Here's where 2018's 'A Quiet Place' left off - and where its long-awaited sequel picks up

• "A Quiet Place Part II" is the sequel to the 2018 film, and picks up right where the first left off.
• The new film, which was delayed because of the coronavirus, opens with a terrifying flashback.
• It then follows the Abbott family as they leave the wreckage of their farm in search of a new home.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for 2018's "A Quiet Place."

"A Quiet Place Part II" was originally supposed to premiere last spring, but got pushed back because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the sequel to the acclaimed 2018 horror film is finally hitting the big screen nearly three years after the original.

With John Krasinski's character Lee tragically dying at the end of the first film, it's up to the surviving Abbott family members - mom Evelyn (Emily Blunt), daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds), son Marcus (Noah Jupe), and their newborn sibling - to make a new life for themselves in the woods.

The new film also features a flashback (shown in the movie's final trailer) to the day the monsters who hunt by sound arrived on Earth, and the horrifying chaos that ensued after.

Here's how the first "Quiet Place" movie ended, and where the new movie picks up.

Towards the end of 'A Quiet Place,' Lee sacrifices himself to save his children

One of the first film's most memorable scenes involves Evelyn going into labor and giving birth in near silence - all while being stalked by one of the monsters. Lee and Marcus, having returned from a trip to a waterfall, quickly try to help her, with Lee taking care of Evelyn and Marcus creating a distraction for the monster.

But as Evelyn recovers with Lee by her side, they realize that Marcus and Regan are in danger, having inadvertently attracted the attention of the creature. Lee then goes outside to rescue them, reuniting with them briefly before being attacked himself.

Regan and Marcus hide in a pickup truck, but after Marcus yells upon seeing his dad endure another wound, the creature turns its attention to the children again.

Lee, however, continues making noise, drawing the attention back to himself. Before he's attacked by the monster another time, he signs "I have always loved you" to Regan.

The monster then kills Lee, although his death occurs offscreen. Regan and Marcus roll the truck down the hill and find their mother and newborn sibling in the basement.

The first film ends with the surviving Abbotts preparing to defend themselves in their basement

During the creature's earlier attack on the children, they realized that Regan's cochlear implant emits a high frequency sound when in the presence of the monsters, who become defenseless and disoriented upon hearing it.

As the surviving family members get ready to take on the creature again, Regan places her implant near a microphone, amplifying the frequency. Even though the creature was poised to attack, it becomes confused, allowing Evelyn to shoot and kill it with a shotgun.

Armed with their newfound knowledge, the Abbotts ready themselves for another attack, as two more creatures are shown approaching their farmhouse. The first film concludes with Evelyn cocking the shotgun, ready to defend her family.

'A Quiet Place Part II' begins with a terrifying flashback

As shown in the trailers, the sequel to "A Quiet Place" features a flashback to the before times, when the Abbotts and others in their small town lived normal lives.

The second movie begins with this flashback, showing the Abbotts going about their business in the minutes before the creatures arrived - which, in the movie's universe, is shown to have occurred in 2020.

Lee, for instance, stops at a small shop (the spaceship toy from the first movie is shown on a shelf) to pick up some fruit before arriving at Marcus' baseball game, where friends and family are gathered and cheering loudly.

Once the monsters arrive, however, they begin to destroy everything in sight, including buildings, police cars, and any passerby. Marcus and his mother take refuge behind an overturned car, while Lee and Regan shelter inside a restaurant.

The movie then picks up right where the first 'Quiet Place' left off

After a few minutes of flashback, "A Quiet Place Part II" jumps to the movie's present day, immediately after the events of the first film, which is revealed to be over a year (474 days, to be exact) since the creatures arrived on Earth.

With Lee dead and their farm destroyed, the remaining Abbotts have no choice but to head out in search of another place to live. The family is shown leaving their house while the barn burns behind them, and a broken pipe floods the basement.

They then follow the trail of sand leading to the edge of the property before venturing off into the unknown.