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The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Final Destination: Bloodlines brings death back in style
IT has been 14 long years since the last Final Destination entry, but Bloodlines marks a killer return to form. The sixth instalment in the carnage-fuelled franchise hits just the right mix of throwback nostalgia and genre evolution, all while maintaining the creative death sequences fans know and (grimly) love. Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein do not just resurrect a beloved formula, they infuse it with renewed purpose and a multigenerational twist that actually makes sense. And yes, Death is still mad. Nightmarish family heirloom This time around, the ticking clock is tied not just to a single person but to an entire family tree. The story centres on Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), a college student who begins having horrifying visions linked to a tragic accident from decades ago. Through a twisted family legacy, she learns her nightmares are not just creepy, they are part of something bigger, older and very much unfinished. It is a clever expansion of the original formula. Bloodlines does not try to reinvent Final Destination's signature structure (vision, denial, denial with screaming, acceptance, elaborate death, repeat), but it adds a layer of mythos that actually feels earned. By turning Death's curse into a hereditary curse, the franchise gets a chance to go both backwards and forwards at once and somehow, it works. Killswitch engage Honestly, no one goes into a Final Destination film primarily for character development. Viewers want death traps, improbable accidents and at least one scene that makes them rethink using household appliances. On that front, Bloodlines does not disappoint. The kills are outrageous, gut-churning and (thankfully) free from an overreliance on CGI. Every Rube Goldberg-like demise lands with that perfect balance of tension and absurdity, keeping the audience both wincing and waiting for the next creative fatality. This movie is gleeful in its gore and very proud of it. Fans of earlier entries will find plenty to admire here. There is even a distinct nod to the glorious chaos of Final Destination 2's infamous pile-up, delivered with a fresh coat of dread and inventive staging. This is a love letter written in blood. New faces, same unlucky destiny While Bloodlines injects a new generation into the franchise, this batch of doomed twenty-somethings (and some not) is a welcome refresh. The ensemble is diverse, likeable enough and, for the most part, convincing in their panic and disbelief. Standouts like Erik (Richard Harmon) and Charlie (Teo Briones) bring surprising charm and levity to the chaos. That said, the protagonist, Stefani, feels slightly under-seasoned when compared to some of the franchise's past leads. She is fine, just not particularly memorable. Especially when put next to Iris (Brec Bassinger and Gabrielle Rose), her grandmother and a character who exudes layered trauma, gothic conviction and all the Final Girl energy Stefani could have used more of. Iris, despite limited screen time, somehow steals every scene she is in with a mix of weariness and wisdom that gives the film real emotional weight. Still, the dynamic between the family members and the generational aspect of the plot gives the story enough texture to carry through even when Stefani's screen presence feels a bit diluted. Gore-geously produced Bloodlines is not a film for the squeamish or those with a philosophical inclination. It is a horror ride, bloody, ridiculous and wonderfully fatalistic. For those who appreciate this kind of chaos, it is nearly perfect. But it is also very much a niche delight. The pacing is fast, the tone is unapologetically bleak and the film assumes that its audience knows what they signed up for. There is little hand-holding and even less interest in reinventing what the franchise does best. Instead, it leans into the formula and sharpens it. That confidence makes it one of the better-crafted entries in the series, even if it is unlikely to convert new fans who do not enjoy watching fate literally body-check people into oblivion. Grim Reaper returns Final Destination: Bloodlines proves that even after six films, the franchise still has creative legs and many, many ways to break them. With smart callbacks, a unique mythological twist and some of the most grotesquely fun kills in the series yet, it satisfies long-time fans while teasing a broader universe that could actually sustain more stories. Yes, the main character might not leave a strong impression, but everything else from the execution (pun intended) to the pacing feels like a return to form. It is nostalgic without being stale, modern without being overstuffed and yes, still very, very fatal. It is gory. It is precise. It is a scream, but only for those who can stomach it. DIRECTOR: Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein CAST: Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Rya Kihlstedt, Richard Harmon, Tony Todd E-VALUE: 7/10 PLOT: 8/10 ACTING: 8/10
Time of India
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Millennial anxiety in comeback mode as ‘Final Destination' returns
1 2 Pune: A popcorn horror series in 2000 quickly grew into psychological terror for millennials who can also be called the 'Final Destination' generation. The idea that death could strike through bizarre, but completely possible accidents took root in young viewers' minds then. Now, millennial anxiety has found a throwback trigger with the release of 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' in India on May 16. Fourteen years after the last instalment, the franchise has brought back the irrational fears it successfully embedded into an entire generation's psyche. So if a millennial grips the steering wheel just a little tighter while driving behind a truck carrying metal rods, they should know they are not alone. It is the same if one involuntarily clenches every muscle when somebody does a gymnastics flip in a video. And, if the sound of a sudden elevator jolt spikes the heartbeat, the series definitely has the person in it clutches. Pranav Iyer (39) is a fintech professional who commutes from Undri to Hinjewadi daily. He said, "I quickly change lanes if I'm behind a truck with pipes, logs or any construction material. It's like a reflex even now. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 40대 이상이고 PC가 있으세요? 그럼 이 게임을 정말 좋아하실 거예요! Sea of Conquest 플레이하기 Undo The minute I spot something sticking out of a vehicle, my brain thinks of the 'Final Destination 2' scene where logs fall out and everyone dies in an unexpected and macabre way. I tell myself not to think of it, but desperately try to move away from behind the vehicle. " Teacher Pritha Dasgupta (42) has been terrified of stepping onto an escalator after she watched a scene from the movie. "I still get slight anxiety when I have to take an escalator. I ensure there's nothing in my footwear or clothes to get caught in the machine. My heart is in my mouth till I step off," she said. The lingering fear is a form of associative conditioning and not entirely irrational, according to mental health professionals. Clinical psychologist Yukhta Pathak said, "What the 'Final Destination' franchise did was introduce highly specific situational fears which hijack normal daily routines. Since the scenes were grounded in reality, situations like driving behind a truck carrying projectiles, setting up a barbecue or visiting the ophthalmologist were processed as potential threats. The fears became anchored for millennials, who encountered these ideas while still forming adult cognitive patterns. " She explained this as a phenomenon where a stimulus like a log truck or a gymnastics routine becomes linked with fear due to intense visual memory of audiences. Over time, the association causes stress or avoidance behaviour even without direct danger. "As a generation, millennials already carry a base-level anxiety because of job insecurities, rising cost of living, climate dread and social media, among others. We have hyper-vigilance disguised as common sense because the chaos we are already dealing with is stoked by a mental inventory of elaborate death sequences," said Aatish Makhija (38), a film buff. It is a very millennial trait to still remember the scenes vividly. "I cannot get myself to undergo lasik surgery because of the eye surgery scene. I know no doctor will turn a machine pointed at my eye and just leave the room like in the movie, but I squirm at the thought," said Priyanka Shah, a 40-year-old homemaker. The return of the franchise is also a reminder of how pop culture shapes a generation. Remember, millennials grew up with Y2K paranoia, 'Friends', Orkut and a healthy suspicion of ceiling fans.
Sydney Morning Herald
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Log trucks, tanning beds and pool drains: The most outrageous Final Destination deaths
And though the overall premise remains largely the same across each film, audiences can rarely predict what will happen next. Every instalment delivers at least three major twists, the biggest of which was the revelation that the fifth film was actually the prequel to the very first. So, in honour of what Final Destination does best, here are six of the franchise's most outrageous deaths (so far). Proceed with extreme caution. Death by train (Final Destination) Few horrors nail misdirection like Final Destination. In the original, the ill-fated teens believe they've cracked death's code, thus determining who will die next. After their car becomes trapped on a train line and the presumed doomed person can't open the door or undo his seatbelt, the theory seems confirmed. But death is devious. Another character manages to pull his classmate from the tracks before the train hits. As they argue over why death skipped him, a metal sheet is swept up by the passing train, decapitating an entirely unexpected character. Death by log truck (Final Destination 2) Many millennials have an irrational fear of driving behind log trucks. This scene is why. A young woman has a premonition in which she foresees dozens of people become roadkill after a metal chain snaps on a cargo truck, sending massive logs hurtling along the highway (to hell). Carnage ensues. A motorcycle rider is crushed by his own bike, cars collide and catch fire. And the pièce de résistance: one of the logs rams right into a policeman's windshield, taking his head clean off. Death by tanning bed (Final Destination 3) Tanning beds have been cancelled for a while now, largely due to the increased risk of skin cancer. But one could argue that Final Destination 3 had a small part to play. A trip to the tanning salon goes horrendously wrong, as two women become trapped inside their booths and are slowly burned to a crisp. Like most Final Destination deaths, it's triggered by a series of freak coincidences – a discarded drink, a tube of tanning lotion wedged under the door. Inside the claustrophobic death chambers, the temperature rises so high that their goggles melt into their eye sockets. As they say, beauty is pain. Death by pool drain (The Final Destination) Pool vents are already unsettling – what's inside those dark voids? This scene turns those troubling questions into an all-out phobia. A man is pulled onto a pool drain bottom-first after the pressure system malfunctions. His body creates a vacuum, resulting in his insides being sucked out. Even the Final Destination crew couldn't stomach showing the final moment on-screen, but did reveal the guts geyser that followed. Death by laser eye surgery (Final Destination 5) For many, the eye is not to be messed with. A woman's trip to the ophthalmologist goes haywire after an electrical malfunction increases the laser's intensity. Trapped in the chair by a clamp and speculum, the laser blasts her eye, as well as the hand she desperately tries to shield herself with. She eventually frees herself, but then stumbles out the window where she falls to her death. In a cruel footnote, her undamaged eye pops out of its socket and is crushed by an oncoming car. Death by MRI (Final Destination: Bloodlines) All it took was one pesky clipboard and a peanut snack to seal two men's fates. In the most recent film, a hospital's MRI machine is accidentally set to 'research level', pulling anything metallic towards it. This includes a man's nose, nipple and phallus piercings, as well as a wheelchair that smashes into his back. The machine's force keeps pulling on the man and chair until he eventually folds backwards like a human taco. The other man, seemingly spared, is suddenly impaled in the head by a flying vending machine spring.
The Age
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Log trucks, tanning beds and pool drains: The most outrageous Final Destination deaths
And though the overall premise remains largely the same across each film, audiences can rarely predict what will happen next. Every instalment delivers at least three major twists, the biggest of which was the revelation that the fifth film was actually the prequel to the very first. So, in honour of what Final Destination does best, here are six of the franchise's most outrageous deaths (so far). Proceed with extreme caution. Death by train (Final Destination) Few horrors nail misdirection like Final Destination. In the original, the ill-fated teens believe they've cracked death's code, thus determining who will die next. After their car becomes trapped on a train line and the presumed doomed person can't open the door or undo his seatbelt, the theory seems confirmed. But death is devious. Another character manages to pull his classmate from the tracks before the train hits. As they argue over why death skipped him, a metal sheet is swept up by the passing train, decapitating an entirely unexpected character. Death by log truck (Final Destination 2) Many millennials have an irrational fear of driving behind log trucks. This scene is why. A young woman has a premonition in which she foresees dozens of people become roadkill after a metal chain snaps on a cargo truck, sending massive logs hurtling along the highway (to hell). Carnage ensues. A motorcycle rider is crushed by his own bike, cars collide and catch fire. And the pièce de résistance: one of the logs rams right into a policeman's windshield, taking his head clean off. Death by tanning bed (Final Destination 3) Tanning beds have been cancelled for a while now, largely due to the increased risk of skin cancer. But one could argue that Final Destination 3 had a small part to play. A trip to the tanning salon goes horrendously wrong, as two women become trapped inside their booths and are slowly burned to a crisp. Like most Final Destination deaths, it's triggered by a series of freak coincidences – a discarded drink, a tube of tanning lotion wedged under the door. Inside the claustrophobic death chambers, the temperature rises so high that their goggles melt into their eye sockets. As they say, beauty is pain. Death by pool drain (The Final Destination) Pool vents are already unsettling – what's inside those dark voids? This scene turns those troubling questions into an all-out phobia. A man is pulled onto a pool drain bottom-first after the pressure system malfunctions. His body creates a vacuum, resulting in his insides being sucked out. Even the Final Destination crew couldn't stomach showing the final moment on-screen, but did reveal the guts geyser that followed. Death by laser eye surgery (Final Destination 5) For many, the eye is not to be messed with. A woman's trip to the ophthalmologist goes haywire after an electrical malfunction increases the laser's intensity. Trapped in the chair by a clamp and speculum, the laser blasts her eye, as well as the hand she desperately tries to shield herself with. She eventually frees herself, but then stumbles out the window where she falls to her death. In a cruel footnote, her undamaged eye pops out of its socket and is crushed by an oncoming car. Death by MRI (Final Destination: Bloodlines) All it took was one pesky clipboard and a peanut snack to seal two men's fates. In the most recent film, a hospital's MRI machine is accidentally set to 'research level', pulling anything metallic towards it. This includes a man's nose, nipple and phallus piercings, as well as a wheelchair that smashes into his back. The machine's force keeps pulling on the man and chair until he eventually folds backwards like a human taco. The other man, seemingly spared, is suddenly impaled in the head by a flying vending machine spring.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Final Destination Bloodlines Gives Tony Todd a Proper Goodbye
Final Destination Bloodlines ended up being the last role for Tony Todd, who died of cancer in November at 69. Because Todd knew he was ill going into filming, directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein wanted to give him and his character, William Bludworth, a proper goodbye. Despite his illness, Todd urged the directors to 'not write him out of the movie,' saying he wanted to participate. Stein and Lipovsky shared what it meant to work with Todd in an interview with GamesRadar+. 'When he got there on set, he was so incredibly joyful and excited to be there, and excited to meet the new cast and basically give Bludworth not only a proper ending, but a proper beginning,' Stein said. 'And a proper explanation for who his character is as a person.' William Bludworth first appeared in Final Destination as the coroner who explains the rules of death to the teenagers who face it. Bludworth would also make appearances in Final Destination 2 and Final Destination 5. In Bloodlines, Stein made sure to work with Todd to develop Bludworth's farewell. 'We really worked closely with him to not only give a goodbye in the movie for his character to the other characters, but to craft what we thought might be a goodbye to the audience, because these Final Destination movies take several years to make,' says Stein. 'We knew this would probably be his last Final Destination movie. We didn't realize it would be his last movie. We wanted him to be able to say goodbye. We asked him in that final moment to put it in his own words. You know, put the script away. What do you wanna say to your fans? What has all this been about? You know, what is life about?' Stein called Todd's appearance 'inspirational,' citing that the late actor spoke 'directly from the heart to the audience.' Final Destination Bloodlines arrives in theaters on May 16, 2025. (Source: GamesRadar+) The post Final Destination Bloodlines Gives Tony Todd a Proper Goodbye appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
