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India Today
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Brec Bassinger shares favourite death sequence in Final Destination franchise
Fifteen years after the last chapter closed, Death has found a new way back. 'Final Destination: Bloodlines', the sixth instalment in the beloved supernatural horror franchise, arrives with a chilling premise and a fresh cast — including 'Stargirl' alum Brec Bassinger, who promises this time, 'the fear cuts a little deeper.'Brec calls her casting in the film quite 'surreal,' in an interview with India Today Digital. 'I've done a lot of different things, but this film and franchise in particular — it's like my generation grew up watching it,' Brec tells us. 'My peers are all so excited about it. I have two older brothers who are dying to go see the movie and have watched all of them, so to get to be a part of something that people want to go see in theatres is so exciting to me.'advertisementDirected by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B Stein, with a screenplay by Guy Busick and Lori Evans Taylor from a story developed alongside 'Spider-Man: Homecoming's' Jon Watts, 'Bloodlines' is a direct sequel to 2009's 'The Final Destination'. This time, the film traces a premonition passed down generations, starting in 1968, with a college student (played by Kaitlyn Santa Juana) discovering her grandmother once escaped death during a tower collapse. The chilling twist? Her entire bloodline was never supposed to exist. Bassinger plays a key role in this cursed family tree, caught in a web of inevitable doom. But despite being a long-time fan of the series, she wasn't quite prepared for the sheer scale of the production. 'I was not prepared or did not know how big the production was,' she recalls. 'Our sets were massive. They built a whole skyview restaurant on a soundstage. I remember just walking in and seeing the size and grandness of the sets — I had never experienced that before.'advertisementThough 'Final Destination' films are known for their creative, chain-reaction deaths, Bassinger says the fear in this one is more grounded — precisely because it hinges on the universal, inescapable truth of mortality.'That's the biggest draw of fear with this particular franchise,' she says. 'A lot of horror films are like, 'Ah, ghosts, they're not going to mess with me.' But Death is something we can't cheat. We can't escape it. So, it's hard to disconnect from the fear this movie brings.'She still remembers the one death scene from the franchise that left an indellible impression. 'The gymnastics scene,' she says without hesitation. 'I've had clips of that pop up on my TikTok and Instagram. I guess it's because I watched it once all the way through, so now it pops up all the time. And every time I see it, I'm like 'ugh', it's scarred me.'Filming 'Bloodlines' came with its own high-stakes moments too. 'In the film it's half a second. You blink, you miss it,' she says. 'But on set, it was so scary to me. They blow fire at this guy who's already on fire, and I had to duck behind the bar. I was like, what if I duck at the wrong time? And they were like, 'Just don't duck at the wrong time.' So, I'm no longer acting — I'm genuinely just scared for my life.'advertisementShe adds, 'With the fire stuff, we only wanted to do one take because they were actually setting people on fire. I felt this pressure to get it perfect — not only to not get burnt, but also because this guy was having to be set on fire. So, I'm really proud of that moment.'When asked who she'd want to come back to as if she had to be reborn in the 'Final Destination' universe, she immediately responds, 'Totally biased, but I'm gonna say Ali Larter. Just because I think she's such a boss, cool woman. So, I choose her.'With a legacy cast that includes Tony Todd, and a fresh cast led by Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Owen Patrick Joyner, and Richard Harmon, 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' reboots the franchise with emotional depth, high-concept horror, and plenty of Watch
Dominion Post
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Dominion Post
COLUMN: WVU's steady baseball focus keeps it ready for whatever story is told
GRANVILLE — Reese Bassinger simply pulled up a corner of the box score Saturday night, as he began what seemed like a rather simple explanation. The WVU relief pitcher, who had just come off the bench cold to throw seven innings to hand the 13th-ranked Mountaineers a crucial 3-2 win against Texas Tech in the second game of a doubleheader, took a quick glance at the number 38, which signified the number of wins accumulated by WVU to that point. 'Right next to the 38, it doesn't say anywhere how we won. It says we won,' Bassinger said. 'It's kind of like I could give up six line drives in a row, if they're caught, they're outs.' Rather, it was Bassinger's intention to do so or not, the words stretched well beyond the obvious. Any one person could take that 38 — now 39 following WVU's 5-0 win against the Red Raiders on Sunday, at Frederick Family Ballpark — and analyze it 100 different ways. There's the feel-good angle, in that this regular season will soon become unlike any other in school history. With a win at Pitt on Tuesday, the Mountaineers would match the program record of 40 wins in a season … with six games remaining, then a Big 12 tournament and then a NCAA tournament. It's quite possible WVU could get to 50 wins before it's all said and done, not to mention win an outright Big 12 title and then who knows after that. In short, one way or another, this season will create history. There's also the overly worrisome angle, which is the one taken by those who bury themselves deep into the numbers provided by the RPI, strength of schedules and NCAA-tournament projections. That is a journey that tells a slightly different story. WVU is just one of two schools ranked in the top 35 of the RPI with a strength of schedule ranked higher than 100th in the nation. In terms of playing Quad 1 opponents, WVU has done it seven times to this point, anywhere between 11 and 18 fewer than the bulk of SEC schools. And so those wins, especially the ones that didn't come in convincing fashion, will get nit-picked and scrutinized. For those who are quick to hop on board to conspiracy theories about the NCAA selection committees being against WVU athletics — including our state's own Governor — you are now on deck. Depending on how the Mountaineers play out the season, it's quite possible that a team with 40-some wins and a Big 12 regular-season title, is not a regional host for the NCAA tournament. Which brings us back to Bassinger's words and what may be the beauty behind this WVU team and season. They are neither caught up in the historical aspect of their journey they've created, nor do they lose sleep at night worrying about strength of schedules. 'There are obviously things we need to work on as a team, but baseball is already hard enough. You should never critique the wins,' Bassinger continued. Never critique the wins. Never agonize too much on the defeats, even the ones against Marshall. 'We lose to Marshall and we lose the first game to Texas Tech, but going into that second game, nobody was thinking we had to win that game,' WVU second baseman Sam White said. 'No one was panicking.' It would have been easy to, without a doubt. Make no mistake, it's not like this team is oblivious to the excitement they've created. They are also very aware of what the RPI says and doesn't say about the chances of WVU hosting a regional in 2025. These players simply don't fret about any of it, a true accomplishment on their part. 'If you keep looking ahead and keep worrying about the past, it's going to eat you alive,' was how White explained it. 'Just focus on that next game and control what you can control.'
