10 Movies That Got Real Dark, Real Fast

3. A Quiet Place

The Lion King Scar Mufasa
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From the beginning of his feature directorial debut, John Krasinski proved himself to be a master of suspense. The opening minutes of A Quiet Place are as close to silent as possible, setting the eerie tone for the story and the situation itself.

Things first escalate when the young boy of the family picks up some batteries for a rocket toy, that just so happens to make a loud noise. When he turns it on - to the horror of the rest of his family - they are a good few hundred yards away, so the father sprints towards him immediately.

Even in spite of the movie's tense opening, nobody expected those hideous aliens to beat Krasinski to his son. Surely, the movie wouldn’t open with such a brutal death after what was a relatively calm - if eerie - first few minutes?

Turns out that yes, yes it would. That innocent kid was killed just a fraction of a second before his dad was able to save him. This fractured the family beyond repair, and gave the entire movie a whole new tone for the rest of its runtime.

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