Netflix Drops the Trailer for "The Last House," Starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura

Netflix has released the first official trailer for "The Last House," a new sci-fi horror feature set to release on the streamer on August 7.

The thriller centers on a family of four who suddenly find themselves sealed inside their own home, with no way out and no clear answer for what is keeping them there. Director Louis Leterrier, whose previous Netflix credits include the Emmy-winning "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" and the French hit "Lupin," is working from a script by Matthew Robinson.

Wagner Moura, Oscar-nominated for "The Secret Agent," plays Jason, a father who realizes he and his family are sealed inside as rain pours outside. Greta Lee, known for "Past Lives" and "Russian Doll," plays Ann. The couple's children, Ruth and Graham, round out the household at the center of the film's escalating confinement.

What begins as a single day stretches into three, then a week, then years. The film's temporal scope is part of what makes it an unusual entry into the contained-thriller genre. Rather than a single-night ordeal, the family must work together to survive against dwindling resources and a mysterious, looming threat, wondering when their imprisonment will end until, finally, the threat reveals itself.

Production design is central to how the film tells that story. Veteran production designer Kevin Jenkins built a home that would evolve and age alongside the human characters, with household items from kitchen appliances to the kids' scooters deteriorating as the years pass. Moura has spoken directly to the effect of that environment on the actors. "I've never seen a set built like that, with all the details and complexities that the house needed," he said. "It was mind-blowing, the details."

Leterrier and his crew chose an analog route wherever possible, shooting the first half of the film on 35 mm film and relying on practical effects as much as possible. The director has cited a very specific reference point for that choice. "The Amblin movies where the houses were shot on location," he said. "There was that texture that just made it feel quite relatable. That was the idea."

Leterrier has described the film as challenging "the idea of a safe haven, turning a family home into a hostile environment where survival demands unity," adding that it pushes an ordinary family "to their limits to protect each other and exposing the fragility of security."

Lee has been equally candid about why the material drew her in. "Growing up, my favorite things to watch and read were survivalist stories with a twist," she told Tudum. "So I was immediately drawn to this story. I love the questions this movie asks about our world and how we choose to live in it. And I was excited about the possibility of asking these questions in a new and entertaining way."

The film was originally titled "11817" and was set to star Kingsley Ben-Adir, who was replaced by Moura before filming began. Netflix acquired the project in January 2025, with principal photography beginning on April 21, 2025. The supporting cast includes Riley Chung, Emma Ho, Noah Alexander Sosnowski, and Gabriel Barbosa.

The family is abruptly locked into their house by a mysterious outside entity, and it is not just them: everyone on their street, and possibly the entire world, is trapped inside. That expansion of scale beyond four walls nudges "The Last House" past pure domestic horror into something more apocalyptic in register.

For both leads, the film arrives at a significant career moment. Moura is a first-time Oscar nominee for Best Actor for his role in "The Secret Agent." Lee, meanwhile, has been building steadily from her breakthrough in "Past Lives" toward larger-scale productions. "The Last House" pairs them for the first time, inside a format, the single-location thriller, that tends to either illuminate or expose its cast completely. Leterrier has promised viewers that they "won't be able to look at your house or family the same way again."