High concept horror has been a huge success in recent years. It Follows, Don't Breathe, Light's Out, Get Out, Hush, The Babadook, Happy Death Day all took concepts and smartly flushed them out into solid to great films. With the early reviews out this might be the peak, the early reviews are glowing, the trailer is awesome and this might be a true horror BP we haven't seen since Silence of the Lambs.
A tight thrill ride-the kind of movie that quickens the heart rate and plays with the expectations of the audience, while never treating them like idiots. In other words, it's a really good horror movie.
Sometimes, getting on the clever/whatever wavelength of a horror film and just rolling with can be a part of the fun. "A Quiet Place" is that kind of movie.
Even moviegoers who don't accept the metaphor are going to have the pants scared off them.
It's a crackerjack premise, if only because it fundamentally alters the fabric of the traditional horror template.
If you want to watch an edge-of-your-seat horror thriller with extraordinary performances, impressive sound editing and a well-driven story structure - A Quiet Place is definitely a film to add on your radar.
A Quiet Place is a rare thing: a horror film from a major studio that blends high-concept with jump scares and manages to pull both of them off.
This will be the first film I see opening night in a decade, mostly as a B-day treat to me.