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The Last House

Play trailer 2:21 Poster for The Last House PG-13 2026 1h 50m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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22% Tomatometer 78 Reviews 27% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A family of four are suddenly sealed inside their home with no way out, and must work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped.
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The Last House drags a capable cast through an increasingly repetitive narrative without delivering the suspense or thematic depth its premise demands.

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Jared Richards The Age (Australia) Aug 18
2/5
The pulse of the film is the family’s dynamic, but it remains fairly unfrayed as the years pass. Again and again, the script takes a turn away from any sustained tension. Go to Full Review
Monica Castillo AV Club Aug 10
D+
Even if Lee and Moura work overtime to sell the terrifying scenario these parents find themselves in, ridiculous lines and worse decision-making takes us out of the moment. Go to Full Review
Dominic Baez Seattle Times Aug 10
2/4
There’s nothing to tether yourself to, no real narrative anchor point that’s anything more than a discombobulated message of the power of family. Go to Full Review
Cameron Meier MeierMovies.com 2d
1.25/5
It’s as if high school students decided to remake Luis Buñuel’s 1962 classic, "The Exterminating Angel." Director Louis Leterrier’s film is all wet. Go to Full Review
Joe Creely In Review Online Aug 29
The Last House is a work of shoddy, badly executed guff... wallowing in tar pits of hackneyed family dynamics and trying to bait a mystery that manages to be both nonsensical and predictable. Go to Full Review
Carla Renata The Curvy Film Critic Aug 29
The Last House simply does not work without this cast led by the amazingly gifted Greta Lee and Oscar nominee Wagner Moura, who's chemistry is undeniable Go to Full Review
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diogo13 T @Tua_mera 2h Apoia-se numa excelente premissa de isolamento e na química exausta mas realista de Wagner Moura e Greta Lee para construir um ambiente tenso e claustrofóbico. Contudo, à medida que o tempo passa dentro daquela habitação, o roteiro perde-se um bocado em conveniências narrativas e num final apressado. É um entretenimento de mistério competente e intrigante, mas que fica um bocado aquém de todo o seu verdadeiro potencial. See more Jason A @Jarnold223 15h ​The Last House spends so much time trying to build mood that it completely forgets to move its story forward. Way too much time is spent trying to build a story of survival that you forget why they're in this predicament in the first place.The film has atmospheric cinematography and an unsettling score, but this only tries to hide that the plot is so thin. ​The pacing crawls in the second act and the characters make bafflingly foolish decisions to force the plot along. By the time the final twist arrives, and it's not much of a twist, it feels less like a clever payoff and more like an unearned shortcut. It's an aesthetically pleasing thriller, but ultimately a hollow and frustrating viewing experience. See more Torin F @nonlinearize 1d THE LAST HOUSE is just engaging and mysterious enough to hold viewers' attention, and it's difficult not to see it as a pandemic allegory with at least a little emotional resonance. The film's many logic and plot holes strain credulity and invite a flood of unanswered questions, however, and the world-building is ultimately too soggy to deliver on the film's long-promised payoff. See more Former R @RT91390625 1d Absolutely terrible i can't and won't believe a human actually created something this dumb confused and ridiculous nothing in this film makes any sense and the ending is straight from chatgpt See more Freddy V @RT18427309 1d The beginning and ending are exciting, but very little happens in between. When the characters are bored, we’re bored. See more Tayson B @RT41757811 1d This movie was absolutely incredible. People genuinely have absolutely no idea what a good movie is anymore. Don’t listen to the bad reviews, make your own judgement. My opinion: this movie is definitely in my top 3 favourites now. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A family of four are suddenly sealed inside their home with no way out, and must work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped.
Director
Louis Leterrier
Producer
Louis Leterrier, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Kori Adelson, Oliver Obst
Screenwriter
Matthew Robinson
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Chernin Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 7, 2026
Runtime
1h 50m
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