Everyone is terrified to eat popcorn during 'A Quiet Place'

SHHHHHHHH.
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Annie Colbert
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Keep your popcorn, and your Whoppers, and your crunchy-as-hell nachos out of the movie theater this weekend. Please.

John Krasinski's thriller A Quiet Place debuted Friday and has stunned movie goers into stomach-grumbling silence. The film's plot (no spoilers) revolves around a young family's effort to survive in a world taken over by sound-sensitive monsters who hunt by noise.

The storyline means much of the film is nerve-wrackingly silent, amplifying every real-life sound. That has left every person who ordered theater food terrified that a monster is going to rip their face off. And left every person sitting next to someone chomping on popcorn very annoyed.

Listen, I get it, movie popcorn drenched in butter is a gift from the saturated fat heavens. And a giant box of Junior Mints tastes better in the theater. I KNOW. But please for all of us, just go to Chili's or something after.

Annie Colbert
Annie Colbert

Annie Colbert* is the Executive Editor at Mashable.

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