” Cregger, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly of Weapons is a 2022 horror sequel at the film’s premiere on Thursday, July 31. “There are no Easter eggs in (…)
The film poses an intriguing mystery
The montage of the film takes place in the first few minutes, as 17 children run away from home at exactly 2:17 a.m. before disappearing without a trace. They all do it the same way, without taking any belongings or leaving any notes behind. They simply leave their old lives without looking back.
Each of the missing children has only one thing in common: they were students in the elementary class taught by Justine (Julia Garner), a young woman who is puzzled by his disappearance. Inexplicably, a boy named Alex (Cary Christopher) is the only one that doesn’t run away. This entire sequence haunts the film, even after the story begins to reveal some answers about what happened and what is really going on.
“Armes” adds a human touch to his horror story
We’re so used to people acting like idiots in horror movies that it’s refreshing when the characters act like they’re real. The first act of weapons This is exemplified when grieving parents seize on their children’s connection to Justine and blame her as if she were somehow responsible. It’s not the right thing to do, but it certainly seemed realistic.
Garner is especially fantastic as Justine, making it clear that her character truly loved the children in her care. Maybe a little too much, but he is suffering almost as much as the parents. Or more when the harassment campaign against her intensifies. Horror movies only work if they give the audience a reason to care about the characters. If they’re only on screen to be canon fodder, there’s no emotional connection when bad things happen to them. Cregger seems to be well aware of this, and made his film stand out from the pack.
“Weapons” has some chilling and terrifying moments
See that woman in the video above? This is Aunt Gladys (Amy Madigan), and there are many things we could say about her, but only after watching the film. Madigan is very good in the role, and there’s even talk that she might get one prequel film that explores the origins of Gladys.
There is so much of this movie that was hidden in the trailers that it would be a mistake to go into the movie with any knowledge of what’s going to happen. Just trust that this is a horror film that delivers scary and chilling moments of over-the-top horror like few modern films do. weapons it’s an experience as much as a movie, and you should watch it right now before anyone spoils it for you.
weapons it’s streaming HBO Max.