Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026)

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come earns its existence by taking the first film’s wickedly clever “rich people ritual” satire and turning it into a full-throttle, blood-splattered sprint that’s as funny as it is ferocious. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett stage the mayhem with clockwork momentum and a gleeful sense of escalation, while Samara Weaving once again proves she’s one of horror-comedy’s great modern survivalists—scrappy, furious, and impossible not to root for. The vibe is mean, loud, and crowd-pleasing in the best way, with Kathryn Newton adding a fresh jolt of energy and Sarah Michelle Gellar bringing just the right hint of poisoned elegance to the chaos. It’s absolutely not for the squeamish or the easily offended—this one wallows in R-rated gore and profane panic—but if you like your horror with bite, pace, and a dark grin, it’s a brutally good time.

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is clearly trying to top the original by turning the “rich people hunting Grace” premise into a bigger, sillier power-struggle with secret-society stakes and a sister-buddy survival angle. The problem is that bigger doesn’t mean better here: the plot feels more like a loud series of set-pieces than a clever escalation, and a lot of the new players are drawn in broad, one-note strokes that make it hard to care who wins. It also leans harder into absurdity, profanity, and splattery gore than suspense, so if you’re hoping for tight tension and inventive horror, you may find it more exhausting than thrilling. If you do enjoy pitch-black comedy, hyper-violent chaos, and Samara Weaving bulldozing through mayhem with attitude, there’s still some greasy fun to be had—just don’t expect the same freshness as the first film.