At first, schoolteacher Justine Gandy (Julia Garner) is scapegoated, an all-caps ‘WITCH’ spray-painted into the side of her car, the kind of far-flung accusation only a desperate parent would make. In hindsight, that paint job doubles up as a giant foreshadowing sign, pointing to the exact kind of evil lurking in Maybrook’s midst all along.

Writer and director Zach Cregger is making moviegoers sit on the edge of their seats with "Weapons." See what critics are saying about the thriller.

To fully unpack “Weapons” in all of its deliciously creepy and shocking glory would spoil all the fun, and like “Barbarian” it is best to go in as cold as possible, writes this reviewer.