A Quiet Place‘s Oscar-Nominated Sound Designers on Triggering our Brain’s Reptilian Fear Response
*In the run-up to this Sunday’s Oscars telecast, we’re sharing some of our favorite interviews with nominees.
Supervising sound editors Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn had the unusual challenge of applying their expertise to a film that would be so quiet, it had the word in its title. John Krasinski’s thrilling, chilling A Quiet Place was predicated on a brilliant idea; alien monsters have turned the planet into one giant Amtrak quiet car.
Oscar Watch: A Quiet Place‘s Sound Designers on Triggering our Brain’s Reptilian Fear Response
Supervising sound editors Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn had the unusual challenge of applying their expertise to a film that would be so quiet, it had the word in its title. John Krasinski’s thrilling, chilling A Quiet Place was predicated on a brilliant idea; alien monsters have turned the planet into one giant Amtrak quiet car. Only in this world, if you make a sound you’ll suffer a fate far worse than the annoyance of your fellow train passengers.
Oscar Watch: A Quiet Place‘s Production Designer on Creating Killer Spaces
In John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place, sound kills. Yet it’s not only what one might say (or scream) that can get you killed, but anything you come into contact with. This means the spaces within the world of A Quiet Place can go from a sanctuary to a trap in a heartbeat. In order to create an environment that was as claustrophobic and terrifying as the film’s brilliant premise,
Black Panther, A Quiet Place & More Make Oscars VFX Shortlist
Awards season has officially begun, and it’s already looking quite good for Black Panther. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their shortlist for the visual effects category today, which includes more or less all the films you’d expect to see, with a few pleasant surprises. A few of these movies you haven’t seen yet, like Bumblebee and Welcome to Marwen,
John Krasinski is “Definitely Involved” in A Quiet Place 2
Do: Be afraid of what comes next in the A Quiet Place Sequel. Do not: Worry about the movie being rushed into theaters by the wrong people.
Besides confirming plans for a sequel, Paramount have said very little about the follow-up to John Krasinski’s masterclass in horror. Krasinski wrote, directed, and starred in the 2017 film, but considering his involvement in other projects like Amazon’s Jack Ryan,
A Behind the Scenes Look at the Creation of A Quiet Place‘s Predators
Ever wonder about the practicalities of shooting a creature feature like A Quiet Place? Here’s a glimpse behind the curtain with an all-new featurette, via Collider.
The scene in focus is undoubtedly one of the most stress-inducing of the entire film. Evelyn (Emily Blunt) is hiding from the movie’s terrifying alien predators in her basement. The room is quickly flooding, but unable to leave with her newborn,
Sequel Synopsis: A Quiet Place and Cloverfield Scare Up More Films
People often talk about the superhero dominance in theaters right now. While it is valid to say we’re seeing some of the best comic movies ever, horror is also having a moment. Cerebral thrillers from Get Out to A Quiet Place are redefining the genre, and audiences are rewarding these risk-taking filmmakers. We are unbelievably pumped for Laurie Storde and Michael Myers to meet face to mask again this Halloween.
Rampage Roars While A Quiet Place Still Soars
Mutant beasts and murderous aliens dominated the box office this weekend. Dwayne Johnson’s new film, Rampage, was officially released in theaters Friday April 13 with an A- CinemaScore, and has already made $34.5 million domestically and $148.6 million globally—that’s a lot of zeroes—and that’s only in three days. This has placed Johnson, his gorilla pal George and the rest of the colossal crew in the top spot this week domestic box offices.
How A Quiet Place Sound Designers Made Audiences Afraid of Their Own Noise
There are rules to the monster invasion in A Quiet Place and you must learn them quickly to survive. The movie’s characters have had over a year to observe the creatures, but the audience is gifted only a few precious minutes to learn before the first attack. The predators are blind, but they hear everything. Barefoot steps on a soft sand path is permissible. Screaming is not. Supervising sound editors Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl,
A Quiet Place Opening Numbers Confirm the Hype Around John Krasinski’s First Horror Film
A Quiet Place is making a whole lot of noise. The SXSW darling finally opened this weekend and captured $50 million domestically. With a budget of just $17 million, that’s some serious earnings. John Krasinski’s horror flick earned a total of $71 million worldwide just this weekend landing at the top of the box office just ahead of Ready Player One.
Krasinski went bold as a first-time director,
Cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen on Breathing Life Into A Quiet Place‘s Terrifying Apocalypse
In a landscape dominated by whizz-bang actioners, A Quiet Place stands alone. Directed by John Krasinski and starring Emily Blunt, it’s a nearly dialogue-free, smartly subtle genre exercise that’s as much creature feature as it is a stirring family drama, a post-apocalyptic thriller centered on a family beset by malevolent monsters that use sound to track their prey. But in a landscape of utter quiet, it’s the film’s gorgeous look – executed by cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen – that ultimately fills out the lush world in which the monster movie peril plays out.
Review Roundup: John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place a Horror Masterpiece
When John Krasinki’s A Quiet Place opened SXSW this year, the horror-loving Austin crowd showered it with affection. SlashFilm’s Angie Han tweeted that the film was “INCREDIBLY effective: my hands hurt from clenching my fists this whole time. So tense people were actually screaming.” Jamie Broadnax, the founder of Black Girl Nerds, also took to Twitter to say that the film “had me jerking in my seat throughout the whole movie.” By the time we posted this story about the film’s final trailer,
Behold The Final Trailer for John Krasinski’s Critically Acclaimed Horror A Quiet Place
You know you’ve got a hot horror film on your hands when the genre loving, horror obsessed SXSW crowd showers your movie with love. This is a festival that really digs its horror films, and John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place opened this year’s SXSW in a big way. Here’s how Rolling Stone‘s David Fear (the perfect byline) reported on how Krasinki’s film was received:
“‘Opening-night film selections should be fun!”
John Krasinski Writes New Rules for Horror with A Quiet Place At SXSW
Jim Halpert on The Office was always great at pranks, but none of them were quite this chilling. Mostly known for his comedic roles, John Krasinski directed his first horror film, and it’s one of an early hit out of SXSW. A Quiet Place has an intriguing premise and the trailers have been terrifying us for months. Audience members said they were thoroughly satisfied by the story and it was really,
A Quiet Place Reveals a Glimpse of the Monster in Terrifically Tense new Trailer
Paramount has released another trailer for writer/director John Krasinski’s upcoming horror film A Quiet Place. This is only the second trailer, following the first full length trailer and a delightfully spooky teaser; these previous peeks left viewers wondering what, exactly, was haunting the family and forcing them into this mute existence. This new trailer gives us just a glimpse of what this monster is all about.
A Child’s Toy Turns Deadly in A Quiet Place Teaser
“If they hear you, they hunt you,” the trailer for A Quiet Place warns. A new look at the terrifying thriller aired last night during the Super Bowl. Though shorter than the first teaser, the spot offers a new look at the dangerous world the family lives in. The world has been plunged into silence as the spot opens with Emily Blunt standing in front of multiple television screens broadcasting a catastrophic event.
Watch the First Teaser for John Krasinski & Emily Blunt’s Mysterious A Quiet Place
“Move carefully, and never make a sound.” These are the warnings delivered in the opening moments of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place, a supernatural thriller that is quiet a swerve since his last directorial effort, 2016’s romantic comedy The Hollars. A Quiet Place’s premise, as far as we can tell, is that Krasinski and his real life wife Emily Blunt play a married couple who, along with their children,
