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- This post includes spoilers forA Quiet Place.
By making a pure hit of horror adrenaline shot straight into the mainline.
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Its almost too obvious to say, but sound is central to horror.
And so it follows that the absence of noise is just as important.
Evelyn stifles a scream, but drops a picture frame on the floor, resulting in an audible shatter.
And now we know all hell is going to come down on her.
It makes the movies figurative claustrophobia literal, compressing the action into a single, small concrete room.
And more than anything, the scene makes excellent use of the films biggest asset: Emily Blunt.
