No One Will Save You (Disney+)

Move over A Quiet Place, for there’s a new champion of the near-silent thriller (this features only five words of dialogue during the film’s 93-minute running time) – one that even horror-meister himself Stephen King has acclaimed.

Penned and directed by Love And Monsters screenwriter Brian Duffield, No One Will Save You couldn’t be more different in tone and style from that crowd-pleasing creature feature, but it offers just as entertaining and engrossing viewing.

At its heart is a simply superb performance from Booksmart, Dopesick, Unbelievable and Rosaline actor Kaitlyn Dever. On-screen for virtually every frame – and mostly acting only opposite CGI-created critters – she sells the ever-increasing danger, fear and regret as her isolated Brynn Adams discovers her rural property has become plagued by visitors from another planet.

If you weren’t already convinced that the 26-year-old Arizonan is one of the finest actors of her generation, this offers conclusive and compelling proof.

Clearly inspired by the Spielberg directed and/or penned trio of tales from more than 40 years ago – Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Poltergeist, Duffield makes terrific use of shadows, angles and light to ensure the action never drags, while also keeping the audience (and Dever) on edge by giving his antagonists the ability to move – and throw – objects.

Creepy, gloopy and anxiety-inducing as hell, this also has echoes of atmospheric nightmare-generators like The Thing, Under The Skin and The Matrix, while also aiming to evoke and reflect some kind of catharsis or allegory a la Signs, Bird Box and Arrival.