WEAPONS Spoilers: Find Out Where The Kids Went And Who - Or What - Was Behind Their Disappearance

WEAPONS Spoilers: Find Out Where The Kids Went And Who - Or What - Was Behind Their Disappearance

Weapons is now in theaters, and if you've been to see the movie or just want to know how the mystery unfolds, you'll find a spoiler-filled breakdown of the ending right here...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 09, 2025 11:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Horror

Barbarian director Zack Cregger's second feature, Weapons, is now playing in theaters, and we're delving into the twisted mystery at the heart of the movie that's outlined in the opening narration.

“Last night, at 2:17 am, every child from Mrs. Gandy’s class woke up, got out of bed, went downstairs, opened the front door, walked into the dark … and they never came back.”

If you haven't been to see the movie yet, be warned that major spoilers follow from this point on.

Not everything from the narration is entirely accurate. One boy named Alex (Cary Christopher) remains in the classroom, and the other kids do eventually come back... albeit forever changed by their nightmarish ordeal.

The movie deals with the fallout of this incident, with the story unfolding from the POV of several characters. Justine Gandy (Julia Garner) must deal with carrying the weight of suspicion from the devastated parents; the father of one of the missing kids, Archer Graff (Josh Brolin), harasses Justine while carrying out his own investigation; town cop and Justine's ex Paul (Alden Ehrenreich) pursues a drug addict named James (Austin Abrams) who he believes knows more than he cares to admit, and school principal Andrew (Benedict Wong) checks in with Alex’s parents, only to discover that the lad's Aunt Gladys (Amy Madigan) is now looking after him.

At this point, we begin to get some answers. It turns out that Gladys is actually a powerful witch, who commands her nephew to bring her personal items from his classmates so that she can cast a spell (sticks, twine, hair and blood are used in the ritual) and control the children's minds, forcing them all to run and hide in the basement of Alex's house. Though it's never explicitly stated, Gladys appears to be feeding off the kids' life-force(?) in order to rejuvenate and reverse the ageing process.

After a series of horrific events leads Justine and Archer to the house, they are set upon by Paul and James, who have also been brainwashed by Gladys. They are able to overpower and kill their attackers, but Archer then falls under the witch's spell and turns on Justine, while Alex's parents are "weaponized" against their own son.

Ultimately, Alex is able to use Gladys' own magic against her, resulting in his formerly catatonic classmates chasing the witch down and tearing her to pieces. The closing narration tells us that the kids all returned home, and "some of them even started talking again this year."

Have you seen Weapons yet? If so, what did you make of the ending? Let us know in the comments section.

From New Line Cinema and Zach Cregger, the wholly original mind behind Barbarian, comes a new horror/thriller: Weapons. When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

The film stars Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, with Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan.

Cregger directs from his own screenplay, and also produces alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, with Michelle Morrissey and Josh Brolin executive producing. The filmmaker’s creative team behind the camera includes director of photography Larkin Seiple, production designer Tom Hammock, editor Joe Murphy and costume designer Trish Sommerville. The music is by Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay and Zach Cregger.

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SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/9/2025, 11:49 PM
Weapons was enjoyable up until that reveal. I felt like it made it a completely different movie just like Barbarian. 28 Years Later suffers from this type of story telling as well. Two different movies combined into one.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 8/10/2025, 1:04 AM
@SonOfAGif - I knew Cregger wouldn’t make a straight horror film and there was going to be some twisted off beat humor just like Barbarian which I find much more interesting personally ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

There was still some pretty unnerving moments too. I’ve never been so on edge from a door opening lol
Kadara
Kadara - 8/10/2025, 1:26 AM
@TheLobster - ...you will get a hair cut..
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/10/2025, 1:30 AM
@TheLobster - Barbarian went from "Midnight Meat Train" quality of horror to "Drag Me To Hell" real quick. I enjoyed both of those movies but I hate watching a movie become something completely different that becomes silly. 10 Cloverfield Lane suffered from this too.
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 8/9/2025, 11:51 PM
One of the best horror films I've seen.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 8/10/2025, 1:01 AM
@Mercwitham0uth - both this and Bring Her Back are both making my top 10 of the year for sure.
Luke8
Luke8 - 8/10/2025, 12:26 AM
Prisoners did it better.

Peele would’ve done it better.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 8/10/2025, 12:59 AM
@Luke8 - Prisoners was a self serious drama. This is not that.

Prisoners is great but it’s not comparable. Also I don’t know if I believe Peele would’ve done a better job - Cregger did a great job all on his own.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 8/10/2025, 1:32 AM
@Luke8 - I loved Nope. I still think Jean Jacket was a biblical angel and not an alien.
jst5
jst5 - 8/10/2025, 1:46 AM
@Luke8 - Peele is the new verison of M. Night Shyamalan makes one of two good movies and everyone stars thinking he's a can't miss type of director.Having said that I'm waiting to see a good movie from Peele...they've all been badly overhyped and very meh.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/10/2025, 12:56 AM
This was a horror comedy all along, the ending made sense lol. So many mid budget movies sweep the legs of F4 lol
TheLobster
TheLobster - 8/10/2025, 12:58 AM
@bobevanz - well Bob Iger announced a sequel because the franchise launch was a success so I don’t know what you’re talking about because Marvel is winning big time!!!

… lol
TheLobster
TheLobster - 8/10/2025, 12:57 AM
Cregger is 2 for 2 as far as I’m concerned. Had an absolute blast with this film and I can’t wait to see what he does with Resident Evil!
Kadara
Kadara - 8/10/2025, 1:24 AM
I went in knowing about this movie. I had found luckily online about Barbarian and loved it. Went in blind on this based solely on that and omg!! In a time with only remakes and Mc DC nonsense, long live this!!
Kadara
Kadara - 8/10/2025, 1:24 AM
@Kadara - *knowing nothing*
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 8/10/2025, 1:28 AM
Chimmy Goochenberger
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/10/2025, 2:20 AM
OT: naked gun was hilarious

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