The Abbotts—father Lee, pregnant mother Evelyn, and their children Regan and Marcus—live on a remote farm. They communicate using American Sign Language and have modified their environment to be soundproof, using sand paths to muffle their footsteps and painting floorboards to mark where they won't creak. A Precarious Life The family’s fragile peace is constantly under threat.
In a world where sound is a death sentence, the Abbott family survives in near-total silence. Set in 2020 (over a year after the initial invasion), they have adapted their lives to avoid blind, extraterrestrial predators that hunt with hyper-sensitive hearing. The World of Silence A Quiet Place 2018
: Lee spends his days trying to find the creatures' weakness and repairing Regan's cochlear implant, desperate to help his deaf daughter navigate a world she cannot hear. The Breaking Point The Abbotts—father Lee, pregnant mother Evelyn, and their