What sets “A Quiet Place” from other horror movies is its extensive use of silence as the major device, and without relegating it to the secondary position as a mere helper to the device of sound. These are moments in which silence is used to create fear, and they are techniques that have been used in countless movies. Think of the pause before the jump-scare sound that plays before the ghost emerges, or the silence that circles the heroine in the forest just before we hear the growl of the monster. There have been countless horror films that have used silence (in conjunction with sound) to give us many memorable scares throughout the years. It is alarming that so many of us have now recognised the power of silence so late in the timeline of cinema, but, perhaps, this should not be surprising, because if darkness is to sight, then silence is definitely to hearing, and, at our core, we’re all scared of the dark, aren’t we? Yet, despite all of these references to sound, sound itself is not the most terrifying aspect of “A Quiet Place.” Silence, the lack of sound for broad stretches of time, and the horror – alive and throbbing with hunger – that exists in that silence are the elements that are used to create the moments of sublime tension that are found at several crucial junctions throughout the film.
The family at the centre of the story uses sign-language to communicate and, therefore, manage to survive longer than many others. The monsters are blind and hunt by sound, using their complex system of hearing to pick up the smallest of sounds. Strange monsters, fast and deadly, roam a rural area in the US.
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.įollow AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr: QUIET Place” offers us to a rare innovative horror movie, swarming with monsters and full of heart. MPAA Definition of PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. “A Quiet Place Part II,” a Paramount Pictures release in theaters May 28, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “terror, violence and bloody/disturbing images.” Running time: 97 minutes. These films succeed at that.Īfter being delayed more than a year, “A Quiet Place Part II” is debuting only in theaters for the first 45 days, until it’s made available on Paramount+, and it might sound cliché, but it’s hard to imagine seeing it anywhere but on the big screen.
Many monster movies boldly claim to be about something bigger and rarely are. Sure, the surprises keep your heart rate up and all that but the true terror, the one that buries itself in your consciousness, comes from that deep, intractable fear of not being able to protect your kids. They work because, at their heart, they are a high concept meditation on parenting. But the reason these films work is not because of the scares.
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