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.

If the defining tone of the most successful ... fun, “Final Destination Bloodlines” offers the series a transfusion of creativity that virtually guarantees that it will live to kill again.