FILM · 2019 · USA
Ready or Not
25 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
25 Interesting Facts About Ready or Not
Interesting Facts (22)
- #001
Costume designer Avery Plewes created seventeen different versions of Grace's wedding dress to show the progression of Grace's night and how her clothing reflects her attitude.
- #002
At 32:16, the film's writers appear as crossbow experts in a YouTube video.
- #003
They submitted around 200 fictional board game names, but only eight were approved by the legal department.
- #004
Samara Weaving had to be taught how to drive a car, or at least how to appear as though she were driving one.
- #005
The production had only five candelabras, so they had to keep moving them around to fill the rooms and hallways as needed.
- #006
Grace's yellow Chuck Taylor sneakers were custom-dyed for the film because Converse no longer produces that color.
- #007
The bedroom was part of Casa Loma's conservation area, meaning they were not only forbidden from lighting candles there but also could not touch half of the furniture or decorations.
- #008
The montage of the family donning their robes as they prepare to sacrifice Grace initially showed Daniel drinking more, but Brody cleverly suggested a shot in which he goes the opposite direction and instead visibly sobers up. He was the one they went with.
- #009
The Allen & Thurber Pepper Box pistol used by Emilie is the version of the weapon from the North American edition of the "Clue" board game since 1972. In 1996 it was adopted by the European "Cluedo" edition.
- #010
The Le Domas family's board game empire is based on the now-defunct game makers Milton Bradley Company and Parker Brothers. Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers games now belong to Hasbro.
- #011
Grace's trembling in the photo shoot scenes was not part of the performance. In her commentary, Samara Weaving said the weather was cold while shooting that scene, so she was shivering, though Weaving herself admitted it helped make her look more convincingly nervous.
- #012
At 48 minutes, the extra piece on the service elevator's gears is actually the gears of the Big Ben clock tower in London.
- #013
The goat pit was the only set built for this film.
- #014
The mansion's exterior shots in the film belonged to Parkwood Estates in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, the same grounds used in Billy Madison (1995).
- #015
They sourced all the taxidermy animal heads, including the bear holding a goat's head in its mouth, from the same place. It came that way.
- #016
In LaVeyan Satanism, the term "shemhameforash" is used during rituals as set out in The Satanic Bible. In this context the term is essentially an equivalent of "hallelujah" in that it means "Hail Satan," used to support LaVeyan Satanism's aim of satirizing traditional religious practices.
- #017
All of the family portraits are based on Henry Czerny and are kept in a warehouse in Toronto.
- #018
The story the nanny/maid Clara reads to the children before bed is from John Milton's "Paradise Lost": "Here we may reign secure, and in my choice to reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."
- #019
The masks the Le Domas family uses in the prologue recall the masks worn by the members of a wealthy family in the Twilight Zone episode The Masks (1964).
- #020
Samara Weaving and Mark O'Brien wrote their initials on a brick in the tunnel they enter (31:23). It is a public area of the heritage site where they were filming in Toronto. They were not the first to do so.
- #021
The cast and crew speculate about what Grace will do after the film ends, with guesses ranging from going on a honeymoon to being charged with killing the entire family.
- #022
Principal photography began on October 15, 2018 and ended on November 19, 2018. The 35-day shoot took place at locations around the Toronto, Ontario area, including Casa Loma, Sunnybrook Park and Claireville Conservation Area, as well as Parkwood Estate in Oshawa, Ontario.
Production Story (1)
- #023
In the first draft of the script, Grace dies after being successfully sacrificed by Alex and his family. The producers changed this so that Grace survives and Alex, along with the rest of his in-laws, is killed for failing to complete the ritual before dawn.
Behind the Scenes (1)
- #024
Elyse Levesque (Charity Le Domas) said in the behind-the-scenes material that she had no idea how to hold the harpoon and that no one told her whether she was doing it correctly. Considering that all the Le Domases are thought to be fools with no idea what they are doing, not telling her how to hold the harpoon was probably the best move.
Deeper Meaning (1)
- #025
It is heavily implied that Grace is rejected by Mr. Le Bail for two reasons: 1) Because her marriage to Alex is not merely for money but truly for love, reaching Grace's soul would have been harder; it is also noted that both Charity and Fitch had no problem selling their souls in exchange for material goods, whereas Grace longs for a family. And 2) Helene draws a comparison between herself and Alex — both resist their fate by trying to leave the family, only for Mr. Le Bail to reject their spouses and force them to stay. Mr. Le Bail may have felt that Grace's innocence and purity would steer Alex away from continuing the tradition and from rejecting the family.
Sources & editorial notes
Reference databases
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