Last Straw(2024)
2024 · Alan Scott Neal · 81 min
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.
Horror · Drama · Thriller
6.0149 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Last Straw scares
Last Straw sets itself up as a single-location survival night, with a lone woman trapped in an empty diner as things slowly close in on her. The first stretch leans on isolation and unease, the sense that someone is watching before anything happens, then shifts into more direct physical danger once the threat shows itself. It's grounded horror, no ghosts or magic, just human menace and bad luck piling up in a small town setting. This fits people who like slasher-adjacent thrillers with a small cast, a ticking-clock night, and a final girl who has to get scrappy to survive.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Last Straw rates psychological 3/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 30 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 90 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, everyday setup gradually tightens into dread before locking into a punishing, largely nonstop back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Last Straw?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Last Straw rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be moderately gory and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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