20 Most WTF Movie Moments Of 2018 (So Far)

20. The Youngest Son Dies 10 Minutes In - A Quiet Place

A Quiet Place
Paramount

John Krasinski's stomach-knottingly intense thriller begins as it means to go on, by opening with the Abbott family making their way home across town as quietly as possible. This is in order to avoid attracting the alien creatures which have invaded Earth and hunt their human prey by sound.

However, those plans are quickly scuppered when the youngest Abbott child, Beau (Cade Woodward), sets off a sound on his toy space shuttle, alerting the nearby creatures to his presence.

Though father Lee (Krasinski) makes a desperate dash to save his son, poor Beau is snatched away and killed by the monster, followed by a harsh cut to black.

It's a hell of a way to kick things off, setting the tone, establishing that nobody is safe (not even the kids) and somewhat papering over the absurdity of Lee and his wife Evelyn (Emily Blunt) deciding to have another kid in the middle of an alien invasion.

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