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trailer for Weapons introduces the audience to a simple premise that focuses on a teacher, Miss Gandy (Garner), walking into her classroom one morning to find all 17 students have disappeared in the night.<\/p>\n<p>A child’s creepy narration explains that the plot thickens as the teacher quickly becomes a person of interest in her class’s disappearance, and CCTV shows that all of the children ran from their homes at 2.17am.<\/p>\n<p>The intense trailer then shows graphic, increasingly horrifying imagery, including a creepy child sitting up from a desk in a darkened classroom, a view of a man being smacked into by a car, hands covering a man’s face furiously holding him down, and black oil being poured onto someone’s face.<\/p>\n<p>The movie then ends with the door of a house opening by itself as a child says quietly: ‘This is where the story really starts.’ <\/p>\n<p>Fans were left shell-shocked after the creepy nature of the film, with many taking to social media to say they were left unable to sleep. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"269\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23008484 lazyload\" alt=\"'Creepiest horror trailer in years' leaves fans struggling to sleep Weapons\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_249542521-af4c-e1746100699428.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Julia Garner stars as Justine Gandy, a teacher who finds her entire class is gone (Picture: Warner Bros)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"262\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23008487 lazyload\" alt=\"Julia Garner in Weapons crying while behind the wheel of a car\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_249542650-e1746100633892.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The film had a budget of $38 million (\u00a328.5 million) (Picture: Warner Bros)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23009283 lazyload\" alt=\"Josh Brolin at the premiere of Dune\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2013319610-a629.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Josh Brolin also stars as Archer Graff, the father of one of the missing children (Picture: Joe Maher\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>‘I don\u2019t like scary movies and I watched that WEAPONS trailer late last night and I swear to god it was so scary I couldn\u2019t even sleep,’ said tiatamiaa on X.<\/p>\n<p>‘WEAPONS might be the scariest film of the year. What the f**k is that trailer??? lol,’ said JakeRileyHunte.<\/p>\n<p>‘Man Weapons just *looks* crazy f****n’ good,’ said eventualforever.<\/p>\n<p>‘I watched the trailer for Weapons last night and thought it was so so scary,’ said violetfaced.<\/p>\n<p>‘These kids are not alright. #Weapons looks messed up [positive].’ added Lulamaybelle.<\/p>\n<p>‘I had full body chills the last 30 seconds of that trailer, incredible stuff,’ said sillierdeadite. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2025_\u2591_\u2591_06:17AM.mov\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SlFuKPjc1E0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The film has had some fantastically frightening marketing attached, with Warner Bros releasing a two-hour-long video that showed children running with their arms out into the woods.<\/p>\n<p>The video appeared to be taken from CCTV footage and was left untitled and unexplained on the YouTube channel of the entertainment company.<\/p>\n<p>The creepy footage actually sparked some concern from viewers who stumbled across the video, unaware of what they were seeing, and baffled about what the footage was showing.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have also spotted some hidden Easter eggs in the footage, highlighting that an image of a baseball team can be seen around a minute and a half into the video – but only for a split second – which may be a key clue about the events in the film, or could be a red herring. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"270\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23008486 lazyload\" alt=\"'Creepiest horror trailer in years' leaves fans struggling to sleep Weapons\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_249542523-7e75-e1746100992208.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The trailer has been met with fearful excitement (Picture: Warner Bros)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"270\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23008492 lazyload\" alt=\"'Creepiest horror trailer in years' leaves fans struggling to sleep Weapons\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SEI_249542509-0fdc-e1746100657241.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The director is well known in the horror genre (Picture: Warner Bros)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zach Cregger was the mind behind <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/10\/26\/barbarian-review-twists-keep-coming-in-a-huge-horror-house-movie-17633036\/\">Barbarian<\/a>, a horror which was met with huge critical acclaim, which he also wrote and directed. <\/p>\n<p>He was also a producer on the recent popular horror film <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/01\/24\/new-twisted-love-story-barbarian-creators-smashes-rotten-tomatoes-90-rating-22425768\/\">Companion<\/a> starring <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/01\/28\/jack-quaid-reveals-practical-stunt-refuse-companion-on-set-freak-out-22405338\/\">Jack Quaid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/01\/31\/companion-star-sophie-thatcher-says-horror-film-character-for-incels-22412867\/\">Sophie Thatcher<\/a>, which was also met with huge accolades.<\/p>\n<p>Given his strong track record, fans are dead-set that Weapons is set to be another blinding success, which will traumatise viewers for years to come – but in a good way, of course.<\/p>\n<p><em>Weapons is set to be released in cinemas on August 8.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T1M53S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/04\/29\/14\/97824743-0-image-a-4_1745934835507.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-04-29T14:51:02+0100″,”description”:”When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at 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