Weapons

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

The intriguing and seriously creepy new film Weapons follows what happens after 17 third-graders get out of their beds on the same night, at the same time, and disappear. The community points fingers at the students’ teacher, played by Julia Garner. The latest film from Zach Cregger (Barbarian), Weapons explores why one student was spared that fateful night. There’s a clear answer – but we guarantee it’s not one you’ll see coming.

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0:29.3	Okay, well, the intriguing and seriously creepy new film Weapons is one of those movies that works best, the less you know beforehand.
0:31.2	So we'll be careful here.
0:34.6	It's by the guy behind the horror film Barbarian from a few years back. The film follows what happens after 17 children get out of their beds on the same night,
0:40.0	at the same time, and disappear into the suburban night.
0:43.6	The community is left asking why and pointing fingers.
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