A Quiet Place is a “relentlessly fun and tense” horror-triller that’s become a word-of-mouth hit, grossing $50 million in its domestic opening weekend on a $17 million budget (and already making over $75 million worldwide). Not bad for a film that was almost a Cloverfield sequel (whomp whomp).
A Quiet Place is the third film directed by The Office (American version) star John Krasinski, who told us he never expected to make a horror movie because he can’t watch them. More importantly, his role in The Office has created great potential for jokes, like the parody mashup video above from Media Muse, who have reimagined the movie with Dwight Schrute’s cousin Mose as an alien with hypersensitive hearing and murderous intent.
Many of the jokes being made about A Quiet Place reference the opening scene of the eleventh episode of the eighth season of The Office, “Trivia,” in which the employees of Dunder Mifflin try to play the quiet game. Twitter also noticed the similarities between the two.
a quiet place (2018) pic.twitter.com/U4mJxRfaj8
— Bob Vulfov (@bobvulfov) April 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/imchriskelly/status/982806305042771970
A Quiet Place, but every time someone makes any noise, John Krasinski hits the camera with one of these pic.twitter.com/s6xQmdHxPx
— Landon (@igotdefeverman) April 8, 2018
Plenty of people also made the obvious jokes about noisy theatergoers:
https://twitter.com/fashioniconluke/status/983096745981689866
Trying to eat popcorn during A Quiet Place was exhausting pic.twitter.com/A5L537NBOa
— Dane Cardiel (@danecardiel) April 8, 2018
Me in the theater watching 'A Quiet Place' pic.twitter.com/uRDgrZ1oPL
— NoahJ (@NoahJ456) April 9, 2018
anytime I tried biting into my reese’s pieces while watching A Quiet Place I felt like I was risking the safety of the theater
— Nate Z (@NathanZed) April 8, 2018
me trying to eat my popcorn during A QUIET PLACE pic.twitter.com/aXMQNZ5SMo
— sreekar (@sreekyshooter) April 7, 2018
Having just seen A Quiet Place I have decided that the only man I will ever allow to shush me is John Krasinski.
— Georgie Henley (@geohenleyreal) April 8, 2018
Others shared alternate theories, comparisons, and movie titles:
Definitely go see "A Quiet Place" the movie my husband calls DANGER SOUND IN MONSTER TOWN
— Jennifer Wright (@JenAshleyWright) April 11, 2018
A Quiet Place (2018) pic.twitter.com/lG4oWhVUjK
— milesthemage (@MilesMcBride3) April 9, 2018
A Quiet Place is just a documentary about visiting your friends who have a baby.
— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) April 9, 2018
I’ve concluded that ‘A Quiet Place’ isn’t a thriller/horror movie, but an avant garde take on theater ettiquette.
— sammy not sam (@iamsamantic) April 9, 2018
ME: what would you like to do tonight
DATE: let’s go see A Quiet Place
ME: okay
[later]
ME: *pulls up in front of public library* welp there it is— FRO VO (@fro_vo) April 11, 2018
And at least one deep thinker is about to blow this whole thing wide open:
“A Quiet Place” is a dystopian film about what happened if Pam never bought Jim that Coke so he could get unjinxed.
— Angie Treasure (@snark_tank) April 8, 2018
(Hat tip to Blame It On The Voices and Buzzfeed)
