Ready or Not + Would You Rather

Episode Notes

Bottle films where mad men (of various numbers) make one or more participants play a deadly children’s game. Bonus points: films that are very aesthetically of their moment (or maybe even more specifically, a moment that summarizes the most popular color grades of the prior decade). Ready or Not, a film that gets away with it by surpassing expectations. How the arc, character dynamics and overall writing make Ready or Not stand out from the usual suspects. Samara Weaving is out here winning hearts and minds and everyone knows it. Looking at Would You Rather as a midnight film, which is probably the best way to watch it today. The crushed contrast of the 2000’s hate-film. Torture, abuse, and other fun things we did in the cinemas for some reason. The particular challenges of this kind of high-concept film (and how each movie attempts to overcome them or even use them to their advantage).

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Ready or Not

Released: August 21, 2019
Runtime: 95 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Writer: Guy Busick, R. Christopher Murphy
Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien

A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.

Would You Rather

Released: October 14, 2012
Runtime: 93 min | IMDB | Wikipedia

Director: David Guy Levy
Writer: Steffen Schlachtenhaufen
Starring: Brittany Snow, Jeffrey Combs, Jonny Coyne

Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather", hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.