Weapons’ central mystery is a platform for a scarier, cerebral horror. Weapons takes the dueling perspectives Cregger used to such comedic effect in Barbarian and doubles — actually, triples — down. The question of “Why?” dominates Weapons, even into its conclusion — a harrowing, explosive, and again, slightly silly showdown. New Line CinemaThe mystery of Maybrook Elementary is not the only one Weapons is grappling with. The entity at the center of Weapons does eventually lose its power to frighten us, but the intangible remains.