The primary trailer for upcoming horror film Weapons from Zach Cregger has landed, and it units an ominous tone. Set after the unusual disappearance of quite a lot of kids in the midst of the night time, we’re given a glimpse on the inciting incident, with a voice-over of a detective hoping for solutions.
The trailer opens with an alarm clock set to 2:17am, the digital camera transferring from an empty bed room, downstairs, and out via the open entrance door. Narration from an investigative interview reveals a bunch of younger folks apparently up and left their houses at the moment, with none warning or provocation. All however one member of a neighborhood class vanished, leaving everybody scratching their heads
The brand new clip is essentially the most we’ve seen of Weapons up to now, as helmer Cregger, finest recognized for his 2022 flick Barbarian, has been retaining very tight-lipped over the elusive horror film. Earlier than the trailer, we noticed a primary look picture of an alarm clock caught on the aforementioned 2:17am, in addition to a string of complicated and downright creepy clips displaying the children operating via a neighbourhood at night time, flailing their limbs round.
However the film actually took the horror advertising crown earlier this week when an in-universe web site known as Maybrook Lacking went viral. The positioning lists circumstances of lacking kids within the space, studying, “17 Native Youngsters Go away House Concurrently at 2:17am. Authorities are baffled by the inexplicable disappearance, which has shaken the neighborhood to its core.”
Under the textual content, the location exhibits the creepy clips talked about earlier, but additionally has a hyperlink to a information story a few 28 12 months previous girl named Tess Marshall who escaped a rental property in Detroit “beneath stunning circumstances.” Does that ring a bell? That’s in all probability as a result of that’s the plot of Cregger’s Barbarian. From this, we will solely assume that the 2 films are linked.
Weapons stars Josh Brolin, Wolf Man’s Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong, Antlers’ Amy Madigan, Austin Abrams, and Cary Christopher.
Weapons hits theaters on August 8. For extra, try our listing of the finest horror films, or our information to all of the upcoming horror films heading our approach.
