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Last Straw

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Last Straw

Released Sep 20, 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

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

Rated: 3/5

Sep 16, 2024

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

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.

Oct 23, 2023

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

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

Rated: 3/5

Oct 17, 2023

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Chuck Bowen

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

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.

May 27, 2025

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Bee Delores

Horrorverse

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

Mar 21, 2025

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Lee McCoy

DrumDums

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.

Rated: 7.5/10

Jan 14, 2025

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Carole E

Please, please, DO NOT believe the 79%! This is a terrible, boring film. I fail to see how it was even made. The female main character is incredibly unlikeable, the rest of the characters have no real motives for their actions, certainly not that would explain their nonsense behaviour. Bizarre and not even worth 5 minutes of your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Mark P

Not great. A lot of reviews said it had tons of twists and turns. It doesn’t. It has one twist but it’s a bit of a stretch that isn’t really surprising and feels drawn out. I felt bored and the ending isn’t satisfying. It does have realistic kills.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Audience Member

Last Straw is pretty straight forward with no twists or turns as it's predictable. In fact I was able to predict what was to happen before it occurred. The movie is pretty realistic with it's violence and kill scenes. The problem I had with this film was that the story line was pretty linear throughout without much substance. I was looking and hoping for more but then sadly dissapointed. The movie kind of has a Strangers film vibe toward the beginning but then that quickly fades away when we learn who the major players are. Last Straw still manages to get more right then wrong in it's 90 minute run time. Last Straw gets a solid 2 1/2 stars out of 5 from me.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/25

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Horror fan 4

It starts off good but when we realize it's not what it seems it was disappointing. Nancy was cool but she's not the best Nancy we've had. Tim Treakle

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/25

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KellyChristy C

I absolutely hate how they wrote her as so bishy. Unnecessary curse words and unrealistic amounts of anger. Made her whole character unlikeable and really didn't care if she was attacked. I shut it off.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Ken K

!!!!!!!!POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!!!! I'm not going to go on and on about the film. Yes there are clichès and so on. But it's very clever and filmed quite well. The way the characters interact with each other. The way it makes you feel like a typical film. Then they twist it just a bit to keep you just wanting to see what's next. But yes I would definitely recommend this film to anyone. I would even rewatch it myself w/friends.!!!!!!!POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!!! Just have issue with the why after stabbing him after all that. Why not go back to the police car? If you couldn't drive it at least you at had the radio for help, but to run??? It was all filmed great and had you in the moment. But even still that's the one thing that sticks with me, why run? But again would recommend and rewatch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/13/25

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Synopsis

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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