A Quiet Place Part II is now out in theaters. It is an exciting sequel to the original that gives a small glimpse of Day 1 of the alien invasion. But there was a topic introduced in the sequel that resembles another alien film, and the writers of A Quiet Place once thought of making their movie connect to the Cloverfield universe. The monster designs even look a little similar in the two franchises. A Quiet Place Part II introduced the idea that the monsters are weakened by water, much like they are in Signs. Do the aliens in these movies come from the same place?
So far, the aliens in A Quiet Place have not shown any grand intelligence and actually behave more like drones who are being controlled by a greater threat. The aliens do not kill humans and animals for food, but instead, they kill them to eliminate the source of sound. This is because of the aliens' super hearing abilities that are very sensitive to even the smallest of sounds. Sound may actually cause them harm, so they react by destroying whatever is making it.
It's possible these aliens are working for a larger queen, like in James Cameron's Aliens, and are freeing their new world from all sounds so it can be safe for the queen. For the most part, these creatures are indestructible. They have armor so strong that even crash landing on Earth by a meteor could not kill them. But a high frequency in sound causes the armor to pull away from their bodies, revealing a way to kill the monsters. Regan's hearing aid can be turned up all the way, causing the aliens to be able to hear sounds even louder, which puts them in some kind of pain.
As it turns out, this is not the only way the aliens can be killed. Apparently, these aliens are incapable of swimming. It is not clear if water itself kills them, or if their armored bodies are too heavy and it causes them to sink. Either way, this seems oddly similar to M. Night Shyamalan's movieSigns where the aliens are allergic to water and it actually burns their skin. It doesn't seem likely that these two species of aliens are identical, but it's possible they come from the same planet or share some genetic coding. The aliens in Signs were leaving their failing home planet in order to scavenge Earth for supplies.
The creatures in A Quiet Place may have been abandoning the same planet, but just took longer to arrive on Earth since they are not as intelligent as the ones in Signs. Or maybe, they only arrived on Earth after their own planet blew up, and they rode the pieces of rock as they hurtled towards Earth. M. Night Shyamalan's aliens had the ability to leave their home planet and travel to Earth very quickly, whereas the aliens in John Krasinski's films had to wait for nature to help them get off their planet. It's also interesting how both Krasinski and Shyamalan chose to show the alien invasion on a small scale through one singular family.
Not only do the aliens in A Quiet Place act similar to the ones in Signs, but they look similar to another alien from a different movie. There is a giant creature in Cloverfield that looks very similar to the design in Krasinski's films. Could a large creature like this be who the aliens in A Quiet Place are serving? The monster in Cloverfield was supposedly awoken from a piece of satellite that crashed into the ocean. It emerged from the water, and attacked everyone. Could the monster have been disturbed by the loud sound, just like how Krasinski's monsters would be?
In The Cloverfield Paradox, a team of scientists go into space to try and save Earth from a global energy crisis. However, they end up in a parallel world and open up portals to other universes. If the monsters from these three movies are not from the same planet, perhaps they still tie in together based on how they got to Earth. Although The Cloverfield Paradoxisn't that great of a movie, the events in that movie could have caused the aliens from Cloverfield, A Quiet Place, and Signs to all end up in the same place through the opening of portals.
Although the writers for A Quiet Place said they once pitched their idea as a Cloverfield tie-in, the executives at Paramount saw it as its own standalone movie, which excited the writers. There have been no confirmations about a connection between the three movies yet, but it certainly would be fun to have a movie spin-off (or perhaps a series) in which the different species of aliens are all escaping their home planet and coming to earth.