The Terrifying Indie Horror Movie That Completely Flipped the Tired Home Invasion Film Script

When the chilling installments of Funny Games or The Strangers came out, the home invasion horror genre turned its heels from its early crime roots of robberies gone wrong to the more ominous idea of truly senseless violence. This concept has become increasingly popular in the genre, and the recent Last Straw is an indie horror that taps into this brutality then abruptly flips the script and shoves us into the perspective of the assailants. Turns out, watching how people are driven to these depths of depravity is just as scary as killers with no motivations, especially under Alan Scott Neal's aggressive and mean direction. Though the multiple POVs subvert our expectations in Last Straw, the violence in this grimy yet comforting little diner is still senseless, force-fed to us with a fork jammed down our dry throats.