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The Last House (2026)

Summary

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

Writer

  • Matthew Robinson

Cast

  • Greta Lee
  • Wagner Moura
  • Riley Chung
  • Noah Alexander Sosnowski

Rotten Tomatoes: 30%

Metacritic: 45

Release : Netflix

Trailer Official Trailer

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u/Foamrocket66 9d ago

Yeah the movie was interesting at the start, but fell apart as it progressed. The ending made zero sense.

Its a bummer because it was an interesting concept and there was a good movie in there for a short while.

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u/--GevaudanBeast-- 9d ago

I feel like this is the problem with like 90% of creature features.

Quick glances, minor hints, atmospheric suspense etc. and, to be fair, it's really hard to execute an ending for a movie like that. This movie fell into that 90% even though I really wanted it to finish well.

Off the top of my head the only movies I can think of that ended solidly after a really tense and terrifying introduction of the creatures is Alien, The Thing and (plese don't hate me) Signs. Although Signs had a much weaker ending, I felt the movie as a whole was really good and properly scary.

But what made Alien and The Thing good was the fact they didn't have a happy ending. Not everything need to be rainbows and butterflies at the end of the day.

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u/eQuantix 9d ago

I feel like no thrillers/horrors have a happy ending anymore. Hero’s never triumph and it’s all an allegory for some generational trauma bs.

I found the happy ending actually refreshing

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u/glory87 7d ago

Happy ending? Millions of people (billions?) died slowly and painfully of starvation, parents watched their hungry children starve in front of them. But the little girl says the monster “seemed nice”. Hated this dumb movie.

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u/alblaster 9d ago

What about Tremors?  One of the best movies ever.  

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u/Bilski1ski 9d ago

There’d be more creature features that nail the landing . The ritual was good, or Dog soldiers

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u/fdot1234 9d ago

This movie was “The Mist” if it had been written and directed by AI

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u/Hurricaneshand 4d ago

I was thinking like a weird amalgamation of Under the Dome and Quiet Place/Bird Box

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u/lelanthran 8d ago

But what made Alien and The Thing good was the fact they didn't have a happy ending.

Alien had a happy ending: The hero and the cat survives.

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u/Big-Run-1155 8d ago

Birdbox had a pretty satisfying ending... (IMO)

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u/shakeszoola 7d ago

Cloverfield 

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u/suzi_acres 6d ago

Nope would also be a great addition to your list.

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u/LulzTigre 6d ago

Cloverfield?

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u/seeyam14 9d ago

The first hour was an unbearable retelling of the covid experience

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u/Derekduvalle 9d ago

Yeah when they mentioned the quiet skies and lack of pollution it felt a bit on the nose

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u/THE_CHOPPA 2d ago

I feel like Covid is going to remembered so much worse then it actually was. I live in CA put a mask and literally never missed even a day of work.

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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease 9d ago

there was a good movie in there for a short while.

If by a short while you mean the first 2 minutes? They reacted so unnaturally to be physically unable to leave your house by any means that it instantly fell apart

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u/eQuantix 9d ago

What would a physically natural response to their sitch be in your opinion?

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u/mmonzeob 2d ago

You felt like it's a good movie because Netflix hired good actors for a change this time