On first blush, The Last House, a horror film where an unknown force seals a family inside their house, looks like a movie inspired by COVID. That sentiment continues in the trailer released today, as they realize EVERYONE is trapped inside their houses. And when the father, played by Wagner Moura, says that this will also end and we cut to over 1,000 days later, it still kinda feels like a pandemic-inspired tale.
But then the doors open, and a malicious-seeming force appears to prey on humans, and I don’t know what this movie might be about anymore.
“The storyline will evolve in ways that the audience certainly will not expect, but that is what makes this film so interesting,” Moura told Tudum. “There are layers and twists that I can’t wait for everyone to see.”
The movie, which also stars Greta Lee as the mother/wife to Moura’s father/husband, comes from writer Matthew Robinson (Love and Monsters) and director Louis Leterrier (Lupin, Fast X, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance).
“The Last House challenges the idea of a safe haven, turning a family home into a hostile environment where survival demands unity,” Leterrier told Tudum. “This is an ordinary family’s worst nightmare, pushing them to their limits to protect each other and exposing the fragility of security—and the desperate fight to reclaim it.”
In addition to Moura and Lee, the film stars Riley Chung (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Emma Ho (The Baker), Noah Alexander Sosnowski (Section 8), and Gabriel Barbosa (May December). It premieres on Netflix on August 7, 2026.
While we wait (in our houses), check out the trailer below.
