46: A Quiet Place (2018)

This week we tackled A Quiet Place, and one thing we’re completely sure of is that our family absolutely would not survive. John Krasinski's 2018 PG-13 creature feature is 91 minutes of the most efficient horror storytelling we've covered. We dig into Industrial Light & Magic’s last-minute creature redesign, the cochlear implant debate, and what it means to watch a parent-child horror film when your kids are close to the age of the kids on screen. And as always, we debut our new songs inspired by the film - John’s is a banger and Rachel’s has Disney chords. Citations Bishop, J.W. “How John Karsinski Created ‘A Quiet Place’.” Smithsonian Magazine. December 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/john-krasinski-created-quiet-place-180970716/. Flaherty, Keely. “Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Monsters in ‘A Quiet Place’.” BuzzFeed. 11 April 2018. Kincheloe, Pamela J. “’A Quiet Place’ Falls Into a Tired Trope About Deafness.” HuffPost. 16 April 2018. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-kincheloe-quiet-place-deaf-people_n_5ad10645e4b0edca2cb9acc6. Krasinski, John. “The Making of A Quiet Place”. Empire. 20 April 2018. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/making-quiet-place-john-krasinski/. “Millicent Simmonds on Reprising Her ‘A Quiet Place’ Role.” Casting Frontier. 7 June 2021. https://castingfrontier.com/blog/blog-millicent-simmonds-on-reprising-her-quiet-place-role/. Nichols, Mackenzie. “’A Quiet Place II’ Star Millicent Simmonds on Casting Hearing Actors as Deaf Characters: ‘It’s Not Fair’.” Variety. 28 May 2021. https://variety.com/2021/film/features/quiet-place-2-millicent-simmons-john-krasinski-1234977160/. “Tom Wholley ‘11 On Creating Monsters for ‘A Quiet Place’.” Gordon College Alumni Stories. 8 December 2021. https://www.gordon.edu/stories/tom-wholley-11-on-creating-monsters-for-a-quiet-place. Trapunski, Charles. “Interview: A Quiet Place’s Noah Jupe.” 9 July 2018. Brief Take. https://brieftake.com/interview-a-quiet-place-noah-jupe/. Van Horn, Shawn. “John Krasinski Completely Changed ‘A Quiet Place’ Monsters at the Last Second.” Collider. 29 May 2024. https://collider.com/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place-monsters/. Waxler, Caroline. “Episode 8: John Krasinski, ‘A Quiet Place’”. On Writing. 7 December 2018. https://www.wgaeast.org/onwriting/john-krasinski-a-quiet-place/. Wiese, Jason. “Millicent Simmonds: 5 Cool Things to Know About A Quiet Place Part II Actress.” Cinema Blend. 7 June 2021. https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2568520/millicent-simmonds-cool-things-to-know-about-a-quiet-place-part-ii-actress.   Chapters 00:00 Intro 06:26 Intro: Distribution & Reception 21:53 Let's Make a Movie: Filmmakers 33:03 Let's Make a Movie: Cast 40:31 Let's Make a Movie: Production 49:56 Vibe Check: Cinematography 56:39 Vibe Check: SFX 1:04:09 Vibe Check: Music & Sound Design 1:12:53 Story Time: Characters 1:31:30 Story Time: Murder & Mayhem 1:52:20 Story Time: Themes 2:08:41 Open Mic 2:22:14 Losing Light