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Weapons, the most recent chilling film from the hit film Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as moviegoers filled cinemas to share the gasps and laughs in this unsettling and unexpectedly humorous tale of residents searching for the truth after 17 children vanish. Streaming for the first time the movie on the service. Horror fans can also watch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s absurd slasher flick Bone Lake on digital rental and Michelle Garza Cervera’s new version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the streaming service.

A House of Dynamite, a highly suspenseful doomsday story from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto Netflix. Alternatively, stay in and stream the film version of the horror master's futuristic story The Long Walk on VOD.

Here's a rundown of the biggest latest additions on digital platforms, featuring the biggest, best, and most popular recent films you can view from your living room.

Fresh Titles on Netflix

Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

• Category: Doomsday drama
• Run time: 112 minutes
• Director: A celebrated filmmaker
• Starring: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso

Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow is known 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. Upon detection of an unattributed nuclear missile is found en route to the American territory, all of the American military’s contingency plans are activated as they work to decipher how to take action.

New on AMC Plus

The Sci-Fi Thriller Descendent

• Type: Science fiction thriller
• Duration: 92 minutes
• Helmed by: The director
• Featuring: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, apparently after a fall off the roof of the school where he serves in a protective role. But the character insists he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and becomes obsessed with defending his household from the alien forces.

Fresh on HBO Max

The Horror Mystery Weapons

• Type: Chilling whodunit
• Run time: 2h 8m
• Helmed by: Zach Cregger
• Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

A small community is ruptured by the enigma of the disappearance of seventeen youngsters from the same third-grade class who all got up during the night and disappeared into the night. The prior film Barbarian director Zach Cregger tracks the viewpoints of multiple people searching for answers in this emotionally rich and highly troubling movie.

Key inquiries with an elaborate mystery are always if the story's drive can be continued, and if the experience is finally rewarding. Fundamentally, Weapons succeeds greatly. After the climax unfolds, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, perfectly timed to counter potential criticisms of letdown. Yet as the horror-movie high, there are remaining uncertainties about the specific purpose the plot needed a multi-perspective cast.

Fresh Titles on Hulu

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

• Type: Horror thriller
• Director: The director
• Cast: A talented cast

Subsequent to examining the terrors of expecting with her initial feature Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera addresses the anxiety of hiring help with a reimagining of the original movie. The character Polly (Maika Monroe) is a wealthy suburban mom who brings in a babysitter (the performer), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s invited in.

Richard Gray's Film

• Type: Frontier story
• Run time: 93 minutes
• Helmed by: Richard Gray
• Featuring: Notable actors

Henry Broadway (Brandon Lessard) journeys to a small town after his father is executed and finds himself torn between the town’s sheriff (the actor) and a charming criminal (Samuel L. Jackson) looking for the fortune he helped Henry’s dad steal. The protagonist must choose his alignment through a series of shootouts that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

New to rent

J. J. Perry's Movie

• Genre: Dystopian adventure
• Duration: Nearly two hours
• Filmmaker: An action specialist
• Featuring: A strong cast

Global society has collapsed after a massive solar flare wiped out technology across the world. An autocratic leader (Samuel L. Jackson) hires the protagonist Jake (a familiar face) to retrieve important items as he works to bring back structure. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a very dangerous task.

The Erotic Thriller

• Type: Steamy suspense
• Duration: Over an hour and a half
• Director: The director
• Starring: A talented cast

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one viewed the film as earnest. The exaggerated, violent feature follows a couple whose romantic weekend is crashed by another duo who strain their connection by promoting cheating. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the enigmatic intruders are also serial killers.

The Documentary

• Type: Fact-based feature
• Run time: 102 minutes
• Filmmaker: {Alexandre O. Philippe|