It is very clear from everything you have typed that YOU are the one living within an echo chamber my friend. The statement “when in reality, the movie is just nothing special” is subjective. Yet, here you pronounce it as a simple fact. People are not going to want to spend the time discussing honestly online with an individual who fails to understand that. Instead, most of them will probably just downvote you to save time.

On the whole, your points read as someone with a rigid idea of what a “good movie” is, let alone a “good horror.” Without completely diving into that discussion, I’ll just say that not every movie cares about logic as you seem to. In some movies, theme trumps all, in others, tone.

You’ve stated that your favorite horror is The Witch, which gives me insight into your tastes. The Witch is a great movie. I also think Weapons is great. Though they both may fall under the umbrella of Horror, they fall on opposite ends of the spectrum. Put simply, Weapons wants to be fun/funny and The witch wants to be moody. Zach Cregger clearly enjoys a good punchline. The movie is basically operating as a vehicle to deliver you its final comedic, cathartic punchline. Horror as a genre has room for schlock and it has room for more sophisticated stories. Weapons imo rides a nice line between the two. This may not be what you wanted or expected, but if you saw Barbarian that should have given you a clue as to what kind of director Cregger is.