9 Devastating Horror Movie Deaths You Couldn't Look Away From

A Quiet Place was a shock of a film. It came out of nowhere and quickly established itself as one of the strongest entries in the genre in recent years. Starring the husband and wife team of John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, it details humanity's attempts to survive in a world that has been overrun by monsters who will respond to the smallest sound.

The couple begins the film with three children - Regan, Marcus, and Beau. They make a trip into town to pick up whatever supplies that they can, having carved a new living for themselves on a farm. There is very little to establish what exactly it is that they are so frightened of, save for their clear aversion to noise. Beau, the youngest child, knows to stay quiet, but fails to understand just how important it is.

He finds a toy in the shop of a space shuttle. Regan, trying to be kind, makes the fatal error of giving him batteries to make it work. This causes the toy to light up and make sounds on their walk home.

With a feeling of icy dread floating down the audience's back, both Evelyn and Lee turn in horror to see this. Lee begins to run as fast as he can to get the toy away from his son - but he isn't fast enough. One of the monsters erupts from the forest, and Beau is killed in front of the entire family.

And this is all in the opening act of the film.