The best kind of horror is the one that’s calm and slowly creeps up on you. The kind that lingers, quiet, eerie and unsettling. That’s exactly the vibe you get as you watch the trailer for “Weapons”. From the director of “Barbarian”, this trailer doesn’t give you everything up front. It just lets the weirdness build, little by little.
Right from the get go, the trailer opens with a young girl’s voice saying, “this is a true story that happened in my town.” On a random Wednesday, a group of Maybrook Elementary School students go missing. The crazy thing is that all the kids belong in one teacher’s classroom. The narrator reveals that an entire elementary school class of 17 kids vanish into thin air at 2:17 a.m. The kids quietly get out of bed, walk downstairs, and just disappear into the night. Only one child is left behind with o explanation, no trace, just pure mystery.
This causes mayhem and leads the town of Maybrook to unravel. Parents are panicked, furious, and desperate for answers. In the middle of it all the teacher Justine Gandy (Julia Garner) is clearly shaken. She is haunted by what happened and by the questions no one can seem to answer. Archer Graff (Josh Brolin) plays the character of a grieving father dealing with immense confusion and is desperate for answers.
The trailer is one of those that doesn’t tell you much which is a good thing. It throws you a bunch of disturbing images, shadowy figures, unnerving nighttime scenes and even a hint of self-harm but never explains what’s really going on. And that’s where the fear comes in. It’s the kind that just lets you spiral and gets your imagination running wild.
The cast includes Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan, a serious lineup for a horror movie. Much like Barbarian, Cregger’s new movie is cloaked in a web of darkness. All we know is the brief gist of the storyline, with the trailer teasing that it’s only the beginning of this nightmarish mystery.
About Weapons
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.
Genre: Horror • Mystery
Director: Zach Cregger
Stars: Julia Garner • Josh Brolin • Alden Ehrenreich
Run Time: 2 Hours 8 Minutes
Rating: Rated R for strong bloody violence and grisly images, language throughout, some sexual content and drug use.
Release Date: 8th August 2025
