The last thing I ever want to do is overhype a movie, but just trust me when I say: You are not ready for Weapons .

I don't mean that in a "This is the scariest horror movie you'll ever see!" way, although writer-director Zach Cregger ( Barbarian ) stirs up plenty of frights that had my whole theater hollering. Instead, I mean it more in the sense that Weapons is a wonderfully surprising film. Whatever you think it's going to throw at you, chances are you aren't prepared for what it actually lobs your way.

What is Weapons about? One of the 17 missing children in "Weapons." Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Opening narration by a young girl (Scarlett Sher) clues us into the chilling premise of Weapons . One night, at 2:17 a.m., 17 children from the same third grade class at

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