That film remains a singular horror movie theater experience, turning every bozo crinkling their Skittles wrapper into the side-eye enemy of every other terrified moviegoer. After all, so much of A Quiet Place's power comes from its concept, a world overrun with violent extraterrestrials with hearing so super-sensitive that any survivors must live in complete silence. When John Krasinski's A Quiet Placedropped in 2018, felt like such a specifically thrilling flash of lightning caught in a bottle that the quickly-announced sequel seemed like putting a hat on a hat.
