Does the cat in A Quiet Place: Day One survive till the end? Explained

The third installment in the A Quiet Place series, A Quiet Place: Day One, hit the screens on June 28, 2024. This apocalyptic horror film serves as a prequel to the first film, which was released in 2018. The official summary of the film reads:

"A woman named San finds herself trapped in New York City during the early stages of an invasion by alien creatures with ultrasonic hearing"

The cast of the film includes Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, and Djimon Hounsou, among others. However, there is one character in the film who has grabbed everyone's attention: it is Frodo, the cat.

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for A Quiet Place: Day One. Discretion is advised.

Played by two cats named Schnitzel and Nico, Frodo is Sam's (played by Nyong'o) service cat. He accompanies his mom in surviving the chaos created by the invading alien creatures. People dying in an apocalyptic horror movie is no news, but fans can rest assured Frodo the cat survives the mayhem.

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The cat survives in A Quiet Place: Day One

Frodo does not die in the movie. However, that is not to say he is not in perpetual danger. As Sam's service cat, Frodo is on a leash or moving around in the film. But during several sequences where the alien creatures attack the humans, we find Frodo has disappeared. Fortunately, he always comes back to his mom.

In one scene of A Quiet Place: Day One, we see Frodo trying to hold his breath underwater as Sam and Eric (played by Joseph Quinn) try to get around the extraterrestrial creatures. In another scene, we see Frodo unwittingly landing himself in trouble by getting too close to the creatures. However, Sam and Eric always look out for him.

At the end of A Quiet Place: Day One, we see Frodo on a boat with Eric. The boat shelters the survivors, and Frodo's last moments in the film show him cuddling up to a young boy. Thus, when the credits roll, the audience can at least take some comfort from the fact that despite everything, the cat is alive and well at the end of the movie.

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Cast and crew

Lupita Nyong'o plays Sam, a terminally ill cancer patient who lives at a hospice in New York City. She spends her days with her service cat, Frodo. Joseph Quinn plays Eric, an English law student new to New York who comes across Frodo and follows him back to Sam. The other cast members include Alex Wolff as Reuben, Djimon Hounsou as Henri, and Eliane Umuhire as Zena.

Michael Sarnoski, who wrote and directed the 2021 film Pig directs A Quiet Place: Day One. Writer/director/actor John Krasinski was the mastermind of the first two installments in the series, and in this prequel film, he returns as a producer. Fellow producers include industry heavyweights like Michael Bay, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller. Alexis Grapsas has composed the score of the film.

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What is A Quiet Place: Day One about?

This prequel film provides some backdrop to the events shown in A Quiet Place (2018) and A Quiet Place Part II (2020). We see in this film how the alien creatures, who are ultra-sensitive to sound, invade New York.

The film begins with Sam being persuaded by Reuben to go on an outing to Manhattan. As they try to return to their hospice, they see mysterious objects crashing into the city from the sky. Then they realize alien creatures have invaded the city. Characters slowly understand their only way to safety lies in staying absolutely quiet.