Netflix’s ‘The Last House’ Undermines Its COVID Lockdown Commentary With a Nonsensical Plot

By Anna Menta Published Aug. 10, 2026, 8:00 a.m. ET When I first saw the trailer for The Last House—the new Netflix original movie that began streaming on Friday—I was intrigued. A movie where a family is trapped inside their home? Where they are bored in the house, and in the house bored, for months, or even years? Th

SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Netflix movie The Last House As Wagner Moura traps fans at home with his new movie The Last House, he can’t help but recall the isolation of the COVID pandemic. While discussing the ending of the Louis Leterrier-helmed Netflix film, now available to stream, the Oscar nomin

“The Last House,” a science-fiction horror from French director Louis Leterrier, is a movie born from Covid. A suburban family of four, helmed by Jason (Wagner Moura) and Ann (Greta Lee), is suddenly trapped in their home. With no understanding of the situation outside, and no way to know how long it will last, they…