Jumped Out of My Seat

Rating: 9/10 (21 April 2018)

It's rare a movie makse me jump out of my seat, but "The Quiet Place" did just that. I think it was the dichotomy between long stretches of absolute silence with the jarring, amplified sound of a lantern smashing or the man-hungry beasts appearing suddenly out of nowhere.
The plot in TQP is tightly-woven with sensible dramatic moments. Rarely is there a minimal-dialogue movie being produced today. Make no mistake, TQP does have sound, ambient natural gentle noises, a musical soundtrack, and the aforementioned loud monster rushes. Never have I heard surround-sound used more effectively than here. But TQP largely contains almost deathly silence. When I left the movie theater, it was strange to hear what I consider normal sounds, like vehicle motors. Such an effect TQP had on me.
In short, if the viewer is looking for a highly unusual scary movie, this is as good as it gets.