Killer Rich People: The Real Horror of the Wealthy in Movies & TV, Explained

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One of the Horror's favorite villains of the modern era brings a whole new level of terror: wealthy elites with a taste for blood (metaphorically and sometimes literally…) From Ready or Not to The Purge to Hostel to Get Out to Squid Games and beyond, whether it’s a group of disturbingly like-minded 1 percent-ers, or a deranged family focused on

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[squirrels_oh_no]

But then Emerald Fennell made a horror-adjacent movie in Saltburn where the middle class was evil so everyone is evil woot.

[flyingpigs_live]

Fuck the rich.

I notice that even on tv when the main characters are rich, they're self-centered, out of touch assholes. True to life.

[ahkna]

I wish some of the things we know about rich people were just in movies.

The Hammer family and their creepy sexual predilections. Donald Trump burying the ex-wife he raped, the mother of three of his children, in an unmarked grave on one of his golf courses. Among many others.

[asnindie]

Fuck rich people. I hope they all burn.

[houndooms]

Just re-watched Ready or Not last night and that ending is still so satisfying

[rabbitofalice]

i'm still sad about Seth Cohen, though
he was a good one

[tanglespiders]

When the ring bounces and *pop* 🧑‍🍳💋

I love the detail that both brothers brought home women from poor backgrounds and have no family or desire to go back to their family. They knew deep down what could happen.