US EditionWeapons review: the new horror movie’s scariest moment happens in broad daylight and that’s why it’s my favorite film of 2025
MAYBROOK, PENNSYLVANIA, AUG 5 – Seventeen children from one classroom vanished at 2:17 a.m., leaving only one student behind and suspicion focused on their teacher amid rising small-town paranoia.
- On August 8, 2025, Weapons, a horror film by Zach Cregger, opens in theaters amid the mysterious disappearance of seventeen children from Maybrook at 2:17 a.m.
- The story positions fingers of suspicion on teacher Justine Gandy after only her classroom's students vanished, sparking local concern.
- Using non-linear pacing, Cregger employs an ambitious chapter-based structure unfolding through six perspectives: Justine, Archer, Andrew, Anthony, Paul, and Alex, critics hail.
- Amid growing unease, local police led by Captain Ed have no clues and are back on regular duties as tensions rise in the Maybrook suburbs.
- Looking ahead, critics hail Weapons as a modern horror masterpiece blending fear, humor, and social commentary, making it the standout gem in the 2025 horror lineup.
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Weapons fires its starting shot almost immediately. An opening prologue, told by an unseen child narrator, explains what it claims is a “true story” in which “a lot of people die in a lot of really weird ways”. Then we witness the inciting incident: one night, at 2.17am, 17 school kids from the fictional town of Maybrook wake up, walk out of their homes and run off into the night, arms eerily outstretched, destination unknown — soundtracked, omi…
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