Samara Weaving levels up in Ready or Not 2: Here I Come trailer

[Karlston]

The sequel to 2019’s delightful horror comedy hits theaters next spring.

 

One of big surprise hits of 2019 was the delightful horror comedy Ready or Not, in which Samara Weaving’s blushing bride must play a deadly game of Hide and Seek on her wedding night. Searchlight Pictures just released the trailer for its sequel: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come.

 

(Spoilers for Ready or Not below.)

 

In Ready or Not, Grace (Weaving) falls in love with Alex Le Domas (Mark O’Brien), a member of a wealthy gaming dynasty. After a picture-perfect wedding on the family estate, Alex informs Grace that there’s just one more formality to be observed: At midnight, she has to draw a card from a mysterious box and play whatever game is named there.

 

Grace, alas, draws Hide and Seek, the worst possible card. Grace is the prey, and she has to elude detection until dawn to avoid being killed in a bizarre ritual sacrifice to a supernatural figure named Mister LeBail. Yep, the family had made a deal with the devil, attaining great wealth in exchange for the occasional blood sacrifice. Unfortunately for the Le Domas family, Grace turns out to be a formidable adversary, taking out family members one by one and beating them at their own deadly game.

 

Ready or Not 2 picks up right where the first film left off, with a blood-spattered Grace—still in the remnants of her wedding gown—lighting up a well-deserved ciggie as the Le Domas mansion burns up in the background. But she then wakes up cuffed to a hospital bed and learns that the games are far from over.  The Le Domas family was just one among many “High Council” families, and Grace surviving Hide and Seek means it’s time for the next level: being hunted down by the other families. And it’s not like Grace can refuse to play—they’re holding her sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) hostage. So both sisters end up fighting for their lives, with the winner claiming control of the Council.

 

Grace (Samara Weaving) survived her wedding night. But it's not over yet.

Searchlight Pictures

 

Elijah Wood is a lawyer for the High Council and informs Grace she's merely leveled up to a new, more dangerous game.

Searchlight Pictures

 

The Council takes her sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) hostage to force Grace to play.

Searchlight Pictures

 

Let the hunt begin!

Searchlight Pictures

 

Weaving has found a great partner in Newton to play this most dangerous game. No stranger to horror comedy, Newton starred in 2020’s wickedly clever Freaky, and he played one of the kidnappers of a vampire ballerina in Abigail (2024). The cast also includes Sarah Michelle Gellar as Ursula Danforth; Shawn Hatosy as Titus Danforth; David Cronenberg as the Danforth patriarch; and Elijah Wood as the High Council lawyer. Rounding out the ensemble cast are Nestor Carbonell, Kevin Durand, Olivia Cheng, Varun Saranga, Nadeem Umar-Khitab, Juan Pablo Romero, Masa Lizdek, Daniel Beirne, and Antony Hall.

 

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come hits theaters on April 10, 2026. Whether it can live up to the pitch-perfect blend of jump scares, gore, and black humor of its predecessor—not to mention its stellar cast—remains to be seen, but the trailer seems quite promising.

 

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Posted Thursday 4 December 2025 at 4:26 am AEST (my time).

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