Spoiler Warning: Weapons spoilers observe. In the event you haven’t watched the new horror film, please train excessive warning!
The 2025 film schedule has given us some nice gems, particularly in terms of horror. On the prime of the pack, each by way of high quality and sheer brutality, is Weapons, Zach Cregger’s deeply unsettling and immediately iconic horror-thriller (we gave it a five-star overview, by the best way). Nonetheless, I did discover myself getting distracted by one thing whereas ready to search out out what occurred to these 17 schoolkids who ran away in the midst of the evening.
No, it wasn’t the implausible Weapons rating, nor was it wandering ideas about who Pedro Pascal was taking part in earlier than he dropped out. As an alternative, it needed to do with a minor character who appeared in a number of of the movie’s chapters and his connection to one of many greatest ‘90s Nickelodeon exhibits. Enable me to clarify…
I Spent Manner To Lengthy Attempting To Keep in mind Why Police Chief Ed Locke Regarded So Acquainted
When Police Chief Ed Locke first showed up in the second chapter of Weapons, I admittedly thought he looked so familiar but couldn’t put my finger on it. When he came back into the picture in a later scene (after thinking about it for way too long), I realized that this was Toby Huss, one of those actors whose faces you recognize but not their name, who played none other than Artie, “the Strongest Man in the World,” on The Adventures of Pete & Pete many, a few years in the past.
Actually, I devoted an excessive amount of time making an attempt to determine it out, like an earworm you get caught in your head however can’t fairly work out the remainder of the music. After that, I had an excellent chuckle and went again to watching the film’s intense gore and terrifying scenes with my fingers masking my face.
Now I’m Over Right here Pondering About How Artie Would Have Saved These Children
But For Actual, I Wasn’t Ready For Weapons’ Over-The-Prime Gore
You realize, I’m type of glad I was distracted by the entire “I want to determine the place I’ve seen this man earlier than” drawback throughout Weapons as a result of the violence and gore on this was over-the-top, perhaps an excessive amount of. Between forks to faces, a veggie peeler taking off strips of pores and skin, needles being jammed into individuals’s faces, and somebody being crushed and pulled aside, my cup was full with all of the blood, guts, and nasty little bits up on the display.
Who is aware of, perhaps I’ll get to see extra of Toby Huss as Chief Locke if the Weapons follow-up involves fruition. Within the meantime, I guess I simply watch, or at the least hearken to him on Hulu’s King of the Hill revival, the place he’s taken over the function of fan-favorite Dale Gribble.