August 7, 2026

"The Last House" is a so-so science fiction thriller that regularly feels like it's in a rush to get through itself, especially at the beginning, as if it was banking on the audience not having a long attention span. It's fitting, then, that it's being released on Netflix, which typically means viewers probably won't be sitting down to watch it in a single sitting and will likely be doing other tasks at the same time. This isn't the first movie to operate as though it's aware it's being viewed on a streaming platform (versus in the theater), and it certainly won't be the last.