New figures confirm Netflix horror The Last House is already a huge streaming hit
The Last House has quickly become a horror sensation on Netflix — the actual scale of its streaming audience is the real fright.
Well, here’s a thing: The Last House, the latest horror-sci-fi flick from director Louis Leterrier, has bulldozed its way to the top of Netflix’s English-language film chart this week. To say it came out swinging would be an understatement, although critical enthusiasm, frankly, hasn't kept up.
The Last House shot straight to number one on Netflix's English-language films, pulling in 27.5 million views in just its first two days on the platform.
The Numbers (and a Grumpy Tomatometer)
Let’s talk stats. The Last House only showed up on Netflix from 7 August 2026, but over the week spanning August 3-9 (yes, Netflix skews its stats slightly to fit its own weekly chart), it managed a hefty 27.5 million views at launch. If you're measuring success in eyeballs, that's a proper bumper crop. Still, both audiences and critics seem cold on it—Rotten Tomatoes currently has it sitting at a dismal 27% Tomatometer with an even lower 28% audience score on the Popcornmeter. So, very much an example of people-are-watching-whether-they-like-it-or-not.
Billboard Stunt and Plot
A fair chunk of this attention comes from one of Netflix’s more absurd publicity stunts to date. They literally walled a live performer in a billboard—a full living room set, plastered above Los Angeles—for three days straight. The actor interacted with passersby using only a whiteboard for, presumably, banter and existential despair. The whole stunt rather neatly echoes the film’s premise, if you like that sort of meta-marketing.
On screen, The Last House is your standard trapped-family setup, but turned up a few notches. Greta Lee and Wagner Moura play Ann and Jason, who along with their two kids (Riley Chung and Emma Ho), find themselves forcibly housebound by some unexplainable menace outside. It’s barricades, panic, and supplies going missing—your living room as pressure cooker. Rounding out the cast are Noah Alexander Sosnowski and Gabriel Barbosa.
Who Else Made This Happen?
Behind the scenes, Matthew Robinson did the screenplay, with Leterrier himself joining Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, and Kori Adelson on producer duties.
Netflix’s Top 10: The Rest of the Pack
Just for the snapshot, here’s how the streamer’s current Top 10 films stack up this week:
- 72 Hours (Kevin Hart's latest comedy) - 2nd place
- Spider-Man: Far From Home (Tom Holland) - 3rd place
- Spider-Man: Homecoming - 4th
- A Toxic Love Story (true-crime doc on that 2016 California newlyweds fiasco) - 5th
- KPop Demon Hunters - 6th
- In the Land of Saints and Sinners - 7th
- Minions - 8th
- Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours - 9th
- Fast Charlie - 10th