Superb

Rating: 10/10 (17 April 2018)

I'm very glad I made the effort to go and see this in the cinema. It deserves a big screen and full attention. The premise is very simple. A few humans are living in a post-apocalyptic world where they are prey to creatures locating them by sound. One family survive in a rural, pre-industrial state, by reducing their noise emissions to an absolute minimum, this helped by the fact (due to a deaf child) they can all communicate via sign language. The film just traces their lives in an incredibly realistic and superbly tense way. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen, as with no dialogue to distract I was transfixed by the slightest sound or motion. The acting is absolutely spot on, particularly that of the two children who convey extremes of horror without once making the audience doubt their sincerity. As an old English bluffer I don't get emotional in cinemas, of course, but towards the end of the film there must have been some dust in the air. Or something. I was caught off guard and not expecting where this movie went. Full marks all round for a really great viewing experience.