Here’s the scary reason the kids in Weapons run with their arms out, according to the script

Weapons is one of the biggest horror films of the year, and now it’s out and dominating both commercially and critically it’s really quite apparent why Jordan Peele allegedly sacked his entire team when he lost the bidding war to try and get the rights. So much of this film works – from its wild marketing to its brilliant performances from its cast. One of the most striking things about Weapons is the way the kids in the film run with their arms out – it’s on the poster, in the trailer and we watch it multiple times throughout the runtime. But the film never explains why the kids that Gladys puts her spell on run like that. But the real reason why the kids in Weapons run with their arms out is in plain sight in the script – written by director Zach Cregger.

Here’s the terrifying and devastating reason behind why the kids in Weapons run in that symbolic way.

The detail of the arms is written in the script

@nicolascurciowriter Something in WEAPONS that no one has mentioned yet regarding the children’s arm formations #weapons #screenwriting #zachcregger #horror #writer #filmtok #screenwriter ♬ original sound – Nicolas Curcio

Zach Cregger’s screenplay for Weapons actually reveals what his inspiration was behind the way the kids run off into the night – as well as why Benedict Wong’s character does the same thing when he’s chasing down Julia Garner’s Miss Gandy.

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The script details in its direction “Every child runs across the yard with the same curious posture – body erect, arms outstretched in a downward v like someone holding heavy bags. They run like the naked Vietnamese girl covered in napalm from that iconic photo.”

The photo being referred to in these directions from Cregger’s script is the award winning war image The Terror of War, also known as Napalm Girl. The image is taken in Vietnam in 1972, and shows a girl running from her village after it was mistakenly hit in a strike. The photo became one of the most striking from the Vietnam War and is remembered for how hauntingly it shows innocent victims of war.

Napalm Girl is Phan Thi Kim Phuc, and she survived her ordeal with horrific burns. She has given numerous interviews about the image in her life and still uses her platform to this day to support survivors from horrific war conflict and raise awareness about humanitarian crises in war zones. She is 62 now, and was just nine years old.

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