A Quiet Place is rolling so far as it’s set the pace for the year when it comes to horror movies. As an original horror it’s becoming something of a phenomenon as despite the fact that other movies have operated on the basis of not making a sound, this one has gripped people in a way that has been unheard of in some time. Any movie that has people afraid to eat their snacks too loudly in the theater is one that’s done an awesome job of reaching the audience and reminding them just what it means to be truly and utterly terrified.
The only unfortunate part is that thanks to IT, released in 2017, the bar has been set ridiculously high for horror movies when it comes to their effect on society and their acceptance as a box office powerhouse. But thanks to A Quiet Place the trend seems to be moving in the right direction still as its numbers are impressive enough that they’ve warranted a great deal of attention from viewers and critics alike. Many people don’t tend to attribute horror movies with silence unless it means that the killer has done their job and left the scene a gory mess. In this film however staying silent means staying alive, especially since the killers are supposedly unstoppable alien beings that hunt their prey using a very highly-developed sense of hearing. Basically if they can hear you they can hunt you, which leaves an argument as to just how fine-tuned their hearing is. If a person’s heartbeat is knocking away it might be enough to allow them to be heard it would seem.
But that’s the horror of it, human beings are made to be noisy no matter what. Be it a bodily function, a creak from one’s body or the popping of a joint as they move, people are bound to be noisy. Add in the concept of Emily Blunt’s character being pregnant and at the end of the pregnancy there’s bound to be a huge issue since any parent will know that babies come out crying more often than not. The horror of this movie is that the realism of not being able to make a sound is very possible, but it’s also a chore that most of us don’t seem to consider on a regular basis. Even worse would be the condition of being deaf and being unable to tell just when you might be making too much noise. It’d be a frustrating as well as perilous lifestyle to lead, but in a movie like this it would be one that was based on absolute necessity.
So far the film has done so well that there have been talks of a sequel, but it would almost seem as though the producers are trying to drag out the story a little too much, like taffy that has the capability of becoming very messy and difficult to deal with. Or maybe it’s like too little butter spread over too much bread. In other words the story seems to end on a note that people can at least agree is worthy of its story.
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