A film called "A Quiet Place" was shown at the South by Southwest Film Festival two days ago
The movie is directed by John Krasinski and starred in the male lead at the same time. You may not know her name, but you must know her wife Emily Blunt
The mean female secretary in "Fashion Devil", the battle angel in "Edge of Tomorrow", this time, she plays a fragile and brave mother in the movie.
Although her husband is not well-known, he is very talented. The two got married in 2010 because of the drama and they are now cooperating in movies together. It can be said to be envious of others.
The son is Noah Yope, the cute and handsome Jack Weir in "Miracle Boy" still remembers Fa?
But this time he can only play a little pitiful who runs away and can't speak in the film.
Don't get me wrong, Noah's role is not a dumb, in fact, all the characters in this movie "cannot speak".
For Mao, look down and you will know.
In the not-too-distant future, alien creatures attacked the earth, they are all invincible, they almost cannibalized mankind, and the cities and towns become empty cities.
A couple and three children. This family is the only survivor on this land. They successfully avoided the monsters and lived in a remote corner of the forest.
The setting of the story of "A Quiet Place" is not new. Doomsday monsters are quite common in zombie movies.
What's new is the setting of monsters in the movie. They hunt by sound, only by sound.
Sight and smell are absent, but hearing is powerful.
This hunting by sound is not like a normal horror movie, when you step on a branch five meters away, the monster turns head and runs in front of you.
It's that wherever you are, as long as you make a little sound, a terrifying creature can quickly track it from dozens of miles away, and then tear you to pieces.
The last minute was blue sky and white clouds, calm and calm. In the next minute, someone died in front of him.
Because of this, the way of life of mankind has become very different from usual.
In this world, without speaking, you are absolutely safe. On the contrary, it is always dangerous, it is so extreme.
As soon as the film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival, it received a enthusiastic response. The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes was 100%, and the average score was as high as 8.6!
The playist said: "This is a nearly silent but extremely exciting movie that makes the nerves of the audience excited."
You know, Rotten Tomatoes is easy to have high freshness, but high scores can be difficult, and high scores in horror movies are even more difficult. The score level of "A Quiet Place" is not inferior to the Oscar-nominated movies.
If you don’t believe me, you watched the horror movie hits in the past few years: "Escape from the Deadly Town" and "Hold Your Breath".
Of course, you might think, so what? It’s just like looking back a lot of horror films that are rated well in North America. Who knows if "A Quiet Place" will be another one.
But I think it is entirely possible that it is a real "feast of horror."
In my opinion, horror films are scary enough to be shot, and there are nothing more than two types:
Either the scary scene is scary enough, unexpected enough, and a flash will scare you, such as "The Soul".
Either the moment before the scary is enough to make people unable to guess, the atmosphere is always in suspenseful tension, for fear that something will come out in the next second, such as "The Grudge".
The key to the atmosphere of horror is the "unknowable", the ignorance of the source of the horror, the ignorance of the character's fate, and the ignorance of the camera. If you knew it, it wouldn't be scary.
With its unique setting, "A Quiet Place" simply brought the "unknowable" of the horror film to its limit.
First of all, because you can't make a sound, there are almost no lines in the movie (the first draft script even only has one sentence), and your understanding of monsters can only come from some scattered news magazines.
The unknowability of "monsters" is the first source of horror in "A Quiet Place". They are extremely powerful, but you don't understand them.
Is the horrible appearance they currently present the most horrible appearance of them? There is no way to guess, nor can the characters tell you, because once they say it, they face death.
What makes "A Quiet Place" even more frightening is its innate advantage in the use of sound.
In a normal horror film, it takes a lot of time to create an atmosphere of horror. The layout of the shots, the use of light and shadow, the soundtrack, sound effects, etc....make the audience feel that danger is coming.
In "A Quiet Place", it only needs an "unnatural" sound to sound. In less than a second, your heart will hang in your throat immediately, because you know that the monster is coming.
Imagine what a wonderful movie-watching experience this is. The sound that is usually the most important part of a movie has become the most frightening symbol.
In a word, a footstep, a book that fell to the ground, or even a sound from a neighboring seat outside of a movie can make you nervous.
This is not the case, the director will also set "auditory expectations" on the screen.
Will show us a shotgun, or a nail exposed on the floor, or a silent timer.
We know very well what sounds these things may produce, so even if the movie doesn't make any sounds, the audience is still worried, for fear of sounds and the appearance of scary scenes that follow.
"Even viewers who are not cold about this setting will be frightened by the movie." The Hollywood Reporter may not be an exaggeration.
You may think that it is better not to make a sound, but this is against human nature. We will always make sounds unconsciously, such as sneezing, coughing, or giving birth to children.
In the trailer, there is a scene where the heroine is giving birth, and the pain of childbirth makes her look distorted, and she desperately wants to yell, but because of the fear of the monster, she desperately tolerates it, which is distressing.
I have to say that Blunt's acting skills are really good. Although there are only a few shots in the trailer, when it comes to the dangers of her children, her worries and fears can already be felt personally.
"If we can't even protect our family, then what is the point of us?"
This is also another interesting aspect of the movie. In the face of extremely powerful unknown dangers, parents are unable to protect their children, and how complex emotions are when parents face fear and responsibility.
How long can you live if you travel into the world of "A Quiet Place"?
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