‘Weapons’ Announces Streaming Premiere Date

The horror hit of the summer is coming to streaming.

Zach Cregger, the creator of the hit horror film *Barbarian*, returns with *Weapons*, a standout movie from the summer of 2025. And now, you’ll soon be able to stream it – it’s coming to HBO Max in just a few days!

Starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Alden Ehrenreich, the film *Weapons* tells a series of connected stories centered around the baffling disappearance of 17 children from one elementary school classroom. The movie jumps between perspectives, creating a tone that’s both unsettling and surprisingly funny. Think of it as a darkly comedic horror film in the style of *Pulp Fiction*.

With a budget of just under $40 million, *Weapons* earned over $265 million worldwide – more than six times the box office revenue of the 2022 horror film *Barbarian*. This success firmly establishes director Zach Cregger as one of the most promising names in modern horror, alongside filmmakers like Jordan Peele and Mike Flanagan. He’s currently working on a new movie adaptation of the popular *Resident Evil* video game series.

Here is the film’s official synopsis:

A town is shaken when nearly an entire class of children disappears at the same time – 2:17 a.m. – leaving everyone wondering what happened and who is responsible.

Okay, fellow movie lovers, you absolutely *need* to know about this! Just in time for Halloween, the new movie *Weapons* is hitting HBO Max on October 24th. And I’ve already heard talk online – people are planning to sync up their watches to hit play at exactly 2:17 AM so they can all experience that creepy scene where the kids disappear *together*. Seriously, it’s going to be a wild night for anyone who participates – I’m predicting some serious chills! If you’re old-school and still have the HBO channel, it’s premiering there on Saturday, October 25th at 8 PM Eastern.

The 10 Most Confusing Movie Franchise Timelines

Evil Dead

The *Evil Dead* franchise might initially seem simple, starting with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s low-budget 1981 horror film, *The Evil Dead*. The sequel upped the scare factor by essentially being a remake of the original. But the third film took a surprising turn, becoming a medieval fantasy adventure with Ash and demons. So, it’s not as straightforward as it appears.

In 2013, Fede Álvarez rebooted the series with a gory remake of the first movie, ditching much of the original’s comedic tone. Then, in 2023, *Evil Dead Rise* arrived, seemingly unconnected to the previous films. (And don’t even try to figure out where the *Ash vs. Evil Dead* series fits in!). Perhaps this willingness to take creative risks is why *Evil Dead* is unusual – it’s a long-running horror series without a single bad movie. Just accept that it doesn’t always make logical sense.

The Fast and the Furious

If you’ve seen any of the *Fast & Furious* films, you probably know the timeline gets a bit messy. What started as a single movie with a few sequels grew into a huge franchise, originally just about cool cars and fast driving. The third film, *Tokyo Drift*, really complicated things by taking place later in the series—after *Fast & Furious 6* but before *Furious 7*. To watch the movies in the correct order, it’s 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 3, 7, 8, the *Hobbs & Shaw* spin-off, 9, and then 10. It’s a little confusing, but that’s typical for a series that frequently brings characters back from the dead!

Halloween

The *Halloween* series is famous for its incredibly complicated timeline. It began simply enough: Laurie Strode and Michael Myers faced off in the original *Halloween*, and their conflict continued in *Halloween II*, which revealed they were siblings. *Halloween III: Season of the Witch* tried something different, aiming for a series of standalone Halloween-themed horror stories, but fans wanted Michael Myers back. He returned in a trilogy focusing on him hunting his niece and her son.

*Halloween H20: 20 Years Later* reset the continuity, pretending the sequels after *Halloween II* never happened. *Halloween: Resurrection* finished that storyline by killing off Laurie, and the series was rebooted again in 2007 with Rob Zombie’s films. Then, in 2018, the franchise rebooted *again* with *Halloween*, which was a direct sequel to the very first movie, ignoring everything in between – even the sibling connection. Two more sequels followed, seemingly wrapping up the story… for now.

Hellraiser

The *Hellraiser* franchise started simply enough. The first three movies followed a direct storyline, with each film continuing right after the last. Things got complicated with the fourth movie, *Hellraiser: Bloodline*, which jumped around in time – showing events in the past, present, and future – to explain how the puzzle box came to be and even attempted to destroy Pinhead (yes, in space!). After that, six sequels went straight to video, made without the involvement of the original creator, Clive Barker. Many weren’t even intended as *Hellraiser* films, but were made to keep the film rights active. Doug Bradley famously played Pinhead in all the films up until the ninth, *Hellraiser: Revelations*. Finally, in 2020, Barker regained the rights, and in 2022, a new *Hellraiser* film – a mix of reboot and sequel – was released on Hulu, with Jamie Clayton taking on the role of Pinhead. It’s been quite a ride!

Insidious

The *Insidious* movies can be confusing! The first two films follow a couple (Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne) whose son is haunted by ghosts. However, *Insidious: Chapter 3* is a prequel, happening *before* the first two movies and focusing on a new family, though it does include some familiar faces. *Insidious: The Last Key* then jumps back in time, fitting between the third and first films, and tells another ghost story. Finally, *Insidious: The Red Door* is a direct sequel to the second movie, bringing back the original cast. To keep it straight, the order to watch them in is: *Chapter 3*, *The Last Key*, the first *Insidious*, the second *Insidious*, and then *The Red Door*.

The Mummy

The *Mummy* series is less about a confusing timeline and more about constant reinvention, making it the most complicated of the classic Universal Monsters franchises. After the original 1932 film, several horror sequels came out in the 1940s, followed by a comedic take with *Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy*. The series then went quiet for decades until 1999, when Stephen Sommers launched a reboot trilogy starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Though those sequels weren’t huge hits (and a *Scorpion King* spin-off series emerged), a fourth movie was planned but ultimately canceled. In 2017, a Tom Cruise-led reboot aimed to relaunch the franchise and kickstart a shared universe of Universal Monsters films—a plan that quickly failed after the movie underperformed. Another reboot is currently scheduled for release in 2026.

Saw

The *Saw* franchise made a major mistake by killing off its main villain, John Kramer (the Jigsaw Killer), after only three films. Despite his death in *Saw III*, the series continued with *Saw IV*, introducing a convoluted plot where investigators solved Jigsaw’s final game through cassette tapes. The next three movies focused on Mark Hoffman, Kramer’s assistant, who pretended to be a police officer investigating the crimes.

Originally, *Saw 3D* in 2010 was intended to be the final film. However, the series unexpectedly returned in 2017 with *Jigsaw*, featuring another follower carrying on Jigsaw’s legacy. This was followed by the spin-off *Spiral: From the Book of Saw* in 2021, starring Chris Rock as a detective hunting a Jigsaw imitator. Finally, in 2023 with *Saw X*, the franchise went back to its roots, setting the film between the first two movies and bringing the original Jigsaw Killer back to life – something it arguably should have done from the start.

Star Wars

Without its incredible popularity, the *Star Wars* franchise would likely be considered a mess of unplanned sequels. The original film wasn’t intended to launch a series, but it did – and a long one! Three movies became six, then nine, a pattern even the *Halloween* series wouldn’t try. Fans wanted more Jedi, and they got it. But that’s just the beginning. There are also prequels, sequels, and spin-offs, all produced by a studio eager to profit from the world’s most famous sci-fi series. Beyond the nine main “Skywalker Saga” films, we have *Rogue One* and *Solo*, plus many more future projects in the works – and we won’t even try to keep track of all the TV shows!

Terminator

I’ve been a fan of the *Terminator* movies for a long time, and honestly, the timeline got really confusing! For a while, they kept things relatively straightforward, with people traveling from the future to protect others from killer robots. But then it started getting tricky. *Terminator 2* actually takes place *before* the first movie, and *Terminator 3* and *Salvation* happen after *T2*. Then came *Genisys*, which basically started the whole story over, ignoring everything that happened after the original. It used a lot of time travel stuff to create a totally new version of the past! And just when I thought I had it figured out, *Dark Fate* came along and tried something similar – it picks up right after *T2* and pretends all the movies after that, including *Genisys*, never happened. It’s a lot to keep track of, even for a dedicated fan like me!

X-Men

The *X-Men* movies can be confusing because the timeline isn’t straightforward – there are actually multiple timelines! It started with the original trilogy (2000-2006), followed by three *Wolverine* films that explored his backstory and connected to the main *X-Men* series. At the same time, a prequel series began with *X-Men: First Class*, showing how Professor X and Magneto met and developed their complicated relationship. That series continued with *Days of Future Past, Apocalypse*, and *Dark Phoenix*, introducing younger versions of the characters we first saw in the original trilogy. *Deadpool* and *The New Mutants* are also part of the *X-Men* universe, but now that Disney owns everything, it’s likely none of this complicated history will matter for the future of the series within the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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