OVERLAY REPORT

In the 2019 film *Ready or Not*, the secrets range from the supernatural origins of a family fortune to personal betrayals. Here are the specific secrets the characters keep: ### 1. The Le Domas Family: The Deal with "Mr. Le Bail" The primary secret of the entire Le Domas clan is the source of their immense wealth. They claim it comes from a successful board game empire, but the secret truth is a pact made by their ancestor, Victor Le Domas, with a mysterious entity named Mr. Le Bail (an anagram for Belial/Satan). * **The Ritual:** The family must perform a ritual every time a new member marries in. The newcomer must draw a card from Le Bail’s puzzle box. Most cards are harmless (like "Chess"), but if the card is "Hide and Seek," the family must hunt and sacrifice the newcomer before dawn. * **The Consequence:** The family’s deepest, most desperate secret is that they believe if they fail to kill the sacrifice by sunrise, they will all die/spontaneously combust. ### 2. Alex Le Domas: The Secret of Omission Alex is the "prodigal son" and Grace’s groom. He keeps the most damaging secret from the protagonist: * **Prior Knowledge:** Alex knew about the tradition and the "Hide and Seek" card his entire life. He married Grace without ever warning her that there was a statistical possibility she would be hunted for sport. * **The Gamble:** He kept the secret because he loved her and hoped she would draw a "safe" card, effectively gambling with her life to ensure his own happiness. * **His True Nature:** Late in the film, it is revealed that his loyalty to Grace is conditional. When he realizes that his family might actually be right about the curse, his secret desire for self-preservation overrides his love, and he betrays her. ### 3. Daniel Le Domas: Secret Morality and Sabotage Alex’s brother, Daniel, is the most conflicted member of the family. He keeps several secrets throughout the night: * **His Disgust:** He hides the depth of his self-loathing and hatred for his family's traditions behind a mask of alcoholism and cynicism. * **The Poisoned Wine:** During the ritual ceremony where the family drinks from a ceremonial cup to "bound" the sacrifice, Daniel secretly puts a sedative (or emetic) in the cup. This causes the family to vomit and collapse, giving Grace a window to escape. * **Secret Assistance:** Throughout the hunt, Daniel intentionally misses shots or provides Grace with subtle opportunities to survive, acting as a "secret" ally until he finally openly rebels. ### 4. Becky Le Domas (The Mother): The "Survivor’s" Secret Becky presents herself as a supportive, maternal figure to Grace early in the film. * **Her Own Past:** She keeps the secret of her own "initiation" relatively quiet. Like Grace, she was an outsider who married into the family. She reveals to Grace that she had to "earn" her place, implying she likely participated in or survived a similar horror, which is why she is so cold-blooded about Grace’s impending death—she views it as a necessary rite of passage she already completed. ### 5. Emilie Le Domas: Secret Incompetence and Drug Use The sister, Emilie, is a frantic mess who keeps her drug addiction a "secret" (though it's an open secret within the family). * **The Accidental Killings:** Because she is high on cocaine to cope with the stress of the hunt, she accidentally kills multiple household staff members (the maids) with a crossbow and a pistol. She tries to hide the "wrongness" of these kills from her father, Tony, as she is desperate for his approval. ### 6. The "Curse" Itself: The Ultimate Secret The biggest secret in the movie is whether the "curse" is actually real. For most of the film, the characters (and the audience) are led to wonder if the family is just a group of delusional, eccentric psychopaths. * **The Revelation:** The secret is revealed at dawn. The family believes they will die if they fail; Grace believes they are just crazy. The final secret is that **the pact was real.** When the sun rises and Grace is still alive, the family members begin to explode one by one, confirming that the secret supernatural deal was legitimate.