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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 77 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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Critics Consensus

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
Joe Creely In Review Online 4d
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 5d
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
Steve Murray ArtsATL 6d
Like the trapped family, the movie seems to improvise its plot scene by scene. Go to Full Review
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Carolina B @RT50659706 4h What a terrible movie, unwatchable I'd say. There are inconsistencies right from the first scenes: the narrator says it's "almost winter," but the protagonist (the wife) says on the same morning "it's Christmas." In the first frames, it's early morning, a family is already in the garden dressed in spring/autumn clothes, while the main family is still asleep. Then they get up and put on winter clothes with hats and scarves to go out: what season and time of day did you decide to set it? Aside from that: halting dialogue, unconvincing lines. As for the technical aspects of the direction/screenplay, and other aspects, I don't feel like commenting because I'm not an expert or a professional, but as an audience, I can say: it's awful. See more Jonathan W @RT43749511 5h I just created a rotten tomatoes account for the sole purpose of rating this as low as possible—what a terrible movie. See more Stu C @stucsr 9h Boring and implausible. Total nonsense. See more Shah N @shauntelle999 1d It was entertaining and quirky. See more Claudio C @Claudio666 1d Intriguing and Different (12,654 – 31 Aug 2026 - Claudio Carvalho) In a suburb in Washington, the unemployed engineer Jason is happily married with Ann and they have two children, Graham and Ruth. When a storm approaches the coastal town, he returns home but cannot open the garage gate. Soon they realize that the family is locked inside the house without communication and cannot leave. They start to communicate with their neighbors through blackboard. Ann plants vegetables inside the house and Jason plots a machine to hunt small animals. Until the day they a creature comes with the rain is hunting them down. "The Last House" (2026) is one of the most intriguing and different films recently released. The first point to highlight is the performance of the cast that shows great chemistry. The plot has not only the union and fight to survive, but also sympathy and mercy through the answer of nature to mankind abuse. My vote is seven. Title (Brazil): "A Última Casa" ("The Last House") See more Miaow K @Miaow 1d Hard to watch for animal lovers. Once the dog scene happen, all animals are game (literally). Couldn't continue. 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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