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Weapons has been an absolute runaway success – truly the essential horror film of 2025. What Zach Cregger created with his occult mystery has been utterly compelling viewing, and it’s thrilling to see a horror film win over critics and fans of horror so simultaneously. Most of this success must be attributed to the utterly fascinating villain the film boasts with Aunt Gladys – the culprit behind the children disappearing in Maybrook and one of the most engaging and terrifying villains in horror since maybe Longlegs. So much of this has to do with Amy Madigan and her acclaimed portrayal of Aunt Gladys in Weapons<\/a>, and now the Oscar nominated legend has addressed the much discussed, potentially looming prequel and if she’s going to return for it or not.<\/p>\n

The Aunt Gladys prequel Weapons film is all anyone wants<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Last week, rumours broke that New Line were desperate to get a prequel film going for Weapons centred on Aunt Gladys – as she is the only character in the film who gets no dedicated chapter where the narrative explores her motivations. Director Zach Cregger said that he wrote one but got rid of it to keep the film more scary.<\/p>\n

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Madigan spoke to Entertainment Weekly<\/a> about the rumours and if she’d return. Madigan explained \u201cIt\u2019s not that I discount it, but in this business, nothing\u2019s real till it\u2019s real. I just had such a great time working with Zach and being inside that brain of his. That\u2019s really the gift of how the movie came out. The other stuff has to do with all sorts of conversations that I would never be privy in and business things like that. But, you know, I love Gladys, so I\u2019ll leave it at that.\u201d<\/p>\n

I’m taking it as a positive, personally.<\/p>\n

She also spoke about her characterisation of the terrifying parasitic witch, where she said \u201cI used a lot of different bits of information, but I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s one or the other. I think it\u2019s a combination of a lot of things. People ask that question, \u2018Is she real or is it this or that?\u2019 I said, \u2018Good, you guys figure it out \u2019cause I can\u2019t answer that.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Zach Cregger previously told Vanity Fair<\/a><\/em> that he \u201cpresented Amy with two options of her origin story,\u201d one being a regular person practicing magic to heal herself from a critical illness, the other being a non-human entity mimicking human behaviour.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know the answer, but I love that I don\u2019t know the answer. I don\u2019t need to know the answer. I just need to know that it\u2019s all possible,\u201d explained Cregger. \u201cI don\u2019t know which one she picked.\u201d<\/p>\n

What a saga.<\/p>\n

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