I agree with the review in general but I felt like Beltrami's score (apart from maybe one or two moments of 'jump scare') provided an emotional language of its own to fill in the silence from the characters. I noticed it more during the quiet moments, and realized that unlike in most noisy films, here Beltrami had a chance to truly grab full control of the emotional narrative free of audio distractions. I wondered how a 'quiet' movie might fare in a theater where people are often noisy and uncooperative with dead silence... but I need not have worried, since Beltrami kept everyone riveted and respectful.

Damn - I don't watch horror, but after this review I want to see this. Do the creatures look like Dwight?

Watched this movie yesterday. And boy, THIS IS ONE NOT TO MISS!!! First
of all, Emily Blunt is such a phenomenal actress, a star to be reckoned
with. Her acting is so real, so genuine! Along with her husband John
Krasinski,(who co-wrote and deftly directed), and the children's acting
(especially the young deaf actress Millicent Simmonds, with her raw and
intense performance), makes for one truly remarkable
thriller/suspense/horror experience. This movie is a well-executed study
in tension. There is one scene in the movie that will have everyone in
the audience holding their breath throughout the entire sequence (I
won't give it away). This scene alone is worth the price of admission. I
hope that this movie opens HUGE!! It deserves it. I give it two big
thumbs up and 5 out of 5 stars!!!!! SEE IT THIS WEEKEND!

It "sounds" like an interesting idea, but considering all the things we humans - in fact, all sorts of living things - do bodily, without control, that make sounds (for humans...burping, coughing, sneezing, yawning, etc.) virtually no living species of mammal would be alive past 1 week.

And why would one engage in sexual activity, which itself lends toward creating sounds, and risk creating a situation of almost certain death, from labor to the birth of a continuous sound machine?