Does this family actually make it out alive, or does ‘The Last House‘ end in tragedy after five brutal years of captivity. What Happens to Riley and Jason in the Final Act? Shattered glass simply reforms, as if the moisture from the storm has sealed a barrier around the entire house. The family ultimately manages to survive for five years in captivity, cultivating plants from vegetable seeds and using the house’s subsoil layer to grow food. These creatures can manipulate water and appear to have trapped humans inside their own homes specifically to starve them out.