Ready or Not is one of most well recieved horror films of the year and one of the movies you should watch!
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about this film!
- Ready or Not is a 2019 American black comedy horror film
- It is directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett
- From a screenplay by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy
- The film stars Samara Weaving as a newly-wed woman who becomes hunted by her in-laws
- Mark O’Brien portrays her husband, with Adam Brody, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell as his family
- The film had its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 27, 2019,
- And was released on August 21, 2019, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics
- Ready or Not follows Grace, a young beautiful bride who joins her new husband Alex Le Domas and his rich, eccentric family in a game of hide-and-seek
- There her in-laws attempt to find her before dawn
- The family is not whom they seem to be
- When Grace realizes that the Le Domas family intends to hunt and kill her, she turns the one-sided hunt into a free-for-all
- With everyone fighting for their survival
- As Alex turns against his family to help her
- Grace discovers that the night is part of a diabolical ritual
- In November 2017, it was announced Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett would direct the film
- From a screenplay by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy
- James Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer, William Sherak, Tripp Vinson will serve as producers on the film
- While Tara Farney, Tracey Nyberg and Chad Villella will serve as executive producers on the film
- Under their Mythology Entertainment, Vinson Films and Radio Silence production banners
- From August to October 2018, Samara Weaving, Andie MacDowell, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Melanie Scrofano, Henry Czerny and Elyse Levesque joined the cast of the film
- Principal photography began October 15, 2018
- And concluded on November 19, 2018
- The 26-day shoot took place at various locations around the Toronto, Ontario area
- Including Casa Loma, Sunnybrook Park and the Claireville Conservation Area
- As well as the Parkwood Estate in Oshawa, Ontario
- In the United States and Canada, Ready or Not is projected to gross around $6.5 million in its opening weekend
- And $8–15 million over its five-day opening frame
- Playing at 2,818 theaters, it is the widest release in Fox Searchlight’s history
- It made $1.9 million on its first day
- Including $730,000 from Tuesday night previews
- On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91%
- Based on 108 reviews
- And an average rating of 7.18/10
- The site’s critical consensus reads: “Smart, subversive, and darkly funny, Ready or Not is a crowd-pleasing horror film with giddily entertaining bite”
- Metacritic reports a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 26 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
- Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
- While those at PostTrak gave it an average 3 out of 5 stars
- And a 50% “definite recommend”
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