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Zach Cregger's Latest, the newest chilling film from the hit film Barbarian writer-director Zach Cregger, drew large audiences as fans flocked to theaters to share the gasps and laughs in this disturbing and unexpectedly humorous story of a community looking for answers after 17 children go missing. Currently available the film on HBO Max. Horror fans can also view Mercedes Bryce Morgan’s campy thriller Bone Lake on video on demand and Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle on the platform.

A House of Dynamite, a nerve-wracking nuclear thriller from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow, explodes onto the platform. Alternatively, relax at home and watch the film version of Stephen King’s dystopian novel The Long Walk on VOD.

Check out this guide of the highly anticipated fresh titles on streaming and VOD, including the major and acclaimed recent films you can watch at home.

Fresh Titles on Netflix

A House of Dynamite

• Type: Apocalyptic thriller
• Length: 1h 52m
• Director: A celebrated filmmaker
• Cast: A talented ensemble

Renowned filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow is renowned for high-stakes narratives like The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, and she elevates the tension with global thermonuclear war in A House of Dynamite. After one unidentified atomic weapon is detected heading towards the continental U.S., all of the nation's defense strategies are activated as they try to figure out how to respond.

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Descendent

• Type: Sci-fi suspense
• Length: 92 minutes
• Helmed by: A talented creator
• Featuring: An accomplished cast

Main character Sean (Ross Marquand) is preparing for parenthood when he regains consciousness in a medical facility, ostensibly after an accident off the educational institution where he is employed as a guard. But he firmly believes he was truly taken by extraterrestrials and grows fixated on safeguarding his loved ones from the alien forces.

Fresh on HBO Max

Zach Cregger's Film

• Category: Chilling whodunit
• Duration: Over two hours
• Helmed by: Zach Cregger
• Cast: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich

The setting is divided by the enigma of the disappearance of seventeen youngsters from the same third-grade class who awoke and ventured out and vanished without a trace. Barbarian creator follows the perspective of multiple people looking for clues in this emotionally rich and deeply disturbing movie.

Central doubts with an elaborate mystery are always how the plot's energy can be continued, and whether the journey is in the end valuable. At its core, Weapons succeeds greatly. When the conclusion unfolds, it feels predictable yet exciting, perfectly timed to challenge potential criticisms of “That’s it?”. However, after the scare factor, there are some lingering questions about the specific purpose the narrative used a multiple-POV ensemble approach.

Fresh Titles on Hulu

The Thriller Remake

• Category: Chilling suspense
• Filmmaker: Michelle Garza Cervera
• Starring: A talented cast

Subsequent to examining the horror of pregnancy with her initial feature Huesera, the director takes on the anxiety of hiring help with a reimagining of Curtis Hanson’s 1992 thriller. Polly (Maika Monroe) is a affluent parent who employs a caregiver (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), but realizes she doesn’t know who she’s invited in.

The Western Drama

• Category: Frontier story
• Run time: 93 minutes
• Helmed by: Richard Gray
• Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Daly

Main character Henry (Brandon Lessard) heads to a small town after his parent is murdered and becomes entangled with the town’s sheriff (a familiar star) and a charming criminal (Samuel L. Jackson) searching for the fortune he assisted in stealing. Henry will have to decide his alignment through a series of shootouts that endanger the community's unity.

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Afterburn

• Type: Dystopian adventure
• Length: 1h 46m
• Filmmaker: J. J. Perry
• Cast: Dave Bautista, Olga Kurylenko, Kristofer Hivju

The planet is in disarray after a enormous electromagnetic burst eradicated modern conveniences across the world. A self-declared ruler (Samuel L. Jackson) hires the protagonist Jake (Dave Bautista) to retrieve important items as he attempts to reestablish order. But recovering the Mona Lisa in France proves to be a very dangerous task.

Bone Lake

• Category: Provocative drama
• Duration: 94 minutes
• Director: Mercedes Bryce Morgan
• Cast: Skilled actors

Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan sought to guarantee no one viewed the film as earnest. This over-the-top, bloody movie tracks a pair whose romantic weekend is invaded by additional characters who challenge their bond by encouraging infidelity. But the dangers are not only sensual – the puzzling visitors are also serial killers.

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• Category: Fact-based feature
• Length: Over an hour and a half
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