Best Scary Movie I've Seen in Some Time

Rating: 8/10 (9 April 2018)

A Quiet Place was a very refreshing scary movie. This is the best horror movie I've seen in some time. Though it wasn't totally unique, it was original enough.
This family lives somewhere in the woods during a time in which the world (as it seems) has been completely overrun with these vicious creatures that use sound to hunt. When I said it wasn't totally unique, think The Descent but way more extreme. In The Descent (which was an excellent move by the way) there were also creatures that used sound to hunt BUT... they were located in an isolated cave in a remote location. In other words--not many people are coming across these creatures unless you want to go spelunking in uncharted territory. The alien predators in A Quiet Place were above ground and they were everywhere. So we're talking about your day-to-day life that has been extraordinarily affected.
You know how they say if you want people to pay closer attention to you then speak softer? I started off watching this movie in a reclined position--because that's the type of seating this theater had--but by mid movie I was fully upright and at the edge of my seat. For some reason I felt as though the relaxed position I was in wasn't defensive enough, like at some point during the movie I would need to spring into action and I didn't want to be slumped down in my seat when I needed to.
It was an intense and suspenseful movie. This guy John Krasinski, who directed and starred in the movie, did a heckofa job. Of course I have to credit the writers as well. This was that rare scary movie in which you weren't constantly saying: "Now why did you do that?" There was one are-you-kidding-me moment but it was crucial for establishing the premise of the movie. This was just a great movie, scary movie or not.