READY OR NOT (2019)
With special guests Kim Burns & Ketryn Porter
Intro, Math Club, and Debate Society (spoiler-free) 00:00-24:40
Honor Roll and Detention (spoiler-heavy) 24:41-58:12
Superlatives (spoiler-heavier) 58:13-1:19:59
Directors Tyler Gillett & Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
Screenplay Guy Busick & R. Christopher Murphy
Featuring Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Nicky Guadagni, Elyse Levesque, Andie MacDowell, Mark O’Brien, John Ralston, Melanie Scrofano, Samara Weaving
Released August 21, 2019
Budget $6 million
Box office $29 million US & Canada / $58 million worldwide
SPOILER-FREE SYNOPSIS
Marrying into the wealthy Le Domas family, one-time foster child Grace thinks she’s going to have it all: a handsome, loving husband in Alex, all the amenities she desires, and of course, a loving extended family. But, as one character says, the rich really are different. The family invites Grace to partake in a ritual designed for all new members of the family. It’s a formality, part of a bargain struck many years ago with a certain Mr. Le Bail. If the Le Domas family doesn’t hold up their end of the deal, a horrible fate awaits them. It all comes down to one card, what’s printed on that card, and whether Grace draws it or not. Because if she does, terrible events will ensue, and the life she envisioned for herself might just explode before her eyes.
SPOILER-FREE GUEST BIOS
Kim Burns and Ketryn Porter are best friends who host the podcast Kim and Ket Stay Alive… Maybe. Along with looking for any excuse to make the other one laugh, they are also positive that, if they found themselves in a horror movie, they’d be the ones to make it out alive. Each week they put that theory to the test, and often find themselves sorely mistaken. One of the girls tells the other about a horror movie she hasn’t seen, stopping at different points to ask what she would do to stay alive. Favorite recess snack: Gushers/fruit roll-ups (Kim); Otis Spunkmeyer double chocolate chip muffin (Ket).
EPISODE NOTES
Music from “Ready or Not” by Brian Tyler.
Listen to Ket & Kim’s episode on Ready or Not.
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TRAILER
SUPERLATIVES
The Gaspar Noe Award for Most Disturbing Scene
Ket: Grace climbs out of goat pit with maimed hand, impales hand on nail
Kim: Grace climbs out of goat pit with maimed hand, impales hand on nail
Eric: Grace climbs out of goat pit with maimed hand, impales hand on nail
Bradford: Grace climbs out of goat pit with maimed hand, impales hand on nail
The Ellen Ripley Award for Character Who Most Deserves to Live
Ket: Daniel
Kim: Clara (Help #1)
Eric: Daniel
Bradford: Aunt Helene
The Michael Myers Award for Character Who Most Deserves to Die
Ket: Stephens
Kim: The whole damn family
Eric: Alex
Bradford: Georgie
The Ken Russell Award for Most Baroque Screen Moment
Ket: Daniel and Emily finally have it out while dumping corpses into the pit
Kim: Stephens repeatedly conducting the “1812 Overture”
Eric: Exploding family scene through Grace on steps smoking
Bradford: Exploding family scene
The Brad Dourif Award for Character Who Could Have Been Played by Brad Dourif
Ket: Aunt Helene
Kim: Aunt Helene
Eric: Stephens
Bradford: Aunt Helene
FINAL LETTER GRADE
Ket: A+
Kim: A+
Eric: B-
Bradford: A