Intense spin on horror genre

Rating: 9/10 (10 June 2018)

It's worth watching.
I'll admit, I had to YouTube search "A Quiet Place ending explained" after watching to understand some parts (which really pulled the whole movie together for me), but it was a brilliant "silent" film and a great spin on the horror genre which had me automatically trying to tiptoe after I watched it - I feel for anyone who doesn't watch it alone at home at night, it wouldn't have the same impact. Even if they had a voiceover explaining some things would've been a tad helpful than being left with questions at the end of it. But it was good enough to make me try search for some meaning.
Knowing the daughter was deaf and the father was trying to make her working hearing aids could've been made more obvious and given watchers more understanding as they watched it - that's how the family knew how to use sign language, and why her dad wouldn't take her out on supply runs (ergo the tension and frustration between them) and would take the son instead even though he was reluctant to go. The daughter being deaf also explains why she didn't hear what her youngest brother was doing at the start of the film, ultimately leading to his death, her ongoing guilt, and why she thought her dad didn't love her.
Being a mum myself made me connect to the whole pregnancy and birth situation a lot more, something I don't think younger watchers would really understand. I did question the whole nail on the stair thing, you'd think they would've done something about it.
Overall it was a good film, it's been a while since a horror has had me thinking and acting a tad weird afterwards hahaha.