It feels like every shot has been considered incredibly carefully as the film ticks like a clock on a bomb, perfectly balancing scares with scenes that set up the emotional stakes and the world of these characters.
In the film, creatures are blind and communicate through clicking sounds.
Lee then swears to Evelyn that he will find their children and bring them back safely.
On his way inside, Emmett grabs a random child from the field and brings him inside, and hides him in a closet with another child.
It helps a great deal that Krasinski completely sticks the landing.
And the danger is intensified in the following sequence as the youngest child finds a toy that makes noise and.