Ahead of the sequel dropping this week, Rewind of the Living Dead travels back to 2018 to review the original film “A Quiet Place”…
When John Krasinski wrapped his role in “The Office” back in 2013, he was left at a crossroads in his career. He could have easily stuck to comedy, a genre that gave him a comfortable home for man years but he also yearned to branch out and do something different.
So he began directing features as well as developing films such as “Manchester By the Sea” alongside Matt Damon. He also signed onto star in the Amazon Prime series “Jack Ryan,” which was based on the famed character from author Tom Clancy.
It was around this time that two of the producers from the show asked him if he’d be interested in acting in a horror film. At first, Krasinski balked at the idea but then they told him the premise — “it’s about a family that can’t make any noise, and you have to figure out why.” He was immediately hooked and after reading the script from Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, Krasinski was convinced that he needed to make this movie about a family trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where the smallest sound can result in monstrous creatures killing anything and everything around you.
A suggestion from his wife, actress Emily Blunt, eventually led to him rewriting the script and signing onto direct the movie as well. The film then became a family affair after Emily read the script and decided she really wanted to play the wife in the movie, which is something her husband John had always wanted but didn’t want to pressure her into doing.
Filmed on a $17 million budget, Krasinski took his small cast to upstate New York and what resulted was one of the most successful horror films in recent history after the movie opened with $50 million in the first weekend before grossing over $340 million worldwide.
In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re going to stay as silent as possible and avoid any nails on the stairs as we review the 2018 film “A Quiet Place”…
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