Monday, June 4, 2018

The challenges of exploring the limits of horror and terror in movies are becoming more and more complicated. Those days when Alfred Hitchcock, George Romero, John Carpenter seems to be fading away because the audiences are looking for fresh stories with meaning. The film "Get Out" changed that when introduced racism as a metaphor.

in the film "A Quiet Place" we have a new dilemma, a family who is been haunted by monsters, but they can't make a sound, because that's what the monsters use to catch their victims. The story is presented as a futuristic tale where the big message is family union. But SPOILER ALERT, the death of one of the kids is the engine of the most important elements to the story, a pregnancy. From the very beginning, we have been introduced to a protective father, a caring mother and 3 children who know that the only way to survive is to stay together, follow rules, but be quiet.

Director and Actor John Krasinski brings this story with a moral compass. Every time we see a horror film, people who you care as a character will die. But in this movie, your level of stress will run wild just when you think one of the family members are in danger. The sound is powerful and necessary because it becomes another character of the film.

John Krasinski follow the footsteps of Hitchcock, Carpenter and even Ridley Scott in Alien, making this film believable and allows you to connect and make every character important.

Emily Blunt did an amazing job, as well as Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe who play her kids in the movie.

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