 Though it re-teamed Leni with "The Cat and the Canary" star Laura La Plante and features a similar style, "The Last Warning" lacks the supernatural elements of "The Cat and the Canary" and is therefore usually considered in the mystery genre rather than the horror genre; some historians, however, have classed it as a horror film.Elements of comedy present in Leni's "The Cat and the Canary" are also absent from the film.Extant published reviews of the film were varied.