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‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Featurette Takes a Look at the Film’s Visual Effects [Video]
Director Michael Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One is headed home this week, arriving to buy or rent on Digital July 30, 2024 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
A three-movie collection including A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place: Part II and A Quiet Place: Day One will also be available to purchase on Digital platforms July 30.
Additionally, A Quiet Place: Day One will debut on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, and in a collectible 4K Ultra HD SteelBook on October 8, 2024.
While you wait, watch a featurette below that dives into the visual effects work that helped bring an apocalyptic New York City – and a whole bunch of monsters – to life on the big screen. This clip is from the Special Features package included with the film’s Digital release.
Certified Fresh™ with an 87% Critics Score on Rotten Tomatoes, A Quiet Place: Day One expands the franchise’s groundbreaking universe, taking fans back to the first day of the invasion by deadly creatures who hunt by sound in one of the loudest places on Earth: New York City. Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn give emotional and riveting performances as strangers who embark on a harrowing journey through the eerily quiet streets of Manhattan.
The full bonus features package includes…
- Day Zero: Beginnings and Endings—Hear from John Krasinski, cast, and crew as director Michael Sarnoski takes the reins for this character-driven prequel.
- In the City: Chaos in Chinatown—See how the production crew recreated Manhattan from scratch in order to destroy it. Plus, hear from some new and familiar faces from the franchise.
- The Exodus: Against the Tide—Go behind-the-scenes of the exodus sequence that employed over a hundred extras and a clever mix of practical and visual effects.
- The Long Walk: Monsters in Midtown—Meet Frodo the cat and the animal trainers behind the fantastic feline performance. Plus, filmmakers detail Sam, Eric, and Frodo’s long walk through the city.
- Pizza at the End of the World—Hear from cast and crew about why a quest for pizza when the world is under attack poignantly speaks to our humanity.
- Deleted and Extended Scenes
“When Samira (Lupita Nyong’o) returns home to New York City, her simple trip turns into a harrowing nightmare when mysterious creatures that hunt by sound attack. Accompanied by her cat Frodo and an unexpected ally (Joseph Quinn), Samira must embark on a perilous journey through the city that has suddenly gone silent, where the only rule is to stay quiet to stay alive. Djimon Hounsou and Alex Wolff also star in this intensely suspenseful thriller.”

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Tim Burton’s ‘Mars Attacks!’ Gets a 30th Anniversary 4K Ultra HD Release
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Tim Burton’s sci-fi movie Mars Attacks!, and IGN has announced this afternoon that the film is being celebrated with a brand new 4K release.
When can you expect it? IGN reports, “Mars Attacks! will be available for purchase digitally in 4K Ultra HD and on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on August 11, 2026.”
Brand new Special Features for the 4K UHD release will include…
- Looking Back on Mars Attacks!
Filmmakers swap stories about working with Tim Burton.
- Ack! Ack! Aesthetic
Filmmakers explore how then-cutting-edge CGI shaped the film’s iconic look.
Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! gets the 4K Ultra HD upgrade with two different releases: the standard 4K Ultra HD release and the Limited Edition SteelBook 4K Ultra HD release.
You can pre-order both over on Amazon now.
In Tim Burton’s 1996 movie adaptation of the Mars Attacks! trading card line from Topps, Jack Nicholson stars as the President of the United States. Anything can – and does – happen as Planet Earth is plunged into complete pandemonium when Martians invade.
The incredible ensemble cast also includes Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny Devito, Lukas Haas, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, and Sylvia Sidney.



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