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Movie Review: ‘A Quiet Place’

It has no skin! Or does it? This sculpture of an alien is said to be from the H.R. Giger Museum.
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I finally saw A Quiet Place yesterday evening. It was really good in almost all aspects. The story to this film was not made to be merely an audience pleaser. This was an intelligently made movie with well-developed characters and a well-written storyline. But the monsters were designed terribly. So as not to create any spoilers I won’t go into too many details, but at many points in the film the monsters looked like they were cut open in parts of their bodies. I know that’s been a major characteristic in the creatures of horror films ever since Alienin the late ‘70s, but it’s been over done too many times.

I’m not against the design of the Alien movies’ exoskeleton creatures that’s muscle tissues seem to be exposed. In fact, the first movie has been one of my favourites among sci fi horror. But those monsters were Ridley Scott and H.R. Giger’s creations and so were unique to them. After the first movie, it seemed like monsters in every sci fi horror flick, both Alienknock-offsand filmswith original storylines, were skinless regardless of what environments they evolved from.

(Warning:Even though I said I’m trying not to give away spoilers, some of the details ahead may be considered by some to be spoilers. Enter at your own risk!)

It was no different with the monsters in A Quiet Place. For what reason did the producers have to use monsters, that are not zombies, that’s intestines seem to be naturally exposed? No scientific knowledge in the movie indicates any kind of evolutionary element that determines such a characteristic. Speaking about characteristics, the monsters’ distinctive feature was their extrasensory hearing. So, particularly, the intestines of their ears appeared to be exposed all the time. Well, bats have extrasensory hearing too but evolution didn’t leave the skin off of their ears to show the intestines!

I think Hollywood studio executives just had to get their way with this movie in the end in order to make the profit they always want. Gore draws the masses, especially here in the commercial-infested U.S. And so, very unfortunately because A Quiet Place was made with such high quality on almost every level, the logic of world-building has once again been sacrificed for capital gain.

Have you seen A Quiet Place? If so, what did you think of it? What did you think of the monsters?

Until next time. . .


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