Weapons fans have a heartbreaking theory about the seven hot dog lunch
Weapons is quickly becoming a horror phenomenon, and one of the movie’s most viral scenes appears to pay homage to Zach Cregger’s late friend Trevor Moore.
Weapons is everywhere at the moment. The movie opened with a whopping $42.5 million haul in US cinemas over the weekend, while it currently has 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
We concur with that acclaim, writing in our five-starWeapons reviewthat the film does “everything a good horror movie should, delivering chills and scares via a story that gets under your skin, before concluding two hours of tense set-up with a truly wild pay-off.”
There’s also been wild speculation around the movie over whetherWeapons is demonic, and adark theory that makes the movie even scarierhas emerged. Now, a moment from the movie that’s gone viral appears to have a more heartbreaking connection to the real world. Warning:minor spoilers ahead!
Viral Weapons moment pays homage to Zach Cregger’s best friend
Realizing the 7 hot dog gag in Weapons is likely a tribute to his friend and collaborator, Trevor Moore, really stings.https://t.co/nE9goGPGgLpic.twitter.com/kQDlFVmrEb
Near the end of Weapons, Marcus and Terry Miller sit down for a lunch of potato chips, carrots, ranch dressing, cookies, andseven hotdogstopped with mustard.
Viewers have had fun sharing images of the meal, and pointing out that seven is a lot for two people, as well as an odd number, begging the question, who gets the extra sausage?
But the scene appears to have a deeper meaning. Weapons writer-director Zach Cregger has already spoken about how the movie wasinspired by the sudden deathof his friend and collaborator Trevor Moore.
The filmmaker toldEW: “Someone very, very, very close to me died suddenly and, honestly, I was so grief-stricken that I just started writing Weapons, not out of any ambition, but just as a way to reckon with my own emotions.”
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Eagle-eyed fans have clocked that the specific number of hotdogs connects to a sketch that Cregger and Moore made for their TV series The Whitest Kids U’Know.
Titled ‘Hot Dog Timmy,’ the skit stars Moore as a doctor asking a patient questions about his diet. Timmy reveals that he eats seven hot dogs per daybeforelunch, though when the doc interrogates further, it becomes clear that Timmy hits that totalbylunch, meaning “on second thought, that number might be a little low.”
So as well as being a strange meal for the Millers to chow down on, the seven hot dog lunch also appears to be a touching tribute to Cregger’s late friend.
If you’re yet to see the movie, here’swhen to take a bathroom break during Weapons. If you’ve already watched it, check out ourbreakdown of the Weapons ending.
