Original Idea to freshen an old genre

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2018)

I've had IMDB for years now. However, I just made this account only to give this movie the 10/10 it deserves. I know everybody can't love one movie, but this movie at least demands respect. The genre of an aliens/creatures apocolypse has been done many times in television, and they've all done just about the same thing. This movie brings new light to the subject by having the creatures rely on sound and sound alone. We don't know where these creatures came from or why they're here (which I love because how they came to existence could be illogical or not make sense and ruin the movie). All we know about them is they're killing machines who hear everything. This makes the characters live in a limited dialogue world where they must rely on sign language, bare feet, and marked pathways to survive. The silence and lack of speaking throughout the film only add to the intense environment.
The family is a father, Mother, and three children who struggle to survive. They also had to live with the fact that any dropped object, opened door, or activated toy could mean certain death. Adding to the feeling that any character could die at any second. The acting is phenemonal! Everytime a scene demanded intense facial expression or an overwhelming sense of fear the actors delivered flawlessly. The characters are very intelligent and many times throughout the movie I caught myself thinking, "yeah that's what I would've done too", which alone separates it from many other horror/thrillers on the market. This movie also isn't full of clichés either, the characters make good decisions for the purpose of surviving. That's another thing to love about this movie, the sole base is survival, there's nothing else to get in the way like plot fillers or wasted time. It's either you live by the rules of this new world, or die.
John krasinski did beautiful work on this feature film debut that shows just what a father is willing to do to protect his family. Overall I give this movie a 10/10 and will definitely purchase it as soon as it comes out to watch at my leisure.