Ready or Not (2019) with Kim Burns & Ketryn Porter

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.

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

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. Listen to Ket & Kim’s episode on Ready or Not.

Our theme music is by Sir Cubworth, with embellishments by Edward Elgar.  Music from “Ready of Not” by Brian Tyler.

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