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‘Weapons’ Director Zach Cregger on Bidding Wars, Casting Re-Dos and His Personal Connection to the Film’s Final Chapter

The filmmaker began writing the feature after the death of a friend, but its final section came from mining his childhood.
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Zach Cregger on crafting Weapons: How a friend’s death and personal history fueled the film

During the interview, Zach Cregger stated that he was working on the post-production of his 2022 film Barbarian when his best ...

‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Genre Epic Is a Wildly Satisfying Antidote to the Last 10 Years of Horror Movies About Grief and Trauma

Cregger's follow-up to "Barbarian" offers an even more ambitious cross between domestic horror and sketch comedy.

Zach Cregger’s DC Movie Features Key Batman Characters, Gets Plot

Zach Cregger, the director and writer behind Barbarian and Weapons, wrote a script for a DC movie that he hopes to get made, ...

After ‘Weapons’ and ‘Barbarian,’ Zach Cregger Seems Ready to Join the Horror-Auteur Movement

They’re about to be joined by Weapons, writer-director Zach Cregger’s follow-up to 2022’s surprise hit Barbarian, and of ...
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Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’ Earns Spot Among Horror Classics Like ‘Get Out’ and ‘Silence of the Lambs’ with Unique Achievement

The 2025 mystery horror film Weapons is written, produced, and directed by Zach Cregger. The movie stars Josh Brolin, Julia ...

Weapons’ Ending Is The Wildest Thing I’ve Seen On The Big Screen This Year, And It Gave The Director Stress Nightmares For Weeks

SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains massive spoilers for writer/director Zach Cregger’s Weapons. If you have not ...

Is “Weapons ”Based on a True Story? All About the Real Inspiration Behind the Haunting Horror Film

No, Weapons is not based on a true story. The film's unsettling disappearances, witchcraft and other supernatural aspects ...