Parijat Ghosh 
The cinematic chaos is officially back. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come just dropped its first trailer, and horror fans are collectively screaming into the void. In the best way possible. The 2019 original became a cult favorite for mixing gore with wicked humor, and this sequel clearly understood the assignment: go bigger, go bloodier, go unhinged.
Grace Is Back… and She’s Done With Everyone’s Nonsense
Samara Weaving returns as Grace, the badass bride who survived her in-laws’ Satanic family ritual in the first film. You’d think she earned a peaceful life after that. But no. The sequel drags her right back into a new nightmare. This time involving multiple rival families, each ready to offer her as the ultimate sacrifice.
And here’s the kicker: they’re also hunting her younger sister, played by Kathryn Newton. Love a family reunion where everyone’s invited except sanity.
The trailer wastes zero seconds. It’s chaos from frame one. Traps, masked maniacs, creepy fortune-telling nonsense, and Sarah Michelle Gellar giving the kind of villainous energy that says, “I moisturize, I recycle, and I definitely commit ritual murder.”
A Cast That Loves Violence Just a Little Too Much
Joining Weaving and Newton is a stacked ensemble:
- Sarah Michelle Gellar: serving aristocratic menace
- Elijah Wood: returning to horror with that unsettling stare
- David Cronenberg: yes, the director, now acting in a film full of blood… poetic
- And the original filmmaking duo Radio Silence, who directed the first Ready or Not and Scream (2022), are back to elevate the madness
With this lineup, the sequel feels like a party where everyone RSVP’d “yes,” then brought a weapon.
The Story: Same Game, New Rules, More Trauma
This time, Grace isn’t fighting just one cursed family. She’s stuck in a multi-family ritual showdown. Think: Hunger Games, but with more chandeliers, cult etiquette, and designer gowns soaked in blood.
The trailer hints at the lore expanding too. More occult foundations. Bigger sinister traditions. More of that “rich people would literally kill you instead of going to therapy” energy. The tone? Dark humor dialed up. Gore is dialed up. The budget? Definitely dialed up.
Release Date: Mark Your Calendar in Red
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come hits theatres April 10, 2026. Filming wrapped mid-2025 in Toronto, and everything from the trailer to the production stills screams: “We made this sequel because we wanted to have FUN.”
Fans loved the original because it never played safe. It mixed tension with jokes you feel guilty laughing at. The sequel looks like it’s doubling down on everything we loved:
- A heroine who’s basically “final girl” royalty
- A bigger, wilder world
- An ensemble cast of unhinged weirdos
- And action sequences that feel like someone handed the directors a blank check and said, “Go nuts”
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