I pledged to post my thoughts about the entries on jcgamer's top 50 horror movies list I hadn't seen as I watched them, so here's a bit about Ready or Not:

I could point to a few subjective flaws easily enough: Grace could have been a bit more than a blank-slate protagonist meant to serve the story, the movie at times seemed to indulge in profanity almost for the sake of it, and I felt it was rather obvious and inert as an attempt at sociocultural commentary. That being said, I think it pretty much hit all its marks as a funny and scary thrill ride. It roused my emotions in so many directions over its runtime, from the visceral shock of Grace's narrow, bloody escapes and a dumbwaiter crushing a maid to death through the effective comedy of the kitchen scene and the car crash to the uncommonly strong execution of purely dramatic scenes such as the various conversations between Grace and Alex. Weaving's performance in particular was instantly appealing, placing me in Grace's audience-surrogate shoes just as intended and keeping me there through the twists and turns.

I'd 'only' call Ready or Not my third favorite horror movie of 2019 right now (behind The Lighthouse and Us and ahead of Crawl), but that's no reflection on my lack of enjoyment.

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All Purpose Horror Topic 2018: so Suspiria was fucking weird (again)

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