Everyone is talking about Weapons at the moment, and that includes the master of horror himself, Stephen King.
Barbarian writer/director Zach Cregger’s new horror movie is all about a class of school children that disappears on the same night, at the exact same time, seemingly of their own free will — and the effect this disappearance has on the small town left behind.
King, clearly on a good run of horror movies after recently enjoying Michael Shanks’ Together, was clearly a fan of Weapons.
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“WEAPONS: Confidently told, and very scary,” he wrote on X. “I loved it.”
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Mashable’s Belen Edwards agreed, writing in her review that “You are not ready for Weapons.”
“I don’t mean that in a ‘This is the scariest horror movie you’ll ever see!’ way, although writer-director Zach Cregger (Barbarian) stirs up plenty of frights that had my whole theater hollering,” she wrote. “Instead, I mean it more in the sense that Weapons is a wonderfully surprising film. Whatever you think it’s going to throw at you, chances are you aren’t prepared for what it actually lobs your way.”
If you’ve already seen Weapons, and are looking for a breakdown of that shocking ending, we’ve also got you covered.
