This post contains "weapons spoilers".

Zack Kreger, in a relatively short period of time, claims as one of the most promising voices of the horror genre. After his debut in 2022 "Varvaria" became an unexpected hit, Hollywood became very interested in whatever he did next. Kreger used the cache to make "Weapon", which is wounded in the New Line cinema after the bidding war. The resulting film is welcomed with widespread recognition and seems to be another winner.

The film takes place after a strange incident in which all, except for a child of the same class, mysteriously disappear at the same time on the same night. The surrounding community is left to ask who - or what - is behind the mass disappearance. It's a terrible movie, That should not be a surprise for anyone who has seen the trailers. What's surprising is as damn funny.

There was no ounce of deliberate humor in the marketing campaign. It was mysterious, filled with haunting images of children passing through the streets in the middle of the night, people seemingly possessed some kind of killer instinct and a creeping sense of fear. It's all present, don't make a mistake, but Creger also found some time to bring a clean shocking amount of laughter, really funny moments among the horror.

This may not have to come as a huge shock to those who have seen "Barbarian", which has a bunch of comedy perfect on the ground Among some of the most accurate frightened frightening in recent memory. Once again, Creger hits a similar balance, though in a radically different way within a radically different film, claiming to be like a master of walking in both worlds.

At the same time, he could not reasonably blame "weapons" (or "barbarian" on the issue) of being a horror/comedy. It's not "John of the Dead". It is not the "cabin in the woods". It is a serious, wildly effective horror movie about a wicked witch who sucking life from children in a city that has no doubt. Footage from that old woman dressed in makeup will haunt nightmares. Pictures of zombined parents coming out of a house hiding darkness inside will send cold spine. It is a horror movie above all and most important. Be as it can, it is undeniable as funny as hell.

I can't talk about what it's like to watch this film in isolation, but looking at it in a packaged house, even deliberate comedies like the recently released "Naked Gun" reboot will have a difficult time to extract the laughter that creates the "weapon" climax. When those who own children begin to chase after the wicked witch Aunt Gladis through the neighborhood, until they eventually tear her into pieces? It is humor that comes from the highest order absurd. That's why /Movie Chris Evangelista said the film had "Kking with GLA" in his review.

When the Oshoshshos Brolin's shooter woke up from his nightmare prompted by Gladis and simply shouts "C ** k!", It's just as funny as it becomes. However, Creger somehow keeps the "weapon" more than a horror film with a sense of humor, rather than a complete horror/comedy in equal parts. Not set, punchline. It is a twisted light in the middle of the darkness. It is part of what makes the work of Creger feel so unique.

What viewers may not understand is that Creeger was actually a member of the comedy series "The White Kids U", which aired from 2007 to 2011, so he has a comedy background. However, he set it in a promising career as a horror director, not unlike Jordandoran chick makes fashionable horror classics like "us" And "go out" after years of making "Ki and Chick" for Comedy Central. There is something to say about that correlation.

/The movie Chris Evangelist spoke with Kreger in honor of the release of the "Weapons" and asked him about his approach to injection comedy in his films. Perhaps surprising of the amount of humor in the film itself is the fact that the director, with his own reception, has no well -designed approach to these extraordinary parts of humor:

"It's hard. I don't have access. I really don't have the process of how to get a comedy in horror. As I write when I write, I'll just let it go when it feels appropriate. The only thing I know is that when I try and write something funny in a horror movie, it's usually bad and ends on the floor.

You may not have entered this movie, expecting you to laugh, but based on the reception so far, it certainly doesn't seem to be an undesirable surprise.

The "weapon" is now in cinemas. You can read our review here.