There are some great options in movie theaters this weekend, if you’re planning to get out to the theater, especially with Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s shocking box office success and The Odyssey continuing to rake in the big bucks. However, if you’ve seen those already or just prefer to hang out at home, the 2026 Netflix schedule has you covered. The Last House is a new sci-fi thriller starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura, so what are the reviews saying?The Last House is centered around a middle-class family in Seattle who wakes up one day to find that they’re trapped inside their home with no means of escape. Guy Lodge of Variety says director Louis Leterrier plays into our claustrophobic COVID memories to conjure that familiar panic and uncertainty. While there are science fiction elements, it works best as a family drama, thanks to Greta Lee and Wagner Moura’s performances. Lodge writes:The hows and whys of The Last House take it into science-fiction territory — lightly and allusively so at first, but eventually with more concrete, effects-heavy world-building (and unbuilding). But the film is most compelling throughout as a straightforward domestic drama, with increasingly fraught family dynamics lending proceedings a baseline of credibility even as whatever’s happening outside the house remains largely inscrutable.David Rooney of THR agrees the new movie release works best while the threat remains a mystery. Even when the story falters, Rooney says, the audience remains invested in the family story, thanks to the gifted actors. The critic says:Louis Leterrier’s capable direction and reliably solid performances from Greta Lee and Wagner Moura as parents desperate to shield their kids from their worst fears make for a film that, despite its sci-fi and horror elements, is as much a psychological chamber drama and survival thriller about four people using their wits and dwindling resources to stay alive, even as their close-knit ties start fraying.Other critics don’t think The Last House works so well, however. Siddhant Adlakha of IGN rates it a “Bad” 4 out of 10, saying the movie jumps back and forth between genres, making it feel like things are moving a million miles an hour while very little actually happens. His review reads:The story of an average family mysteriously trapped indoors, The Last House weaves recklessly between survivalist thriller, monster movie, and rainy domestic melodrama with reckless abandon. Haphazardly assembled, its lack of connective tissue leads to a bewildering experience, with stellar actors like Wagner Moura and Greta Lee delivering entirely erratic performances through no fault of their own.Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert gives it 1.5 stars out of 4, calling The Last House “depressingly boring.” Tallerico says it never finds the right balance of claustrophobia or explores how being trapped with the same three people — even family members who you love — can drive you insane. The critic continues:The Last House, Netflix’s latest sure-to-be-#1-for-a-week-and-then-forgotten-forever horror movie, has such an intriguing what-if premise that its failures become significantly more disheartening. It’s a movie that worked on paper, but its creators were so content to mimic superior films with similar concepts in production instead of developing their own that the whole thing ended up too shallow and thin to care about anything that happens. With too little character development and nothing to say about its high concept, The Last House is frustrating and forgettable.Angelica Jade Bastién of Vulture finds no redeeming qualities in The Last House, saying there are no scares, the script is eye-roll-worthy, and the ending produces more questions than it answers. In the critics words:No one in this film and not a single attribute comes out looking good. Not the lazily constructed direction, not the scattershot, infuriatingly anemic script. Not the characterization that makes people do dumb things when the story needs to force a plot point. Not the performers grasping for some sense of characterization in a story that doesn’t deserve their efforts. The film isn’t even two hours long and it felt interminably drawn out. Greta Lee and Wagner Moura have better ways to spend their time. So do I.The critics seem split between “just fine for a night in” and “definitely not worth your time,” which is reflected in its 35% Rotten Tomatoes score. Admittedly, I still plan to pull up my Netflix subscription and throw this title on anyway. If you want to do the same, The Last House is available to stream now, as of Friday, August 7.