Last Straw

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Last Straw

2024

1h 21m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A rural roadside diner becomes the host of a maniacal killing spree – leaving a young waitress to clean up the mess. After hard-headed Nancy fires the staff at her dad’s diner, she decides to cover the last shift of the night by herself. Little does she know, she is far from alone. The day is coming back to haunt her and when things begin to spiral out of control, she must fight for her life over the course of one long night.

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Catherine Bray

Guardian

09/16/2024

3/5

It’s encouraging to see low-budget early-career film-making with ambition.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

10/23/2023

Last Straw is as much about the journey as it is the destination, and there’s a genuine feeling of delight as protagonist Nancy’s night from hell takes us to places its otherwise seemingly generic set-up might not prepare us for.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

10/17/2023

3/5

The siege horror is effective, and Neal’s assured grasp on the tricky narrative framing makes for an engaging debut.

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Chuck Bowen

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

May 27

Neal prepares us for another redux of “The Strangers,” with killers with funny masks circling the diner, only to make things more intimate and personal.

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Bee Delores

Horrorverse

Mar 21

Neal's understanding of genre delightfully plays out on screen, allowing the audience to go along for the ride.

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Lee McCoy

DrumDums

Jan 14

7.5/10

It's set entirely in a diner, which I love, and Jessica Belkin is a character you might be annoyed by at first, but give her a chance. She has a nice arc. This is what The Strangers Chapter 1 should have been due to the killers having a similar appeal.

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Tim B.

@SlimTim0707 Dec 7

A well cast and well crafted, intelligent horror-thriller, Last Straw takes a detour from typical thriller formula with plenty of twists and turns along the ride.

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Dustin S

@NicaraguaR Dec 5

A pleasant surprise. Belkin is great, Kowalski is great, so is Sisto. Will click out more of her films and the directors too. And Kowalski. Probably had my fill of Sisto, but he’s really good here. Thought there were some great shots and the whole thing was pretty unpredictable. So, yeah. Good inexpensive hidden gem here for sure.

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Pinoy Short R

@emill_santos Nov 16

Panalo. Napaka predictable ng kwento pero dahil sa mahusay na performance ng bida e mapapatutok ka sa panunuod. May thrill at ok din un twist sa huli

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Craig B

@Boundsy Oct 15

A very good horror / thriller, underpinned by a superb and committed performance by Jessica Belkin. Not a movie to half watch while on your phone, as you need to focus on the timeline as all is not what it seems from start to finish.

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Andrew T.

@ZilchFlickwatcher Sep 15

Ok for a low budget flick. Not sure why the main character was made to be so angry. Kind of ruined the movie for me.

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Luke N

Sep 12

It's shot really well, like way better than you'd think. There's composition here that I've not seen before in low budget movies. The grade is great, the acting is really good, apart from the sheriff, he's a bit 2d. Anyway, apart from that, much better than expected. Definitely worth your time

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A rural roadside diner becomes the host of a maniacal killing spree – leaving a young waitress to clean up the mess. After hard-headed Nancy fires the staff at her dad’s diner, she decides to cover the last shift of the night by herself. Little does she know, she is far from alone. The day is coming back to haunt her and when things begin to spiral out of control, she must fight for her life over the course of one long night.

Director: Alan Scott Neal
Producer: Daniel Brandt, Cole Eckerle, Dane Eckerle, Michael Giannone, Phil Keefe, Levon Panek, Taylor Sardoni, Sam Slater
Screenwriter: Taylor Sardoni
Distributor: SHOUT! STUDIOS
Production Co: Burn Later Productions, AC3 Media, Bad Grey
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 20, 2024
Runtime: 1h 21m

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