Final Destination, Death and Bloodlines
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One horror fan thinks that an easily missed detail from Final Destination Bloodlines links back to the fourth movie, but others are not so convinced. Warning, this post includes mild spoilers for Final Destination Bloodlines,
Final Destination fans braved planes, logging trucks, and other Rude Goldberg-esque death machines to come out in force for new installment Bloodlines this weekend. The legacyquel—Final Destination‘s first offering in over a decade—easily rode its nose ring-chain-fan nightmare to number one at the box office with $51 million.
The film is the sixth entry in the horror franchise. Final Destination Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein have debunked a fan theory which suggested that the victims of Death were linked to the previous entries.
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.
Bloodlines features the late Tony Todd's last movie appearance, and his character's final lines are made all the more poignant by the news that they were
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.
We have a premonition of the (mostly terrible, often funny) things you’re likely to see in any of the films from the long-running horror franchise. Follow along below, and beware.
Whether it’s taking a flight, getting a tan or driving behind a log truck, Final Destination has had a chokehold on horror fans for 25 years. Craig Perry, who’s been a producer on the franchise since it launched in 2000,