The Best Stephen King Film in Years and Everything Else Releases Now Streaming Over the Next Few Days

Weapons, the most recent terror flick from Barbarian creator Zach Cregger, achieved massive commercial success as cinema lovers rushed to see it to experience the scares and humor in this disturbing and shockingly comedic story of a community searching for the truth after seventeen kids disappear. Currently available the movie on the streaming platform. Thriller lovers can also watch Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s over-the-top horror film Bone Lake on VOD and Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the platform.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking apocalyptic drama from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, debuts on the streaming giant. Viewers may stay in and stream the screen translation of the horror master's dark fiction The Long Walk on VOD.

Below is a summary of the biggest new releases on digital platforms, including the major and acclaimed recent films you can watch at home.

Latest Netflix Releases

Kathryn Bigelow's Latest

  • Category: End-of-the-world suspense
  • Length: 112 minutes
  • Helmed by: The Oscar-winning director
  • Starring: Notable actors

Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for gripping, issue-driven stories 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 detected heading towards the continental U.S., all of the American military’s contingency plans are challenged as they work to decipher how to react.

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Descendent

  • Type: Sci-fi suspense
  • Duration: 92 minutes
  • Filmmaker: The director
  • Starring: An accomplished cast

The protagonist Sean (a familiar face) is anticipating the birth of his baby when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, apparently after a fall off the educational institution where he works as a security guard. But Sean is convinced he was in fact kidnapped by beings from space and grows fixated on protecting his family from the alien forces.

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Zach Cregger's Film

  • Category: Terrifying puzzle
  • Run time: 2h 8m
  • Director: Zach Cregger
  • Starring: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

The setting is ruptured by the puzzle of what happened to 17 children from the identical school grade who rose simultaneously in the dark and ran into the darkness. The prior film Barbarian creator examines the stories of various characters searching for answers in this deeply moving and deeply disturbing film.

Key inquiries with a detailed enigma are always how the plot's energy can be continued, and if the experience is ultimately worthwhile. At its core, Weapons pays off big time. When the conclusion unfolds, it feels both inevitable and delightfully fresh, ideally structured to challenge possible doubts of disappointment. Once the frights fade, there are some lingering questions about the exact reasons the plot required a various viewpoints.

Latest Hulu Releases

Michelle Garza Cervera's Film

  • Category: Horror thriller
  • Helmed by: Michelle Garza Cervera
  • Featuring: A talented cast

Subsequent to examining the terrors of expecting with her first film Huesera, Michelle Garza Cervera explores the dread of securing a nanny with a new version of the classic suspense film. The character Polly (the actress) is a affluent parent who employs a caregiver (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but finds out she is ignorant of who she’s welcomed into her home.

The Unholy Trinity

  • Type: Frontier story
  • Duration: 93 minutes
  • Helmed by: A seasoned creator
  • Featuring: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Main character Henry (Brandon Lessard) travels to the setting after his parent is murdered and becomes entangled with the town’s sheriff (Pierce Brosnan) and a charismatic outlaw (a celebrated performer) seeking the treasure he was involved in taking. Henry will have to decide which side he’s on through a sequence of gunfights that threaten to tear Trinity apart.

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Afterburn

  • Category: End-of-the-world thrills
  • Length: 106 minutes
  • Filmmaker: An action specialist
  • Featuring: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

Earth has descended into chaos after a massive solar flare eradicated modern conveniences across the globe. The self-appointed King of England (Samuel L. Jackson) recruits Jake (Dave Bautista) to collect valuable artifacts as he works to bring back structure. But securing the artwork in the nation proves to be a highly risky mission.

Bone Lake

  • Genre: Steamy suspense
  • Run time: 1h 34m
  • Helmed by: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
  • Featuring: Skilled actors

Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan wanted to be sure no one considered it a straight thriller. The exaggerated, violent feature centers on two people whose retreat is crashed by another duo who challenge their bond by promoting cheating. But the stakes aren’t just erotic – the puzzling visitors are also homicidal maniacs.

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  • Genre: Documentary
  • Length: 102 minutes
  • Director: {Alexandre O. Philippe|
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