Unlike typical slasher films with a masked killer, Final Destination makes Death the villain. Death is dramatic, with every demise resembling a Rube Goldberg machine of doom—escalating tension, plenty of red herrings, and then BAM: a character is sliced, squashed, or skewered, prompting a reconsideration of safety in everything around you.

After 14 years, the franchise returned with Final Destination Bloodlines on May 16. The new installment serves as both a prequel and a sequel, following Iris ( Brec Bassinger) as she saves everyone dining atop the Skyview restaurant, before her descendants begin to feel the consequences.

From the initial film to Bloodlines, we rank every movie in the Final Destination franchise to determine which is the best film.

The short answer: yes, even the freak accident franchise's most out-there deaths are totally plausible. Few contemporary movies have left audiences with images quite as visceral as the one that opens “ Final Destination 2,” one that has been making drivers avoid logging trucks on the freeway since 2003.