A QUIET PLACE (2018)

It's quiet in here—a little TOO quiet—as The Unenthusiastic Critic continues her 2019 Horror Movie Marathon with A Quiet Place (2018), starring John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, and Noah Jupe.  First, we're using a handy flowchart to talk about horror's various genres and sub-genres, and to accidentally invent a new Myers-Briggs-type personality test based on whether you're the type of person who prefers giant monster movies to redneck slasher films. (We also discover—over the course of a fairly random and directionless discussion—that Nakea has very definite ideas about which terrifying creatures are and are not bangable.) Then, we're sitting down for John Krasinski's recent horror hit, for a lively discussion about silent survival techniques, the hubris of having a baby during the apocalypse, and whether—like many of the best horror movies—A Quiet Place is unintentionally expressing a lot of white anxieties about societal changes.   So put your headphones in, crank up the volume, and touch the sound of silence with the Unenthusiastic Critic.  Program 0:00: Intro 0:38: Preliminary Conversation: Horror Genres 12:50: Interlude: Emily Blunt on A Quiet Place 13:49: Cultural Osmosis: Pre-Viewing Discussion 20:31: Interlude: Original Trailer and Shameful Plea 21:43: The Verdict 1: Post-Viewing Discussion 1:03:18: Outro and Next Week's Movie 1:04:17: Outtake For show-notes, links, additional episodes, and other information, please go to unaffiliatedcritic.com.