Final Destination Bloodline fans HORRIFIED over 'diabolical' new movie marketing
The sixth instalment - titled Final Destination: Bloodlines - is set for release on May 16, with horror buffs already on the edge of their seats.
As promotion for the film continues to ramp up, eagle-eyed fans have spotted a 'traumatic' marketing tactic in recent weeks.
The 'diabolical' move made reference to the infamous logging truck scene in the second movie - Final Destination 2 - during which a securing chain breaks and results in logs falling onto the highway and causing multiple deaths in the aftermath.
The latest marketing ploy saw a real haulage truck piled high with logs before being draped in a promotional covering for the film - which got fans' hearts pumping.
Once the snapshot was shared online, dozens ran to the comments to express their horror at the bold decision.
'Marketing team diabolical,' one comment read on the Instagram post.
The 'diabolical' move made reference to the infamous logging truck scene in the second movie - Final Destination 2 - during which a securing chain breaks and results in logs falling onto the highway and causing multiple deaths in the aftermath
'Nobody drives behind these log trucks anymore because of Final Destination lol,' someone wrote.
'Like we don't already think about Final Destination every time we drive behind trucks with logs/get stuck in an elevator/ride roller coasters/tanning beds/airplanes etc, now they're coming for my job,' a comment detailed.
'Marketing team triggering traumas out here,' one person wrote, while another said, 'Great marketing, but absolutely not.'
'How to traumatize a generation once again,' another said.
'This is actually genius, my god,' someone applauded.
'No way in hell would I drive behind or to the side of that truck to read what it says. I'm traumatized,' a user admitted.
Another said: 'Rude. My trauma is not a PR stunt.'
'Marketing Team: let's revisit their trauma,' a comment said.
Fans on TikTok had similar reactions to the logging truck with the movie account responding: 'Very brave of you,' referring to the driver who was right behind it
Someone wrote: 'This is diabolical work for real,' and another said, 'Absolutely DIABOLICAL.'
'Wrong on so many levels lol,' a user simply commented.
Fans on TikTok had similar reactions to the logging truck with the movie account responding: 'Very brave of you,' referring to the driver who was right behind it.
To add to the fear factor of the upcoming sixth film, some fans said the new trailer was so scary they were 'forced to turn it off.'
The film's synopsis reads: 'Plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them.'
In the new film's trailer, a young woman flipped through the pages of a book that contained all the past horrors - including the logging truck massacre - that have happened throughout the films.
The book was owned by her grandmother, Iris Campbell, who had analyzed all the previous disasters.
In another scene during the trailer, a logging truck drives by and a car has to abruptly stop before T-boning it.
The film is also promoting in Canada where blood-splattered logging trucks are being driven around in Ontario and Quebec to give fans a taste of fear in advance, per JoBlo.
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