This post investigates the film A Quiet Place, which follows the Abbott family; husband Lee, wife Evelyn, daughter Regan, sons Marcus and Beau through a post-apocalyptic America. The world created is extremely quiet due to the invasion of a blind armoured creature, that hunts by sound using hypersonic hearing. The Abbott family, have a distinct advantage, with their eldest child Evelyn suffering from a hearing impairment, meant the family know how to communicate through sign language. An advantage indeed when the hunters in this tale hunt by sound. The quiet nature of this world and lack of dialogue emphasises the sound design to push the narrative. Sound editors Ethan Van der Ry, Erik Aadahl and Brandon Jones, have created three forms of silence, each with a unique tension, one of which is being an active participant watching the film, this paper will investigate the three forms of silence and how it impacts both on-screen characters and the audience alike.