ComingSoon Editor in Chief Tyler Treese spoke with A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski about the prequel, which is available digitally now.

“Experience the day the world fell silent in this terrifying sequel to the A Quiet Place universe. When Samira (Lupita Nyong’o) returns home to New York City, her simple trip turns into a terrifying nightmare when mysterious creatures that hunt by sound attack. Accompanied by her cat Frodo and an unexpected ally (Joseph Quinn), Samira must navigate a perilous journey through a city suddenly silent, where the only rule is to stay quiet to stay alive. Djimon Hounsou and Alex Wolff also star in this intensely suspenseful thriller,” the synopsis reads.

Tyler Treese: This is going to sound ironic, but I swear this is as true and honest as it gets, but I've really struggled in the past with relating to heroes in apocalypse movies. I don't think my will to live is as great in that scenario. But I really connected to the idea of just having one really good last slice of pizza before you go. I just love that. What was it like finding that goalpost? It really spoke to me.

Michael Sarnoski: I think for me it was kind of the same. It was like, okay, I've seen a lot of apocalypse movies. They've covered the whole spectrum. I know why people in these worlds are fighting to save their children or whatever. I was kind of tired of some of that stuff and I was just trying to figure out what kind of things would excite me in that world and what kind of storylines and what kind of characters I hadn't seen before that would appeal to me.