A Quiet Place: Monsters explained – Are they aliens? John Krasinski reveals the truth

The film has become an indisputable hit worldwide, amassing critical acclaim and strong ticket sales.

Part of what has made it so popular with critics is the scarce amount of exposition – after all, with its lack of dialogue being one of its biggest selling points, there isn’t room for explainers.

All the audience needs to know is that monsters are hunting humans based on sound alone.

Still, that doesn’t mean Krasinski didn’t meticulously dig into the who, why and how of the monsters during the production process.

He told Empire’s podcast: “They are absolutely aliens. They’re from another planet.

“Where I developed the idea of them and what I wanted them to look like was most alien movies are about takeovers, agendas, they’re a thinking alien creature.

“And for me this idea of a predator, this idea of a parasite, this idea of something that is introduced into an ecosystem [was interesting].”

He added: “And the other idea was [the armour is] also the reason why they were able to survive kind of the explosion of their planet and then survive on these meteorites, because they’ve evolved to be bulletproof.

“Until they open themselves up to be vulnerable, they’re completely invulnerable.”

It has been suggested that a sequel to A Quiet Place could now be in the works, although nothing has been made official.

This weekend the movie faces competition from Rampage and Truth Or Date at the box office, but is expected to fare pretty well regardless.

According to Box Office Prophet, it should net another $25 million in the US, enough to finish in second place behind Rampage.

A Quiet Place is out now.