Zach Cregger’s Weapons is still crushing at the box office, but apparently, it’s time for a little boost. So, after months and months of keeping the character a secret, New Line has finally started uploading clips of Aunt Gladys, played by Amy Madigan. In fact, it actually posted one of her best and most revealing scenes in full.
We’re guessing most people who want to see Weapons probably already have, but just in case you still plan on checking it out, we’ll give a final spoiler warning.
The scene in question isn’t from the end of the movie, unfortunately. No, those are still only living in theaters (and probably via pirated clips on TikTok.) No, this is Gladys’ second scene, which also happens to be the one where we finally start to see the depth of her evil. It’s when she visits Marcus (Benedict Wong) and his husband just as they’re about to sit down for an afternoon of hot dogs and cookies. Gladys comes in, makes some very weird requests, and, well, now you can watch it again.
Unfortunately, the clip is located on X (ugh, we know) and is age-restricted so embedding won’t work. But if you click right here, you can log in and watch the scene the New Line social person cleverly calls “Do you have a bowl of water?” That request still creeps me out too. “A bowl of water.”
When you first meet Gladys, in the scene teased here, there’s obviously a lot of unease. We’ve seen her pop up a few times earlier in the movie, but never long enough to understand who or what she is. So, that first scene at the school is creepy but the second scene in the house is just completely terrifying. Fortunately, the clip cuts before things get really, really gross with all the headbutting, but it’s in this moment we know Gladys took those kids.
Weapons is one of our favorite movies of the year so definitely check it out if you haven’t seen it yet. And read more from our interviews and breakdowns at this link.
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