NETFLIX PARALYZES HOLLYWOOD AS A MAN IS SPOTTED TRAPPED INSIDE A GIANT SUNSET BOULEVARD BILLBOARD! 😱💥Shocked onlookers at the busy intersection of Sunset and Selma were plunged into absolute PANIC after looking up 30 feet in the air and realizing a living, breathing human being was locked inside a giant promotional structure. The horrifying stunt. Tension hit a boiling point when the trapped performer suddenly held a handwritten whiteboard up to the clear glass window, sending CHILLS through the street and leaving the entire crowd utterly terrified of what was about to happen next.NETFLIX PARALYZES HOLLYWOOD AS A MAN IS SPOTTED TRAPPED INSIDE A GIANT SUNSET BOULEVARD BILLBOARD! 😱💥Shocked onlookers at the busy intersection of Sunset and Selma were plunged into absolute PANIC after looking up 30 feet in the air and realizing a living, breathing human being was locked inside a giant promotional structure. The horrifying stunt. Tension hit a boiling point when the trapped performer suddenly held a handwritten whiteboard up to the clear glass window, sending CHILLS through the street and leaving the entire crowd utterly terrified of what was about to happen next.

Netflix Has a Man Living Inside a Hollywood Billboard to Promote New Apocalyptic Thriller The Last House

The film starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura debuts on Aug. 7

The Last House. Living billboard for The Last House from Netflix on Sunset Boulevard
The Last House. Living billboard for The Last House from Netflix on Sunset Boulevard.Credit : Joel Barhamand /Netflix

NEED TO KNOW

  • Netflix has hired a man to live inside a billboard in Hollywood to promote The Last House
  • The performer’s containment is akin to the horror-sci-fi film’s premise: a family is inexplicably sealed inside their house and must battle the dangers that come with their confinement
  • The Last House debuts on Netflix on Aug. 7

Netflix has locked in for its promotion of The Last House.

The horror-sci-fi film, which follows a family inexplicably sealed in their home while a sinister threat lurks outside, is the talk of the town — Hollywood, in particular. Some 30 feet above the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Selma Avenue, a billboard promoting the film brings The Last House‘s chilling premise to life.

Trapped inside the billboard is a man, hired by Netflix, to remain in the living room built into the structure. Onlookers can catch a glimpse of the performer through the clear windows; one snap even caught the individual holding a whiteboard with “What’s going on?” written across it.

The Last House. Living billboard for The Last House from Netflix on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles,
The Last House. Living billboard for The Last House from Netflix on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.Joel Barhamand /Netflix

The billboard itself resembles a vine-covered abode, complete with a front door, drainage pipe and a chimney. Beneath the living room window, an ominous message: “How long can you survive?”

The man will “live” inside the billboard from Aug. 6 to Aug. 8, Netflix shared via Tudum.

The Last House. Living billboard for The Last House from Netflix on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles,
The Last House. Living billboard for The Last House from Netflix on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.Joel Barhamand /Netflix

“While attempting to carry on as normally as possible inside the enclosed space, he’ll communicate with commuters and passersby below using a whiteboard — an eerie echo of the film’s central predicament,” Netflix wrote.

The film stars Greta Lee and Wagner Moura as parents Ann and Jason, respectively, to daughter Ruth (Riley Chung) and son Graham (Noah Alexander Sosnowski).

The first trailer for the movie, which dropped June 15, depicts the first moments the family of four realize they’re completely trapped inside their house and that their neighbors are likely suffering the same fate. The trailer then cuts to “day 1,183,” when suddenly their door is unlocked, revealing a stranger seeking their help.

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Directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Matthew Robinson, The Last House also stars Gabriel Barbosa and Emma Ho.

The Last House begins streaming on Netflix Aug. 7.

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