"In-laws can be murder" in
Ready or Not. This comedy horror film directed by Radio Silence and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. The film follows a young bride as she joins her new husband’s rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
By November 2017, the film was announced with Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett hired to direct and penned by Busick and Murphy. By mid October 2018, Samara Weaving, Mark O'Brien, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowell, Melanie Scrofano, Kristian Bruun, Elyse Levesque and Nicky Guadagni were cast. At the same time, principal photography commenced and wrapped in late November. Filming took place throughout Ontario, Canada. Seventeen different versions of Grace's wedding dress were created by costume designer Avery Plewes to show the progress of Grace's night and how her clothes correspond to her attitude.
The film stars Weaving, O'Brien, Brody, Czerny, MacDowell, Scrofano, Bruun, Levesque and Guadagni. Weaving is exceptionally grounded (continuously tossing around genuinely inquisitive expressions), making the eerie situations more realistic and more humorous.
The film is perhaps the best terror tale since 2017 served up
Get Out, two masterworks that, like this one, have much more on tap than just creeping out audiences. A film from highly influential new filmmakers that makes audiences think deeply about life, but it does so through a uniquely conscious horror lens. When that real-life horror flows into the film's fantastical premise, it's revealed how well first-time directors Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett threaded the needle. It is a horror film but like all great genre films it isn't just that. It could more rightly be called a social thriller, a film that looks at everyday ills - in this case racial tension - through the lens of a genre movie. A tense, creeping drama that gets under your skin, makes you laugh and then explodes outward in the most satisfying, pulpy of ways. The film is all of those things. With a perfect balance of terror and comedy, this smart, slightly-satirical look on society and racism is a well crafted film that dives even deeper than you expect. Contains that third act twist that comes with smart horror movies. By the end, the audience will be cheering and applauding. The film is an achievement on a textual, metatextual, and subtextual level that is effectively a roadmap for filmmakers trying to build a political message into their genre fiction. It can work as a suspense thriller, a horror comedy, or as a launching point for a deeper social conversation. A surprising film that shows Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett's versatility as well as enormous creative potential as filmmakers. The film is the kind of thriller that will crawl under your skin and worm its way into your brain, making you think about it long after it's over. The film is so damn smart, funny, and impressively directed by Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett, who embraces certain great horror tropes, but never forgetting that the best horror and sci-fi often includes clandestine messages and commentary on modern society.
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