A Quiet Place: Day one trailer released
What is A Quiet Place: Day One about?
The 2018 post-apocalyptic horror film A Quiet Place deservedly won critical raves and an Oscar for sound editing. Sound, and often the absence thereof, was used to build suspense and create extremely effective jump scares. The 2021 sequel followed the same basic rules. So it’s a bit jarring that the official trailer for the new spinoff film, A Quiet Place: Day One, is rife with the sounds of New York City streets. It’s written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, who co-wrote the original film with John Krasinski.
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The trailer opens by briefly reminding us of what came before: the Abbott family on Day 471, before tragedy struck, followed by the survivors on Day 477, including a brief glimpse of Murphy’s Emmett. Then the clock winds back to Day 1 as Sam walks down the streets of Manhattan holding a pretty white cat.
Official trailer
Naturally, all hell breaks loose as the creatures crash to Earth and promptly begin devouring any readily available humans. (They’re probably just cranky and ravenous after that interstellar journey.) There’s very little dialogue, and not much else happens, so we’ll have to see whether Sarnoski has successfully fleshed out a spinoff backstory for this fascinating fictional world.
Krasinski originally intended A Quiet Place to be a one-off standalone film, but it was a critical and box office hit, ultimately grossing $340 million globally against its modest $17 million budget. So naturally, there was a sequel featuring the surviving family members as they processed their loss and encountered other survivors, including Emmett (Cillian Murphy), a former family friend who lost his pregnant wife and two sons and became a bitter hermit.
Regan decided to help the others defend themselves against the predators, and Emmett reluctantly joined her mission. Meanwhile, Evelyn and Marcus tried to keep the new baby safe and quiet while waiting for Regan and Emmett to return.