This faithful chapter in the horror franchise is all tension, no release S ilence is golden, especially when it comes to horror . It doesn’t matter if you’re being pursued by a knife-wielding maniac or a demonic beastie straight from hell, the trick to staying alive is avoiding creaky floorboards, trying not to sneeze while hiding under the bed and never running towards the scary noises. READ MORE: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ review: back-to-basics prequel feels smaller but still scream-worthy A Quiet Place (2018) went even further with hushed survival.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where bulletproof aliens have butchered most of civilisation after crash-landing on Earth, the film follows The Abbott Family as they try and keep the volume down. See, the invading Death Angels don’t actually have a motive – just a knee-jerk desire to viciously destroy any living thing that makes a sound. The Quiet Place universe has expanded in both directions with a 2020 sequel and 2024’s Day One prequel but the threat has always remained the same.
And now the Death Angels are expanding their killing spree to include video games, with Stormind Games’ survival thriller A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead . Clinging tightly to the rules established by the films, it’s a frustratingly faithful addition to one of modern horror’s most exciting new franchises. After a brief, pre-disaster introduction to our hero Alex and her goofy boyfriend Martin, we flash forward 44 days to find the pai.
