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Weapons Movie: Post-Credits Check-In (No Spoilers)
MAYBROOK, ILLINOIS, AUG 6 – The film depicts a baffling investigation into the sudden disappearance of 17 third-grade students, highlighting community fear and a grieving father's search for answers.
- One night at 2:17 a.m., seventeen students left their homes in Maybrook, Illinois, and only one child returned to school, with local police making no progress.
- Following Barbarian's release in 2022, Cregger credited Magnolia as a chief creative spark for Weapons and aimed to harness the power of collective audience experience.
- Schoolteacher Justine Gandy launches her own investigation when police stall, and construction manager Archer, played by Josh Brolin, probes his son Mathew's disappearance as enraged parents brand Gandy a pariah.
- A preview audience reacted audibly to the film's grisly tonal shifts, with viewers in the theater setting gasping and moaning together.
- Among 2025's top horror offerings, Weapons ranks as one of the year's best, with the final act revealing an outside force behind the children's disappearance, Gandy and Archer soon uncovering the truth.
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‘Weapons’ Movie Review: Zach Cregger Delivers 2025’s Definitive Horror Masterpiece (LatestLY Exclusive) | 🎥 LatestLY
Zach Cregger’s Weapons is a genre-defying horror thriller that blends mystery, gore and the occult with style and bite. Anchored by strong performances and dazzling technique, it delivers a disturbing yet wickedly fun experience that earns way into being one of 2025's best films. Here’s our review. 🎥 ‘Weapons’ Movie Review: Zach Cregger Delivers 2025’s Definitive Horror Masterpiece (LatestLY Exclusive).
In this terrifying choral horror film, the mysterious disappearance of 17 children is only the beginning of the nightmare.
REVIEW: ‘Weapons’ is a fright-night delight from a promising director
Even greater than the pleasure that accompanies the emergence of a new talent is the pleasure of seeing that talent confirmed. With "Weapons," an almost absurdly enjoyable nerve-shredding night at the movies, the writer-director Zach Cregger vaults into the esteemed company of modern horror maestros like Ari Aster ("Hereditary," "Midsommar"), Robert Eggers ("The Lighthouse," "Nosferatu") and Jordan Peele ("Get Out," "Nope").
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