One Rule: Never Make a Sound

One Rule: Never Make a Sound

The horror film A Quiet Place (2018) opened on April 6^th. The film’s budget was a low $17 million and shot with a skeleton cast—a true shoestring budget! Finishing out its 2^nd week, the movie has grossed over $80 million in the US alone. A Quiet Place is a lesson on how to make a horror movie, whereby reaping a large return.

Director John Krasinski says the theme is not necessarily horror but family, and sound is the character that brings the movie together. The film’s tagline: If they hear you, they hunt you, supports his premise. Ultimately, this is a horror film.

The New York Times captures the essence by calling it “an old-fashioned creature feature with a single, simple hook: The creatures are blind, hungry and navigate by sound.” Know the one rule to never make a sound, and you may survive.

Something horrific has happened, and the world is apocalyptic. A small family walks to a farm in upstate New York to set up a “normal” life, save they cannot speak or make any noise at all. [Krasinski pressed for a deaf actress to portray his daughter, Regan. He found actress Millicent Simmonds who is deaf. Pay attention to how the ambient noise is altered when the camera is on her.]

Shot in 36 days, the full-length film was originally slated to be part of the Cloverfield franchise. Things didn’t work out, and the movie is a stand-alone film with elements of horror and science fiction.

A Quiet Place may bring Paramount out of its drought and become one of the studio’s top grossing films in 5 years. It runs 90 minutes and is rated PG-13. Catch it before the blockbuster films of the summer take over the theaters. This movie is best enjoyed in a theater setting where any noise makes you jump.

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The Haunted Librarian, Lesia Miller Schnur

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