If there was ever a movie that needed spoilers it is this one

Gladys was such an interesting choice. It bordered between menace and outright goofiness. The entire final scene of her getting chased by the kids both worked and didn't work for me if that makes sense. It was straight up shot like a comedy sketch.

Really did love all of the cast in this. The shifting narratives was pretty damn unique. Especially in the case of Marcus since we
Know he got turned but then we cut back to him with his husband. That was a shocking scene when she finally activated her magic and everything clicked into place

Alex story was downright sad and horrifying. The ending with the parents and most of the children never recovering after that slapstick end for Gladys was sad as hell


I have never seen an audience go from laughing their ass off to outright horror in the span of a minute except when Gamdy is passed out drunk in the car when the mom stumbles out all jerky like and moves past the car. And then the click of the door and people started shouting in the theater

So I think my one big complaint is the lack of explanation for Gladys' motivation.

Why weaponize the kids? What exactly was her end goal?

Sex Panther said:

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I thought the chase was awesome. Horror and comedy are two sides of the same coin it seems, and Cregger is really effective at it.

My buddy was telling me before his Alamo viewing there was a quick interview with Cregger talking about why a lot of comedy guys are good at horror because they are so apt at setting a scene (paraphrasing) and that Alfred Hitchcock was in a comedy troupe in college. I'd like to find that interview.

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The whole scene of the mom cutting Justine's hair was this goofy slapstick joke that was setup until the punchline of her getting in the car

I really enjoyed it. The ending chase scene will definitely be a bit polarizing for some. I thought the mix of the comedy of Gladys being chased and then the horror of her being torn up worked.

Cregger's already moved into my must see directors list.

All I know is the guy does zombies really well and is well suited to direct Resident Evil which should have an appropriate amount of campiness

So one of the things I didn't quite connect is what was the reasoning for the giant ar-15 in the clouds with the 2:17 time on it in his dream?

I get the time, but why the giant AR?? I thought it was going to be a part of the story somehow, but it never did?

Also, I loved the movie. Loved the mix of comedy and horror and how it was very uniquely done.

Worth noting that two of the breakout horror directors from the past couple years got their starts on Comedy Central sketch shows. Absolutely loved this movie. When the mom came waddling out of the house with the scissors, I locked completely in.

idk I think some interviews make it clear that he isn't aiming to say anything, just letting his intuition guide him pic.twitter.com/XAdcuuwsBq

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Sex Panther said:

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I thought the chase was awesome. Horror and comedy are two sides of the same coin it seems, and Cregger is really effective at it.

My buddy was telling me before his Alamo viewing there was a quick interview with Cregger talking about why a lot of comedy guys are good at horror because they are so apt at setting a scene (paraphrasing) and that Alfred Hitchcock was in a comedy troupe in college. I'd like to find that interview.

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A) The chase was, indeed, awesome. Reminded me of the end of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but the horror version. So good.

B) I saw it an Alamo Drafthouse as well and unfortunately the video is a little tongue in cheek. Or at least seems to be. After the Key & Peele mention, I'm 95% sure the rest are jokes, seeing as they're all photoshopped...

TCTTS said:

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Sex Panther said:

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I thought the chase was awesome. Horror and comedy are two sides of the same coin it seems, and Cregger is really effective at it.

My buddy was telling me before his Alamo viewing there was a quick interview with Cregger talking about why a lot of comedy guys are good at horror because they are so apt at setting a scene (paraphrasing) and that Alfred Hitchcock was in a comedy troupe in college. I'd like to find that interview.

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A) The chase was, indeed, awesome. Reminded me of the end of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but the horror version. So good.

B) I saw it an Alamo Drafthouse as well and unfortunately the video is a little tongue in cheek. Or at least seems to be. After the Key & Peele mention, I'm 95% sure the rest are jokes, seeing as they're all photoshopped...

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The chase threw me off at the complete tonal shift but it basically felt like a whitest kids u know sketch and was ****ing hilarious. Gonna try to go see it again today in a more premium format

I really thought this movie was headed towards a very dark ending. I was thinking the kids in the basement were going to be a different set of kids since it was the druggie that found them. I was really thinking it was going to crush brolin when he couldn't find his kid.

I loved the chase scene but then it just ended so abruptly that it kinda took me out of it. I was hoping to see a little more I guess.

Loved the chase scene with the principal and I wish I hadn't watched that scene when they released it last week. That would have been more fun as a surprise.

Overall really liked it, and I'm glad I saw it in theaters.

I can't think of another trailer for a movie that basically shows clips from beginning all the way to seeing Gladys getting ****ing cannibalized by the kids and yet it showed absolutely nothing

Even ignoring her comment about consumption, throughout the film there were multiple references to parasites and control. It was being taught in the class, the principal and his husband had a nature show on about it, etc...

Am I alone in that the signal tower was an intentional misdirect by Cregger? Seemed like we were destined to go in the direction of The Crazies but went a completely different way.

The point of the signal tower was to show the direction Matthew ran so Brolin could find it on the map and find a common direction the children were running.

Dr. Not Yet Dr. Ag said:

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The point of the signal tower was to show the direction Matthew ran so Brolin could find it on the map and find a common direction the children were running.

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Just seems like that could have been accomplished by looking at the video content they had from each address and what direction the kids ran.

Just seemed like it was frame in the picture in such a way that "a signal was sent out".

This movie definitely rewards repeat viewings

I didn't catch stuff like Brolins kid being the bully. The set up at the bar about Paul's injured finger

The big one is we see Gladys in the opening montage of the movie. First seeing the little bit of red hair you just think it is the mother. But clearly once we meet the mother she isn't red haired and we do see the scene again. But still not something I picked up on during first watch because I completely forgot the montage

Dr. Not Yet Dr. Ag said:

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Seeing as how this movie is seemingly an allegory for the aftermath of school shootings, I assume his intention was to convey how the world just kinda moves on and loses interest fairly quickly.

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I can buy that.

Two things bothered me about the ending:

1. We spent the entire movie establishing the manner in which people run when they are under the spell, yet none of the kids at the end were doing the trademark "arms out like a plane" thing. If there is an explanation for it, I didn't pick up on it.

2. In the time it took the kids to chase an old lady thru 3 houses and yards, crash through glass doors and windows, then tear her limb from limb, Josh Brolin could not kill a 95 pound woman? I get that they did not want to kill off the teacher, or the little boy, but once weaponized we've been shown how brutal people become. Principal Wong murdered his husband with 20 devastating head-buts in 30 seconds. Why does Brolin, the cop, and the boy's parents all fail to even cause serious damage to their targets?

Ha, that's a good point on number 1. None of the people in the final confrontation (parents, kids, brolin, druggie guy) did the run.

I got the impression that Brolins weaponization had nuance to it to make it slow. Gladys wanted to gloat to her

The original cast for Zach Cregger’s ‘WEAPONS’ included Pedro Pascal, Renate Reinsve, Brian Tyree Henry and Tom Burke.

They all had to drop out after the actors strike due to scheduling conflicts. pic.twitter.com/wjQIUQLTd1

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Bragger gave Maddigan two choices for the backstory


One she was just an old woman who turned to black magic

The other being a creature pretending to be human

He doesn't know which one she picked

The movie leans into her being a parasitic organism quite a bit - so much that in the final scenes when Alex is in her room I was half expecting her to be some kind of deformed human/insect type creature.