Weapons
Weapons
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.
Hipster ZOMBIE reviewed3d ago
The summer comes to an end with a frightening film from director Zach Creggers, “Weapons.” The first two acts play out with an eerie, deliberate patience, showing the events from the perspective of each of the main characters. This choice turns even the smallest details—a half-glimpsed figure in a darkened room, the strange quiet of an empty classroom—into ominous puzzle pieces that only start to fit together once you’ve lived inside each character’s interconnected stories.
By the time the film slides into its third act, all that slow-burn tension ignites into something far bloodier and more chaotic. What begins as an unsettling mystery about missing children in a small, isolated town explodes into an almost zombie-like gore fest—feral children, brutal close-quarters violence, and imagery that feels ripped straight from a nightmare. The shift is jarring, but in the best way. A well earned payoff to this horror film.
The core premise—a witch stealing children from a small town—may not be groundbreaking in itself. We’ve seen variations on it in folklore and genre films for decades. But what Cregger brings to the table is a razor-sharp story structure that uses shifting perspectives and a steady ratcheting of tension to make the familiar feel frightening again. By the end, the film doesn’t just leave you with images that are hard to shake—it leaves you with the unsettling feeling that the evil in Weapons could just as easily be waiting at the edge of your own hometown.
It’s a grim, haunting, and shockingly violent way to end the summer—exactly the kind of horror ride that lingers in your bones long after the credits roll.