A Quiet Place(2018)
2018 · John Krasinski · 91 min
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Horror · Drama · Science Fiction
7.415.7k votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How A Quiet Place scares
It opens slow and careful, letting the silence itself build the tension before pushing into sharper bursts of danger as the story moves forward. Most of the fear comes from watching a family try to survive without making a sound, so every small noise feels like it could be deadly. The creatures do show up and attack fast when they do, but the bigger scare is the constant pressure of staying quiet and the fear of losing someone you love. It's tense and emotional rather than gory, good for people who want a scare with real heart behind it.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, A Quiet Place rates psychological 4/5, visceral 4/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 40 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 25 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 55 of 100 — balanced
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A tense, hushed slow burn with periodic jolts that tightens steadily into a breathless, high-pressure final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 4.
How scary is A Quiet Place?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, A Quiet Place rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be restrained with gore and scary but not punishing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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