Weapons, one of 2025’s best horror movies, was born from real tragedy

Zach Cregger’s new horror movie Weapons is the silver lining of a horrible tragedy. “That chapter of my life was terrible,” says the Barbariandirector, reflecting on the 2021 death of his close friend and longtime collaborator Trevor Moore. “[Writing the movie] was just me kind of interacting with those feelings in a way that wasn’t self-destructive.”