Director Zach Cregger didn't have those answers when he started writing Weapons. It was a similar approach he took with his 2022 instant horror hit, Barbarian. "I didn't have an outline.

[Weapons is] creatively ambitious [work, that’s] a lot bigger and weirder than Barbarian. " Barbarian was an exploration of social themes; [it] was me looking at the world around me," he said.

Weapons hits theaters in AugustCreggers, who wrote and directed the successful (and wildly unnerving) horror movie Barbarian, also serves as writer and director for Weapons. The cast includes ...

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Rising horror filmmaker Zach Cregger teased the difference between his acclaimed 2022 movie Barbarian and his newest horror mystery film Weapons. In addition to serving as its director, Cregger ...

Zach Cregger has struck gold again with Weapons, a twisted fairytale that bests the director’s horror debut, Barbarian. Hiding a positively terrifying villain, the movie’s stellar ensemble ...

Zach Cregger spoke to io9 about his follow-up to 'Barbarian,' 'Weapons.' Image: Warner Bros. Writing and directing a breakout hit can be both a blessing and a curse for some filmmakers.

Weapons hits theaters on Friday, August 8th. At the time of this writing, Barbarian is available to stream on Netflix in the U.S.

Cregger agreed, telling Entertainment Weekly that “Weapons” is “weirder, twistier, and bigger” than his directorial debut, “Barbarian.” (“Weapons” is said to exist within the same ...

Weapons is director Zach Cregger's highly anticipated follow-up to his 2022 surprise hit Barbarian. The movie follows the aftermath of a peculiar incident that shakes a community to its core, when ...

In the lanky, jagged shadow of Barbarian, I went into Weapons expecting sharp turns. And I got them. But what I didn’t expect was how emotionally wrecked I’d be by the end of things.