Though the truth of A Quiet Place’s universe is the key to its mystery, and so withheld from our knowledge, we do know that Krasinski and Blunt play parents who have been forced to hide their family in an abandoned farm.
Which is what makes A Quiet Place so intriguing within this year’s genre offerings.
The world has been consumed by vicious, supernatural beings who are attracted to sound.
Even despite their seclusion, the family must now try to live in total silence, communicating only by sign language.