Horror can be a tricky genre to master. We get scores of horror movies each year but remember only a handful by the end.So,it’s refreshing when filmmakers give new twists to the story and keep us as audience engaged and tied to our seats without jump scares or gore but pure inventive storytelling. A QUIET PLACE certainly does that and its one of the best in its genre recently.
John Krisinski and Emily Blunt play a couple who, along with their children, try to survive in the near future where the world is inhabited by creatures with amplified sense of sound. Their only weakness is that they are blind. These creatures have already wrecked havoc by the time the film starts and we are thrown right in the middle from the get go which is a smart move as we dont get time to slowly settle into the world. The tension is palpable from the beginning where something tragic happens which really affect the family and their action for the rest of the movie. The film is mostly silent for the majority of its runtime and the first half is paced a bit slow, but it doesnt take away its edge for a moment.
We are invested in the family and care about them which is rare in horror movies where characters are easily dispensable. All the characters give a stellar performance with Emily Blunt standing out.She has minimal dialouges, but her facial expressions speak for her. Millicet Simmonds as the daughter, who is deaf in real life too, gives an awesome performance too. It can be argued that the end is a bit hurried without a full closure, but I have a feeling this is not the last we have seen of this world and a prequel/sequel may be round the corner. Overall, don't miss this if you appreciate intelligent inventive horror movies and i am sure you wont be dissapointed. In GET OUT last year and A QUIET PLACE this year, horror seems to be in good hands again.
MY VERDICT
****
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