[WATCH] Netflix’s ‘The Silence’ Looks Like ‘Bird Box’ & ‘Quiet

Prior to Netflix’s Bird Box swallowing up social media with memes and provoking the ill-advised Bird Box Challenge, individuals observed how a lot it evoked John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place. The Sandra Bullock-starring mission was truly based mostly upon Josh Malerman’s 2014 novel of the identical identify, however that didn’t matter. People endlessly in contrast the 2 apocalyptic movies with high-concepts that hinged upon senses, and now, Netflix is embracing these similarities (and hoping for a repeat) with this trailer for The Silence, which revolves round apocalyptic, bird-like predators who hunt by sound.

There’s additionally a contact of Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina available, on condition that the movie stars Kiernan Shipka and Miranda Otto with John Corbett (shout out to the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before dad) alongside for the experience, so it’s principally a Netflix-bred monster. Of course, The Silence additionally suffers from one other Bird Box syndrome (wrongly being accused of copycatting) in that it’s based mostly upon a 2015 novel by Tim Lebbon, but Netflix is definitely joyful to encourage and and all comparisons to their smash hit.

Stanley Tucci additionally stars within the movie, and look, a cult. That’s not unsettling in any respect.

Annabelle director John Leonetti helmed The Silence, and on condition that Netflix is liable to protecting issues near its sleeve till proper earlier than a mission drops, there’s not a lot of a synopsis available, apart from this: “A family struggles to survive after deadly creatures that hunt by sound invade the planet.”

The Silence debuts on Netflix on April 10.