If you’re looking for a suspenseful, pulse-pounding horror movie sure to become a classic of the genre, A Quiet Place should be at the top of your list.
In a near-future, post-apocalyptic world with few survivors and complete silence, we meet a couple (played by real-life couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt) and their three children as they tiptoe barefoot through an abandoned store in search of medicine and other necessities. We soon realize how important quiet is in their new world, and how their survival is most likely due to their knowledge of sign language (since one of the children is deaf: teenager Regan, played brilliantly by the deaf actress Millicent Simmonds). Every scene from the first to the last propels this story along while ratcheting up the tension and fear as we hold our breath in anticipation of a dropped spoon or misplaced foot on a creaky floorboard. Because we learn early on what that can mean for this family, and just how terrifying life can be when a sneeze – or a scream – can lead so quickly to death.
- Top Scare: The moment after the first noise is made
- Heartbeats: 4 1/2 out of 5
- Gore Factor: 2 out of 5
- Suspense Factor: 4 out of 5
- Recommended for: 14 and up