Hidden Message Uncovered in Bizarre Viral Weapons Clip Leaves Viewers Stunned
The dream platter, seven hot dogs (Warner Bros.)
Prior to working as an acclaimed horror director, Zach Cregger was one of the many creatives to start in comedy.
Cregger helped start the comedy group Whitest Kids U’Know with several friends, including comedian Trevor Moore.
One of their most popular sketches was ‘Hot Dog Timmy’, in which a doctor tries to identify what’s wrong with a patient to discover they eat seven hot dogs a day.
Moore died in 2021 in an accidental fall, something which Cregger has stated inspired the movie.
Speaking about this with Rolling Stone, Cregger spoke about how Moore died when he had been working on the postproduction for his last film, Barbarian.
He said that, in his grief, he began a ‘blitz of writing’, before adding: “Over about two weeks or so… I just started, sentence one: ‘This is a true story. Half of my hometown, all of these kids bailed.’ You know, I’m writing this cold open, and I don’t know where the kids went… Look, like the rest of the world, I don’t want to watch another horror movie about grief.
“That whole horror-as-a-metaphor-for-grief is so f**king played out. I shouldn’t even be talking about this, but I can’t help myself. I don’t care if anybody gets any of that when they watch it.”
He recounted speaking to fellow horror director Ari Aster, who encouraged him to use ‘the personal stuff’, before adding: “Hearing him say that… it’s part of the DNA of Weapons. The town is dealing with a loss. And so was I. It was the biggest direct hit I’d ever taken.”
Weapons is available to watch in cinemas now.
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