The filmmaker began writing the feature after the death of a friend, but its final section came from mining his childhood. Still, he is ready for viewers to take what they will from the story: "I don't care if any of this stuff comes through.

This article contains minor spoilers about “Weapons,” now playing in theaters. Director Zach Cregger’s sophomore feature, “Weapons,” is a story about a small town overtaken by a malevolent force. One night,

The Polygon report added that though Weapons was not a direct metaphor for grief, its chaotic and mysterious tone emerged as a byproduct of emotional upheaval. He said he was exhausted of grief-as-metaphor horror movies, but the energy of the grief is in the film.