Ready or Not was a surprise, filmwise. I expected standard fare horror, but what I saw instead was another ritual admission of how the world works. The elite family in the film runs a gaming empire with a worldview based around social Darwinism. The family also has a deep, dark secret that echoes previous horror installments like Eli Roth’s Hostel or Surviving the Game with Ice T.

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