Weapons(2025)
2025 · Zach Cregger · 129 min
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Horror · Mystery
7.33.9k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
2/5
Gore
4/5
Stays with you
How Weapons scares
There's a nagging unease that builds as the story keeps circling back to the same night from different points of view, each pass adding a new layer of wrongness. The pacing is patient and puzzle-like at first, letting dread pool in ordinary places like classrooms and front yards before tipping into a few genuinely jarring, unsettling images. It plays as much like a dark, off-kilter mystery as a straight horror film, with flashes of grim humor cutting through the tension. Good for viewers who like their scares tangled up with a mystery to piece together, rather than a nonstop scare machine.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Weapons rates psychological 4/5, visceral 3/5, gore 2/5, lingering effect 4/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 2 of 5
- Lingering: 4 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 35 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-building, multi-perspective unease that keeps tightening its grip until it erupts into a frantic, all-out final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Weapons?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Weapons rates 3/5 — solidly scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Expect it to stay with you for days.
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