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Soft & Quiet2022

Name: Soft & Quiet
Genre: Psychological, Survival
Released: 2022-11-04
Rating: 6.5

Directed by Beth de Araújo

6.5

Crypt Score

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IMDb 6.2Metacritic 82TMDB 6.4

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Year

2022

Runtime

91 min

Box Office

Revenue (worldwide)

$2,976

🏆 1 win & 6 nominations total

The premise

Taking place in real time, elementary school teacher Emily organizes a mixer of like-minded women, but an altercation between a woman from Emily’s past and the group leads to a volatile chain of events.

Horror Vault's take

Shot in a single unbroken take in real time, Soft & Quiet follows an elementary school teacher whose seemingly ordinary gathering of women rapidly unravels into something deeply sinister. What begins as a quiet meetup among ideologically aligned acquaintances accelerates into a harrowing chain of irreversible events driven by prejudice and group dynamics. Director Beth de Araújo crafts an unrelenting pressure-cooker that forces viewers to witness ugliness without the mercy of a cut. It is a provocative, viscerally uncomfortable film that refuses to look away.

Content: Racist Violence And Hate Speech, Sexual Violence And Rape, Extreme Psychological Distress, Graphic Physical Violence, Deeply Disturbing Themes Throughout