Weapons: Aunt Gladys Prequel in the Works with Zach Cregger

Unless someone else as ghoulish as Aunt Gladys comes along between now and Halloween, get ready for a sea of adults wearing costumes punctuated by bright orange wigs, lips smeared haphazardly with lipstick and enormous eyeglasses. Aunt Gladys, played by Amy Madigan, is among the many memorable characters in filmmaker Zach Cregger ’s R-rated Weapons , an original horror movie that is taking the multiplex by storm, much as Jordan Peele’s Get Out hit did in 2017. And just as Get Out became the rare horror title to land multiple top Oscar noms, so could Weapons , with Madigan looking like a contender.

Unless someone else as ghoulish as Aunt Gladys comes along between now and Halloween, get ready for a sea of adults wearing costumes punctuated by bright orange wigs, lips smeared