After the horror movie Barbarian became a major surprise hit in 2022, fans have been impatiently waiting to see what writer/director Zach Cregger will do next. This week Cregger revealed the first look at his next project, Weapons, at CinemaCon. The response from attendees is overwhelmingly positive with Variety raving “We can’t stress how upsetting some of this footage was.”
Weapons stars Josh Brolin and Julia Garner as two members of a small Florida community where all the children have suddenly gone missing. The trailer’s voiceover lays the scene: “Mrs. Gandy’s room was totally empty…Because the night before, at 2:17 a.m., every kid woke up, got out of bed, walked downstairs and into the dark and they never came back.” The missing children then return to haunt the townspeople as disturbing little kid ghosts. The intertwining plots in Weapons center around themes of police corruption, generational trauma, blood rituals and religious abuse.
CinemaCon attendees describe the Weapons trailer as “absolutely terrifying” and “on the same level” as Barbarian.
Now, the first look at Weapons has been released to the public:
2:17 am was the time every kid in town woke up in Weapons. This is likely the reference point for this first image from the film.
This is all promising news for horror fans hopeful Cregger can recapture the magic of Barbarian. The trailer will likely be released soon on YouTube, but it is not yet available to the public. The early response has been so favorable that the film’s release was moved up from January 2026 to August 8, 2025.
Weapons stars Josh Brolin and Julia Garner as two members of a small Florida community where all the children have suddenly gone missing. The trailer’s voiceover lays the scene: “Mrs. Gandy’s room was totally empty…Because the night before, at 2:17 a.m., every kid woke up, got out of bed, walked downstairs and into the dark and they never came back.” The missing children then return to haunt the townspeople as disturbing little kid ghosts. The intertwining plots in Weapons center around themes of police corruption, generational trauma, blood rituals and religious abuse.
CinemaCon attendees describe the Weapons trailer as “absolutely terrifying” and “on the same level” as Barbarian.
Now, the first look at Weapons has been released to the public:
2:17 am was the time every kid in town woke up in Weapons. This is likely the reference point for this first image from the film.
This is all promising news for horror fans hopeful Cregger can recapture the magic of Barbarian. The trailer will likely be released soon on YouTube, but it is not yet available to the public. The early response has been so favorable that the film’s release was moved up from January 2026 to August 8, 2025.