Last Straw

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Last Straw

2024

1h 21m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A rural roadside diner becomes the host of a maniacal killing spree – leaving a young waitress to clean up the mess. After hard-headed Nancy fires the staff at her dad’s diner, she decides to cover the last shift of the night by herself. Little does she know, she is far from alone. The day is coming back to haunt her and when things begin to spiral out of control, she must fight for her life over the course of one long night.

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Catherine Bray

Guardian

Sep 16, 2024

3/5

It’s encouraging to see low-budget early-career film-making with ambition.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

Oct 23, 2023

Last Straw is as much about the journey as it is the destination, and there’s a genuine feeling of delight as protagonist Nancy’s night from hell takes us to places its otherwise seemingly generic set-up might not prepare us for.

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Oct 17, 2023

3/5

The siege horror is effective, and Neal’s assured grasp on the tricky narrative framing makes for an engaging debut.

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Chuck Bowen

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

May 27, 2025

Neal prepares us for another redux of “The Strangers,” with killers with funny masks circling the diner, only to make things more intimate and personal.

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Bee Delores

Horrorverse

Mar 21, 2025

Neal's understanding of genre delightfully plays out on screen, allowing the audience to go along for the ride.

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Lee McCoy

DrumDums

Jan 14, 2025

7.5/10

It's set entirely in a diner, which I love, and Jessica Belkin is a character you might be annoyed by at first, but give her a chance. She has a nice arc. This is what The Strangers Chapter 1 should have been due to the killers having a similar appeal.

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michael C

@MichaelC2 Sep 3, 2026

Was very captivating until the end. Nice twist on home invasion scenario.

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Alex T

@Groovyguy3000 Aug 24, 2026

Worst 83 minutes of my life...

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Joshua B

@gobbadee Aug 12, 2026

Soundtrack: awesome Acting: good Screenplay: very good In spite of some unrealistic decisions by characters, this movie delivered. It had some unexpected twists and turns compared to other stabby thrillers, and it stuck with me in a way others won’t.

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Megan D

@RT13702105 Jul 28, 2026

This movie absolutely positively sucked. The way she was stabbed twice and managed to pull out the knife and managed to walk out of the diner was so unbelievable. Worst movie I have ever seen. Acting is also really bad

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Melissa L

@Agent99 Jul 27, 2026

I didn't like the back and forth timelines, and I didn't like the (uncertain and sad) ending.

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Red in D

@redindenver Jul 25, 2026

I would have given this movie at least 4 stars except for about the last 10 to 15 minutes or so. The fact that she was stabbed in her back, in her side, in her stomach, etc., and yet she still managed to walk out of the diner, across the parking lot, and into the cop car ... and then drive a distance, get out of the car, etc. etc. etc. was not only unbelievable, it was fantastical. Throughout those last several minutes, I found myself saying out loud: "Oh, COME ON! What Bu11cr@p!"

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A rural roadside diner becomes the host of a maniacal killing spree – leaving a young waitress to clean up the mess. After hard-headed Nancy fires the staff at her dad’s diner, she decides to cover the last shift of the night by herself. Little does she know, she is far from alone. The day is coming back to haunt her and when things begin to spiral out of control, she must fight for her life over the course of one long night.

Director: Alan Scott Neal
Producer: Daniel Brandt, Cole Eckerle, Dane Eckerle, Michael Giannone, Phil Keefe, Levon Panek, Taylor Sardoni, Sam Slater
Screenwriter: Taylor Sardoni
Distributor: SHOUT! STUDIOS
Production Co: Burn Later Productions, AC3 Media, Bad Grey
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 20, 2024
Runtime: 1h 21m

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