On the not-so-much-a-classic side, here's Ready or Not, a horror/comedy from 2019 starring Samara Weaving, Adam Brody and Andie McDowell. I was going to watch The Empty Man, recommended to me by a work friend, but it's 2+ hours which is not the best idea for midweek watching. I settled on this 1.5 hour flick instead.
Weaving plays Grace, getting married to Alex. Alex's family is very rich and snobby, having made their money as the creators and purveyors of board games. And if you think that sounds a little suspicious, you are not wrong. Grace doesn't care (at first) because she grew up in foster care and is so excited about being part of a real family. In the evening after the wedding at the family estate, after all the guests have gone home, the family - Grace, Alex, his brother David (Brody) and his wife, his parents, his aunt, his sister and her husband and two young sons - gather for the family tradition: whenever a new member joins the family, they all play a game together, which is selected by the newbie by drawing a card out of a box. Usually it's something like Old Maid or Parcheesi. Poor Grace draws "Hide and Seek" whereby she hides while all the rest of them (except for Alex, who tries to help her escape and gets knocked out for his trouble) hunt her down with weapons, intending to sacrifice her before dawn to ensure their continued prosperity.
And that's about it for story. Grace runs and hides and fights back. She gets pretty well effed up in the process but she gives as good as she gets. Ready or Not is entertaining but lightweight - although hilariously, sloppily bloody at the end and I did enjoy Grace's arc throughout the movie.
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