<P> A Quiet Place is a 2018 American horror film directed by John Krasinski, who stars with Emily Blunt, his real - life spouse . The film is produced by Michael Bay's company, Platinum Dunes, which is also run by Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller . Scott Beck and Bryan Woods began working on the story in 2014, and Paramount Pictures bought their spec script in 2017 . Krasinski then joined as a director and wrote a new draft of the script . Principal photography took place later in the year in upstate New York . In A Quiet Place, a family must live life in silence while hiding from creatures which hunt by sound . </P> <P> A Quiet Place premiered at South by Southwest on March 9, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, by Paramount Pictures . It became a major box office hit, grossing $326 million worldwide, and received acclaim from critics, who called it a "smart, wickedly frightening good time". A sequel is currently in development . </P> <P> Over three months in 2020, most of Earth's human population has been wiped out by sightless creatures with hypersensitive hearing and a seemingly impenetrable armored shell that attack anything that makes noise . The Abbott family--husband Lee, wife Evelyn, congenitally deaf daughter Regan, and sons Marcus and Beau--silently scavenge for supplies in a deserted town . While out in the open, the family communicates with American Sign Language . Four - year - old Beau is drawn to a battery - operated space shuttle toy, but his father takes it away . Regan returns the toy to Beau, who unbeknownst to her has also taken the batteries his father removed . Beau activates the shuttle when the family is walking home through the woods, near a bridge . Its noise makes him an instant target for a nearby creature, and he is swiftly killed . </P> <P> A year later, Regan still struggles with guilt over her brother's death, Evelyn is in the final stages of pregnancy, and Lee is fruitlessly trying to make radio contact with the outside world . Lee attempts to upgrade Regan's cochlear implant to restore her hearing, but the device fails . Later, Lee takes Marcus to a nearby river to teach him to fish while Regan visits Beau's grave . Lee explains to Marcus that they will always be safe from the creatures so long as louder sounds mask their audible movements . Alone at the house, Evelyn goes into labor earlier than expected . While making her way to their specially modified soundproof basement, she steps on a large nail . In pain, she accidentally drops a glass picture frame and alerts a nearby creature . Evelyn flips a switch that changes the exterior house lights to red as a danger signal to the others, and struggles to remain silent during her contractions . </P>

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