Weapons Director Reveals Personal Meaning Behind The Film’s Dramatic Finale

By Daniel Welsh

Weapons Director Reveals Personal Meaning Behind The Film's Dramatic Finale

Weapons has become one of the year’s most talked-about horror films since it hit cinemas last weekThis article contains major spoilers for the film Weapons.

If you鈥檙e one of the thousands who have already sat down to watch Weapons since its release last week, chances are you鈥檙e still thinking about that gripping finale.

After keeping us all guessing about the disappearance of 17 students from the same elementary school class throughout most of the film, screenwriter and director Zach Cregger finally begins unravelling the mystery as the movie nears its end.

We soon learn that the children鈥檚 disappearance is linked to the arrival of their classmate Alex鈥檚 鈥渁unt鈥 Gladys.

She quickly works her dark magic on Alex鈥檚 family, putting his parents into a catatonic state and leaving him to care for them, while she seemingly feeds off them.

After this proves not to work, she includes him in her scheme, which is when the dramatic 鈥渧anishing鈥 transpires.

Last week, the filmmaker behind Weapons told The Hollywood Rep

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