Whoa! What a fucking head bender of a movie this was. It sucks you in right from the beginning and just gets more intense as it goes a long.

It does leave a lot of questions unanswered but it sure is worth the ride!

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      I thought that part was great, captured the vibe of that sort of dream and foreshadowed that character later developing a mental model of what was happening to the victims. Seemed like a realistic depiction of how dreams can be involved with how we process things where it seems like mysterious nonsense in the moment but comes together later.

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    Lots of great scenes in this movie, but my favorite is Brolin’s WTF when he woke up from his nightmare. So realistic lmao.

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      Everything the Brolin character did was excellent, the first time we see him at home he is sleeping in his Son’s room. The amount of grief that illustrated was great.

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      SPOILERS for the 2025 film Weapons.

      Let’s see if this spoilers tag works. e: Apparently not for everyone.

      !I think my favorite was looking directly into the face of a man mindlessly murdering his husband, and remembering what nice people they both were.!<

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    So proud of my boy Zach from WKUK for this. It was written following the death of Trevor Moore, and showed the various responses to grief.

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      Another poster in this thread pointed out that it was made by the guys who made/where the Whitest Kids U Know. I am not familiar with their work, but it doesn’t surprise me that a comedy troop/writers did well at this.

      It is like the saying if you a make it in New York you can make it anywhere. If you can make it in Comedy you can make it any genre.

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    What do you all think the meaning of the AR above the house in the dream was? I read an article that suggested the movie could be partially commentary on a community response following a school mass shooting.

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      I really don’t know. Clearly the parents and the community is going the same range of emotions that a community that endured a school shooting has to deal with but the floating gun was a bit too on the nose.

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    Fucking blows my mind that one of the WKYK guys made this. I guess if you had a comedy troope in the early 2000s you make horror movies now.

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      The pacing and, I want to say, editing style is so oddly familiar to me when I was watching it. Plus the ending. It feels like a WKUK sketch with budget lol

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      I didn’t realize it was them, until you pointed that. That it is made by a once comedy troop does not surprise me at all. I list comedy as the toughest type of TV and movies too make. So if you are good at comedy you can easily transition to drama and other genre,

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    My only complaint was that it was sold to me as a horror. It’s horror in the same way Army of Darkness is a horror movie.

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      I thought it was a great horror film. There’s enough there to be spooky but it’s not over the top with jump scares and other genre specific tropes.

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        It’s not what I’m looking for when I go to a horror movie. There’s a few jump scares, but that’s mostly in dreams, which I don’t count.

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          It is pretty unique. I’m not a huge horror fan in general though so it was right up my alley.

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      Agreed it was more of a Thriller to me. I guess it could be labele d as a horror thriller.

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    Zach Creggar’s other movie, Barbarian, is also a freaky ride. Glad you enjoyed Weapons, definitely one of my faves this year.

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      OH WOW! I didn’t realize Barbarian is made by the same guy. It is now top of my list to check out next.

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    I never heard of this movie and i thought you’re shitposting with that poster, now you piqued my interest!

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      HEHE, I shit post a lot but not about movies and TV shows. The poster is spot on for this movie. many parts seem comical in nature but they are off the hook messed up.

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        I’m only aware of movies that’s being posted here as i don’t have any other social media and i avoid ads like a plague.

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          I’m the same way and regret nothing. I have personal social contacts and YouTube reviewers who recommend plenty of content. I go into movies without any knowledge or expectations and love it.

          One of my favorite experiences is starting the Substance, thinking to myself how pretty Demi Moore is and admiring her as an older woman, and then gradually learning what the film is about.

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            I’m not a movie buff so i’m not too worried about it. It’s also helps that i don’t like cinema experience, and this way means the one that i heard is always the cream of the crop or at least very fun to watch.