In the next chapter of “A Quiet Place” series, we delve deeper into a post-apocalyptic Earth besieged by deadly alien beings. Two key characters are expected to reappear in this continuation. The original 2018 film, “A Quiet Place,” was jointly written and directed by John Krasinski, and it revolved around a family’s struggle for survival in a world overrun by enormous extraterrestrial predators that locate their prey via sound. This premise led to the creation of silence as a means of survival among humans. The success of “A Quiet Place” was swiftly followed by its 2021 sequel, “A Quiet Place: Part II,” which offered insights into the initial stages of the world’s collapse due to the aliens (later known as “Death Angels” or “Listeners”) and introduced numerous new characters, broadening the franchise’s narrative scope. A standalone film titled “A Quiet Place: Day One” was released in 2024, focusing on the very first day of the creature’s invasion.
In the announcement of “A Quiet Place: Part III,” numerous possibilities arise for the story’s setting and characters, considering the global nature of the invasion and over 8 billion people impacted. Nevertheless, it’s highly likely that Eric (Joseph Quinn) and his adopted cat Frodo will reappear in “A Quiet Place: Part III.” This is because they played crucial roles in the original film and have a significant connection to its protagonist, Sam (Lupita Nyong’o).
Eric & Frodo Are Major Characters In A Quiet Place: Day One
In “A Quiet Place: Day One,” Sam is a woman battling terminal cancer, living her final days at a hospice. When alien creatures invade, she and other city dwellers must try to evacuate quietly. Eric encounters Sam after being guided by Frodo, a cat, out of the subway. Later, Eric teams up with Sam and her feline companion, aiming to flee towards the seaport, which is transporting survivors out of New York.
Throughout the entirety of the A Quiet Place series, the films are built around tales of survivors uniting in the face of catastrophic circumstances. The bond between Sam and Eric, an initially improbable pairing as they were brought together by Frodo, becomes a deeply meaningful friendship. In fact, Eric grants Sam’s heartfelt wish to revisit Patsy’s Pizzeria in Harlem, a place where she used to go with her father. As the conclusion of A Quiet Place: Day One unfolds, the friendship between Sam and Eric undergoes a change that is typical of the A Quiet Place narrative.
Sam Gave Her Life For Eric & Frodo To Live
When Sam, Eric, and Frodo finally reach a boat ferrying survivors away from New York, their efforts to escape are cut off when a group of the creatures arrive, blocking their exit. In the end, Sam makes a big decision in handing Frodo to Eric along with her sweater and a note. Sam then runs in the opposite direction setting off car alarms to divert the creatures away from Eric and Frodo. After getting a safe distance away from the dock, Sam then begins playing music loudly on a portable speaker, knowing this will attract the attention of the creatures, with one of them appearing behind her as the movie ends.
Meanwhile, as Eric and Frodo are evacuated with the other survivors, Eric reads the note Sam left him, which reads: “Eric, you better take care of my cat. Don’t rub his belly, he doesn’t like that. And don’t feed him too much, he’ll get fat. And thank you. Thank you for bringing me home. Thank you for helping me live again. I’d forgotten how the city sings. You can hear it when you’re quiet.” Sam’s sacrifice is every bit as emotional and selfless as that of Lee Abbott (John Krasinski) falling on the sword for his daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds) in the original Quiet Place, and the unspoken promise between Sam and Eric stemming from the former’s heroic death clearly demonstrates why Eric and Frodo need to be seen again in A Quiet Place: Part III.
How Eric & Frodo Could Return In A Quiet Place Part 3
With the invading creatures being unable to swim, any human refuge from them is naturally going to be established on an island, as seen in the island-based human outpost in A Quiet Place: Part II. With A Quiet Place: Day One showing Eric and Frodo as survivors of the creature’s first attack, the most obvious place for them to show up in A Quiet Place: Part III would be the same human encampment from A Quiet Place: Part II. Indeed, Djimon Hounsou’s Henri, first seen on the island in A Quiet Place: Part II (credited as “Man on Island”) is established as one of the survivors evacuated to the island in Day One, so it would stand to reason that Eric and Frodo made it there with him. All of that depends heavily on the timeline of when the movie takes place in relation to the rest of the series, but A Quiet Place: Part II already offered a brief preview of the alien creature’s first attack before jumping ahead a year, so a similar timeline overlap between parts II and III could certainly work for the latter to establish Eric and Frodo’s survival in the human outpost.
Of course, when one of the Death Angels makes its way to the island by way of an abandoned, drifting boat, many of the human colony’s survivors are killed, including Henri. Even though the Death Angel is eventually stopped itself by way of Regan’s high-pitched radio transmission killing it, that still leaves a lot of death and damage in the creature’s wake. Still, it’s entirely possible that Eric and Frodo could have been among the survivors by the end of A Quiet Place: Part II. The revelation of their presence on the island and their survival of the Death Angel’s attack could be how A Quiet Place: Part III re-introduces them into the franchise’s story. Of course, there are plenty of other theoretical ways and locations where Eric and Frodo could be shown in next, but in light of Sam’s sacrifice for them in A Quiet Place: Day One, the franchise owes it to her to bring Eric and Frodo back into the main story of A Quiet Place: Part III.
All three Quiet Place movies are available to stream on Paramount Plus.
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2025-03-13 00:47