She taught the other actors some sign language along the way and the off-screen interactions made them feel like a truly bonded family on screen. With Simmonds not only playing a deaf character but actually being deaf herself, it increases the impact of her performance. Instead, A Quiet Place relishes in the silence so that you have no idea when something bad is truly coming.Įmily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe round out the main cast with Krasinski and they all put on fantastic performances. The score was much more subtle than the screeching that you get in a movie like Carrie when something bad is about to happen.

Even as I dive into the horror genre more and more, I’ve yet to come across something similar to it (maybe it’s out there and I just haven’t found it, though). That said, John Krasinski created a movie that was different from many of the horror movies I had previously seen. This is one of those movies that, for me, might be better experienced at home just so I can better control the viewing experience all around. It wasn’t the ideal viewing experience, but I still had that tense feeling the entire time. I took a look around and also saw a dog and another child in the theater. I’ll admit, I was a little annoyed when I sat down and had a couple with a kid sitting right next to me in a near-empty theater. With A Quiet Place, you instead get so much silence that it feels like everyone tenses up in the movie theater. When you head into a movie theater, more often than not you’re expecting the sound to be loud in order to drown out people slurping on their drinks or eating popcorn and other various snacks throughout the run time. Lock your doors, check under your bed, and settle in as you join Substream for our 31 Days of Halloween. The goal is to both celebrate the titans and icons of the season while also introducing you to new films and scares to fill your autumn nights. Now that we’ve entered the month of October, it’s time for us to share our love for this holiday with you.Įvery single day in October, our collection of spooky staff writers and ghoulish guest contributors will walk you through a horror or Halloween-themed movie they adore. While every holiday captures the hearts and minds of the Substream staff, Halloween holds an especially important place in our hearts.

Welcome, dear readers, to Substream’s 31 Days of Halloween.

A quiet place (2018)