'Weapons' Is a Brilliant Horror Movie, But a Disappointing Mystery

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Weapons pulled in a whopping $42 million this weekend , earning rave reviews (95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) and an A- Cinemascore — a rarity for horror, matched this year only by Sinners . Zach Cregger’s film deserves the praise. It’s a brilliant horror flick: suspenseful, gory, packed with gleeful jump scares, and hilariously twisted. I liked it. A lot.

As a mystery, though, Weapons fell short for me. Normally, that wouldn’t matter in a horror movie — I’m here for the kills and thrills, not the whodunnit. But ever since the first full trailer dropped over three months ago , the marketing has hinged on its central question: What happened to those 17 kids from the same cl

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