A different take on the horror genre that is efficiently thrilling

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2019)

During spring break last year, my cousins and one of their friends and I watched the movie I will be reviewing today, A Quiet Place. I didn't know much about the movie going into it, but the only thing I knew was that it was going to a horror movie. And while watching it, I was presented with a different take on horror. A Quiet Place famously used silence as the main horror trope, something that hasn't been used very often in the horror genre. The scares came from the sudden noises coming out of the silence, but most of it wasn't jump scary. The plot is about a family living in a future world where aliens that are attracted by sound roams the earth. The family aspect of the story really shines in this movie because it provides a dramatic tension that most horror movies don't have, so to speak. I almost cried at a specific dramatic part of the movie, and it was gut wrenching. The scares were genuine and thrilling.The lack of dialogue fit the movie and when the characters spoke, it felt like a huge plot twist even though it was one little thing. Issues I have with the movie is that there can be some cheap scares and there are some decisions that raise my eyebrows, but other than that, I thought A Quiet Place is a great movie. Even though the movie ended on a some would call, cheap cliffhanger, I am looking forward to the sequel that is currently in production. 8/10