Husband and father Wagner Moura sees no way out in “The Last House,” from Netflix

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"The Last House"

Wagner Moura and Greta Lee star in a claustrophobic horror film about loving home and hating never being able to leave it. It’s a next gen “No Exit.”

By Peter Travers

Aug 7, 2026

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★★ (2 out of 4)

Is “The Last House,” a Netflix Original movie, the worst fright fest M. Night Shyamalan never directed or just a failed experiment with an A-list cast that deserved better? Either way it’s a slog. I was going to skip it until I saw that “The Secret Agent” Oscar nominee Wagner Moura and “Past Lives” Golden Globe nominee Greta Lee are starring in it.

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