There are a lot of sequels coming out in 2026 (as per usual), and one I've had highlighted for viewing has been Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. I found the first Ready or Not to be one of the most refreshing horror comedies I’d seen in some time. It has that rare but beautiful combination of a fun and biting story that I love from the genre, when you can find it, that is. But, I really didn’t expect to walk out of Here I Come and say to myself, “Wow, I might like that better than the first film." Now that I realize that opinion isn’t a popular one, I need to talk it out.
As we’ve come to expect when a followup comes out, critics have been comparing Ready Or Not to the original, saying it feels "familiar" and “rinses and repeats so much” of what happened the first time around. Just to defend myself a bit with some numbers here, it’s not like people are panning Here I Come. It has a “fresh” score of 76 percent from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, and at the moment, the cinephiles on Letterboxd have given it a 3.4 out of 5, with the most common being a healthy rating of 4 out of 5 (which is what I’d rate it myself). For context, the first movie holds a rating of 3.5 on the social media site. Anyways, let’s forget them now, and talk about me and my steaming hot take. SPOILERS AHEAD.
