Ready or Not

— Grace, an unsuspecting bride, is drawn into a deadly game of hide and seek on her wedding night in this dark comedy. It may be an age-old tale, but it's well told. Grace stumbles and falters at first while her rich in-laws try to find her, playing something of a deer in the headlights until her stronger sense of survival takes hold. Luckily, the film appears to have been made on a tight budget so it’s missing the special effects that would have weighed it down. It's a little campy, but only a little thanks to a competent cast including Andie MacDowell, Adam Brody, and Samara Weaving, who help make it a wonderful example of its genre and much more than a look at off-kilter family values. It still scores high on the blood splatter scale, but it's hard not to enjoy the ride.

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[2019. 95 min. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet. Starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, Henry Czerny, and Andie MacDowell.]
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