If They Hear You, They Hunt You

Rating: 9/10 (12 July 2018)

Horror films are tricky in the sense that they are known for inflicting the following feelings: FEAR, TERROR, PANIC, SHOCK. The list goes on though it's all one in the same. The point being that horror films deliver feelings of discomfort to it's viewers in totality. It is curious how these types of films are praised and adored by audiences when they seek to elicit such negative reactions to people who view them. When people say they watch movies, normally they say they love to watch movies because they want to be entertained, not to be scared out of their skin. Yet these films produce big bucks at the box office and according to Variety News, horror fan's average movie-going frequency is 4% greater than the average movie audience. A Quiet Place is a particularly special type of film for it's suspense factor, performances, filming style, most importantly how beneath the classic horror atmosphere is a significant message about courage and family.
The performances of the film's two main stars Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) and John Krasinski (The Office) are what carry this film to success. Krasinski also happened to be the director of this movie further demonstrating his talents that exceed his fame garnered by his time as Jim Halpert. There was something unique about seeing two actors married in real life acting in a film portraying a devoted husband and wife, devoted to each other and to their children. The child actors gave phenomenal performances for being children. The biggest attribute that impacted the film positively is the absolute spine-chilling silence that took place for the majority of the film's running time. Within the first five minutes of the movie, we find out the consequences of speaking or making any sort of noise. The only way the characters can communicate with each other is through sign language and it worked great for the film. In fact this is what makes the film feel so special for it is rare that films have their characters communicate through sign language instead of vocally expressing themselves. Applauds to Krasinski and company for the significance of making characters both believable and relatable while they say literally nothing in the entire film. It's what makes A Quiet Place a unique type of horror film apart from many of it's kind for delivering the creep factor from start to finish whereas most horror films get creepy 30 minutes in. Apart from this, the music was great, camera shots were beautifully mysterious and scary, and this is overall a pure quality film that provides pure entertainment that has you wanting to avoid making so much as a peep as you're watching. For if they hear you, they hunt you.