Last Straw

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Last Straw

Released Sep 20

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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Ezequiel Boetti

EscribiendoCine

What begins with pranks, each one more brazen than the last, escalates to a point of no return in which violence takes over the stage. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Dec 18, 2024

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Shikhar Verma

High on Films

Despite clear signs of brilliance simmering down the surface, you get a distant, often flat-out uninteresting genre exercise that doesn’t know what to do with its gore-filled premise.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 4, 2024

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Stephanie Malone

Morbidly Beautiful

"Last Straw" is a tense and taught, well-crafted thriller that subverts expectations and challenges your perspective in intriguing ways. It’s gorgeously shot with a striking minimalist score that wrings out every last drop of glorious tension.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 2, 2024

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Anthony T

Pretty good for a low budget if very interesting definitely worth a watch

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/21/24

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Audience Member

Not bad for a low budget indie horror

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/20/24

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Chad C

This movie is waaaay better than the slasher it's being marketed as. If I lived in the US, this is what I imagine could happen at any moment. 5 out of 5. This movie rocks.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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Nemanja M

Absolute rubbish of a movie!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/04/24

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tm11999 M

both sides of the story. 1st half from the the perspective of the damsel who's having a rough day with info about her lot in life. the 2nd part of the story from the view of the out of control weenie who is nothing but a cvnt without self control and he causes everyone to suffer bacause he's lacking testosterone. pretty good, watch it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Bruno S

Very well executed, assembled and elaborated. It is not innovative, but it has content, a strong protagonist and subverts some expectations.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/18/24

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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: Bad Grey, Burn Later Productions, AC3 Media
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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