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When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
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Zach Cregger spins an expertly crafted yarn of terrifying mystery and thrilling intrigue in Weapons, a sophomore triumph that solidifies his status as a master of horror.

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Loaded with bold elements that make it not just a great horror film, but a noteworthy film overall, Weapons is ultimately an impressive, genre-bending experience that’s original, entertaining, and satisfying despite its faint air of ambiguity.

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Kim Newman Sight & Sound Nov 4
Weapons is nearly an hour longer than the average creepy movie, but Cregger’s mosaic approach justifies extra running time as he asks us to put pieces together for ourselves while delivering jolts with sudden crossed wires. Go to Full Review Peter Travers The Travers Take Oct 31
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Zach Cregger's frightfest is a movie with pain at its core that uses the supernatural to examine the very real reasons why humans turn against each other. The actors are tops, especially an award-caliber Amy Madigan who makes scary weirdly wonderful. Go to Full Review Guy Lodge Observer (UK) Oct 7
Cregger scatters breadcrumbs generously along his darkly wooded, nettled narrative path, but even as we gradually latch on to what Weapons is doing, there’s nothing to prepare us for how wickedly it does it. Go to Full Review Tony Stamp Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) Jan 8
Weapons might just be a masterpiece. We’ll know once the dust settles and history has had its say, but walking out of the theatre, mind racing, feeling more cinematically satisfied than I had in a while, it certainly felt that way. Go to Full Review Linda and Al Lerner Movies and Shakers Jan 8
Cregger’s film takes a disgustingly grisley turn with demented Aunt Gladys having fun casting horrific evil while everyone’s trying to find the kids. Garner, Brolin, but particularly Amy Madigan, weaponize their talent to keep you guessing to the end.  Go to Full Review Stephen A. Russell Orion's Shoulder (Substack) Jan 1
Take a bow, Amy Maddigan ... As alarmingly amusing as it is deeply disturbing on a DNA level. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Brenden D @WestWardReviews 4d ABSOLUTELY WORTH THE HYPE Weapons Is One Of My Favorite Films Of This Year Up In My Top 3. The jump scares never fail, it creeps the hell out of you, the different chapters recontextualize things in an interesting & progressive manner, and this film can find a Twisted Dark Way to Mix Terror & Comedy in the same sequence in the best of ways. The entire cast is fantastic, but Amy Madigan is EASILY the Stand-Out of this movie. And The Ending........ OH DEAR GOD. Only gripe is that you have to suspend a little bit of disbelief, but not like with "Trap". The Whole "Mystery" of what happened to the kids is pretty obvious and you're wondering why the police miss such obvious clues. Outside of that, this twisted tale defintely gave me the experience I was hoping for in a theater. A 9.4/10 ABSOLUTE MUST SEE I Hope You Got To Experience This In IMAX With A Packed Crowd. See more Gerald Hernandez Jan 18 Zach Cregger is a phenomenal horror director the fact that he came from The whitest kids you know cast and is this successful with his horror films and originality is by far awesome, his horror film weapons was exactly what I expected many story lines converging into one experience of horror make sure to catch this film and be on the lookout for his next film which is Resident Evil. I thoroughly enjoyed this film Weapons give it a go and watch Barbarian right after. See more Jim Q Jan 18 decent, needed more action from the kids See more Trinity K Jan 13 Good but could have been scarier See more Terri G Jan 2 Definitely an interesting watch. See more Ellen Dec 31 it was a good movie but scary See more Read all reviews
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Zach Cregger

Director

Josh Brolin

Archer Graff

Julia Garner

Justine Gandy

Alden Ehrenreich

Paul

Austin Abrams

James

Cary Christopher

Alex Lilly

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Movie Info

Synopsis When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Director
Zach Cregger
Producer
Zach Cregger, Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules
Screenwriter
Zach Cregger
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Production Co
Vertigo Entertainment, BoulderLight Pictures, New Line Cinema
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 8, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 9, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA)
$151.5M
Runtime
2h 8m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, SDDS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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