# Weapons (2025) Seen it Thread with Spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 19, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268 "2025-08-19T12:57:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/21 "2025-09-10T20:15:39Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The movie was a fairytale, not a documentary. Sure, though I previously used the term “fantasy and magic” to characterize the story line. A plausibly realistic drama isn’t a “documentary”. Speaking for myself, all I was saying is that personally I find movies depicting plausible situations (like _A Simple Plan_ that I reviewed recently, or _Anatomy of a Fall_ that I talked about earlier) more gripping because I can imagine that I’m watching a real-life story unfold. The same is true even for sci-fi films like _Interstellar_ – it’s plausible in part (at least, given some creative license) because as technical adviser, theoretical physicist Kip Thorne was determined to keep it as scientifically plausible as possible. Whereas in _Weapons_, you essentially have to believe in a witch casting spells. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/22 "2025-09-10T21:25:52Z")
A lot of this is explained by Cregger’s writing methodology. Cregger wrote the mystery and the resulting fall out before he knew what the solution was. He had already written as far as the cop/James story before he even thought up Aunt Gladys. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/23 "2025-10-25T23:45:01Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Loved this movie and I’m still thinking about it even though I saw it a week ago now. My favorite part is it was a zombie movie but with the Voodoo type Zombies vs the Undead kind. You never see that anymore. I just watched it. Had I heard it was going to be zombies, I probably would have skipped it. But, as you said, it’s not like they’re undead style zombies so that does make it better, imo. Aunt Gladys-holy shit! Well done, Amy Madigan. The scene that really freaks me out is the whole sequence with Marcus. I’m quite sure I’ve never seen one man caving in another’s face with his head. The way he was running, like an unstoppable force, was very disturbing, and of course the way he was splattered all over the street is one of the most gruesome things I’ve personally seen in a movie (that I can recall at the moment) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/24 "2025-10-25T23:51:58Z")
I just noticed this dropped on HBO Max. I’m not big on rewatches, but I’m tempted. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/25 "2025-10-26T01:12:48Z")
Aunt Gladys did a good job of making her character loathsome, so that was good acting. As others have said, I’m glad I went in blind. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/26 "2025-10-26T13:40:15Z")
On rewatch I noticed all the subtle changes to scenes when viewed from different POVs and I love this movie even more. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/27 "2025-10-26T14:00:58Z")
I rewatched as well. With 2 months left in 2025, it will be hard to replace this as the best movie of the year. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/28 "2025-10-27T13:51:47Z")
To argue the “why didn’t the cops figure it out” point, you have to remember that they don’t know they’re in a horror movie. From their perspective, this was some sort of planned event, either by the kids themselves or at the behest of some bad guy. All the various ring cameras basically just showed the kids running straight out from their house into the darkness. No reason to think they’re all heading in a straight line somewhere because that’s not what people do. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/29 "2025-10-27T16:51:24Z")
I couldn’t remember where I had seen aunt Gladys before until I was like “Hey, That’s Uncle Buck’s girlfriend!” Same with the cop until “Hey, That’s Han Solo!” ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/30 "2025-11-03T23:06:25Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Cregger wrote the mystery and the resulting fall out before he knew what the solution was. He had already written as far as the cop/James story before he even thought up Aunt Gladys. This explains a lot. Usually when there is a supernatural element to a story, there is at least some hint of it given as the story develops. (For example, most of the first third of _The Exorcist_ is the story of a mother desperately moving through the medical system in an attempt to learn what’s wrong with her daughter. But before all that we get a hint—barking dogs; a vision possibly seen by a priest/archeologist—that something not-of-this-world is present.) In the case of _Weapons_, the supernatural ‘explanation’ of the mystery seemed to come out of nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/31 "2025-11-04T00:56:29Z")
I am not sure how it could have been anything other than supernatural. The nature of the setup implies something weird is happening even if you know nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/32 "2025-11-04T02:19:31Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > From their perspective, this was some sort of planned event, either by the kids themselves or at the behest of some bad guy. … No reason to think they’re all heading in a straight line somewhere because that’s not what people do. Those two statements contradict each other. If it was a planned event, then it makes perfect sense they’d be converging on the same location. The real reason it’s not worth fretting over why the police didn’t figure it out months earlier is that this is not a detective mystery. It’s a fairytale. A grim (Grimm?) fairytale. Right down to the “once upon a time” (or words to that effect) framing by a child narrator. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/33 "2025-11-04T14:50:37Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Those two statements contradict each other. If it was a planned event, then it makes perfect sense they’d be converging on the same location. Converging yes, but again, people don’t normally run in a perfectly straight line to wherever they’re going, especially if it’s across town. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/34 "2025-11-04T14:57:43Z")
The thing I didn’t really understand was how abducting the children and keeping them in the basement was supposed to make her well again. Was she somehow feeding off the energy of the people she zombified? She told Alex she thought her parents would make her better but it wasn’t working. Maybe this is just one of those hand-wavey things you just shouldn’t think about too hard. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/35 "2025-11-04T15:01:27Z")
Yeah. They were so hyper focused on their target they ignored obstacles that a normal person (even a kid) would just go around. You see it at the end when they are attacking people; no attempts to outflank or cut off their prey; just a straight on attack. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/36 "2025-11-04T16:00:21Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Was she somehow feeding off the energy of the people she zombified? She told Alex she thought her parents would make her better but it wasn’t working. Maybe this is just one of those hand-wavey things you just shouldn’t think about too hard. Yeah, that’s what is implied. She is basically on the verge of death when she shows up at the house. She starts to get better, but not enough. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/37 "2025-11-04T22:15:42Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > The thing I didn’t really understand was how abducting the children and keeping them in the basement was supposed to make her well again. Was she somehow feeding off the energy of the people she zombified? She told Alex she thought her parents would make her better but it wasn’t working. My theory is Aunt Gladys was flying under the radar for centuries by carefully selecting victims one at time who probably wouldn’t be missed. As she got really old (even for a witch) she started seeing diminishing returns from single individuals so had to up it to whole families. With Alex, she saw the opportunity to make a big score by having him secure items from everyone in his class. This kind of mass harvest was new to her so she got kind of careless. Not only did she need to hide the kids for future feeding, she needed to do divert or do away with anyone nosing around. A younger, less desperate witch would know better than to attempt such a complicated plan. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/38 "2025-11-04T23:11:15Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > My theory is Aunt Gladys was flying under the radar for centuries by carefully selecting victims one at time who probably wouldn’t be missed. As she got really old (even for a witch) she started seeing diminishing returns from single individuals so had to up it to whole families. With Alex, she saw the opportunity to make a big score by having him secure items from everyone in his class. This kind of mass harvest was new to her so she got kind of careless. Not only did she need to hide the kids for future feeding, she needed to do divert or do away with anyone nosing around. A younger, less desperate witch would know better than to attempt such a complicated plan Great thoughts, probably makes sense. I hope no sequel or continuation happens, though. Not even a prequel. Just leave it as is. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/39 "2025-11-05T00:15:15Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I hope no sequel or continuation happens, though. Not even a prequel. Just leave it as is. Hmmmm… a prequel, you say? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268/40 "2025-11-05T00:17:37Z")
Cregger’s talent is creating stories that go off in totally unpredictable directions. I don’t think he should be wasting his time with franchises. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weapons-2025-seen-it-thread-with-spoilers/1022268.md?page=3)