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Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Horror fans are just discovering the star of Final Destination Bloodlines acted in a cult classic decades ago
Fans are just discovering that one of the stars of Final Destination Bloodlines acted in a beloved classic nearly two decades ago... and many have been left stunned over the revelation. Final Destination Bloodlines hit theaters last week and, ever since it premiered, many viewers have taken to social media to gush over actor Richard Harmon. In the new horror flick, Richard, 33, portrays Erik Campbell - the cousin of main character Stefani Reyes, who is played by Kaitlyn Santa Juana. His rebellious and bold personality quickly captured the hearts of millions across the globe, turning him into a social media sensation practically over night. But when one X, formerly Twitter, user pointed out that Richard was actually in another popular movie when he was just a teen, hoards of his newfound fans were left completely shocked over the news. It turns out, Richard starred as the Vampire Kid in the popular 2007 horror flick Trick 'r Treat. Starring in the flick at only 16 years old, Richard's character was the one who wreaked havoc on the school bus before it plunged off a cliff and into the lake, killing him and the rest of the passengers on board. Since it takes place on Halloween and he's wearing a Dracula mask in the scene, Richard's face is never shown during the flick, which is why many had no idea that was even him. 'Wait so you're telling me that the Vampire Kid from Trick 'r Treat grew up to be the dude from Final Destination Bloodlines that every man and woman are thirsting for?' one surprised X user wrote after making the discovery on Monday. Immediately, their post went viral, gaining more than 479,000 views in a matter of hours - and hundreds rushed to the replies to share their thoughts. 'Bro this actually blows my mind. Trick 'r Treat is one of my favorite movies and I would have probably never noticed this,' one person wrote. 'Shut the f**k up no way,' someone else said. 'I am shook,' another another used, while a fourth added, 'I love him even more now.' 'Holy s**t that's so cool,' a fifth post said. 'So he's in two movies I love.' 'It's the same actor?' asked a different shocked X user. 'Trick 'r Treat is my favorite Halloween movie ever.' 'I didn't even realize that was him,' read another post. 'Wait so you're telling me that the Vampire Kid from Trick 'r Treat grew up to be the dude from Final Destination Bloodlines?' one surprised X user wrote after making the discovery Immediately, their post went viral, gaining more than 479,000 views in a matter of hours - and hundreds rushed to the replies to share their thoughts Richard actually has a long list of impressive acting credits. He started his career when he was just a kid, landing small parts in TV films like School of Life, Painkiller Jane, and To Be Fat Like Me. In 2007, he starred in Trick 'r Treat, and he didn't slow down after that. He appeared in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief in 2010, and landed a recurring role in the show Tower Prep that same year. In 2011, he starred in two episodes of the children's anthology horror show The Haunting Hour: The Series, before he was cast as Jasper Ames in The Killing. From 2012 until 2015 he starred in the show Continuum - but arguably his biggest role came next, when he was cast as John Murphy in The 100. His other acting credits include the shows Van Helsing, The Flash, and The Night Agent, and the films Dear Mr. Gacy, Triple Dog, Judas Kiss, Rufus, Grave Encounters 2, Evangeline, The Age of Adaline, Crypto, I Still See You, Darkness Falls, and A Cinderella Story: Starstruck.
Business Insider
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
The 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' scene that will make you wince the most was the actor's idea, he said
Audiences were terrified of logging trucks after watching "Final Destination 2." Now, thanks to " Final Destination: Bloodlines," they'll be afraid of MRI machines, too. Richard Harmon, the actor whose character meets his grizzly end in the MRI scene, told Business Insider that he masterminded its most eye-opening moment. The new movie, which is out now, follows Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), a college student who dreams of her grandmother (who is alive) dying in a skyscraper accident in 1968. She realizes that her family wasn't meant to exist, and that they're being hunted by Death itself. Richard Harmon plays Erik, Stefani's cousin, a tattooist and piercer who is skeptical about the deaths plaguing his family. Toward the end of the film, Erik finally dies when an MRI machine is accidentally turned to the highest setting, ripping out all of his body piercings — including one on his penis. Ahead of the film's release, Harmon told BI it was his idea for the character to have his penis pierced. "Looking at this character and the way that he's tattooed and the way that he's pierced, I said 'there's another piercing, you know,' and they're like, 'What do you mean?' 'I think you know exactly what I mean,'" Harmon said. He added: "Then both of our directors said, 'We actually had that thought,' and I said, 'Well why aren't we doing it?' "We discussed it, and then we put it in on the day." Craig Perry, who has produced every "Final Destination" movie, explained to BI in a separate interview that the MRI scene works so well because: "that's something that people understand, and there's such an unbelievable rich vein of danger in that machine and what it can do, and if you're not careful about metal objects around it." Perry added: "This is a perfect opportunity for us to put some characters in a circumstance where there's a rising level of magnetism and how it starts to slowly impact the world around them, until it starts impacting the world inside of them." Harmon assured horror movie fans that incidents like the one in "Final Destination: Bloodlines" are extremely rare, but had some important advice: "Don't let our movie tell you not to go get an MRI. The chances of what happened in that scene are very slim… Just maybe take your piercings out first."
Business Insider
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
The 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' scene where a guy is dragged by his nose ring took 5 days to shoot, the actor said
The "Final Destination: Bloodlines" trailer shows a character getting dragged by his nose piercing. The actor Richard Harmon said the ambitious stunt involved real fire and took five days to shoot. He also told BI he had freedom to get weird with his character, and asked to lick a garbage truck. "Final Destination: Bloodlines" is the sixth chapter in the franchise, which has made over $600 million worldwide since in launched in 2000, according to The Numbers. The new film follows a student Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), who has a disturbing dream of her grandmother dying in an accident on a skyscraper in 1968, despite the fact that the older woman survived the incident. Richard Harmon plays Erik, Stefani's cousin, who works in a tattoo parlor and is covered in piercings. In a standout scene in the film, he's working late when he gets his septum ring caught on a chain attached to a ceiling fan, and cleaning fluid accidentally catches fire below him. He told BI that no computer-generated effects were used to film the scene. "That was all legitimate. I just had wires on behind me, so if the wire broke, I wouldn't have my nose ripped off. But yeah, they did all that practical. The fire was real, the chain is real," he said. Explaining how the crew kept him safe while filming the stunt, he said: "The chain had a bit of a breakaway weight, so if the wires were to give out and I got a little bit of pressure on it, the chain would break. It wouldn't hold me up, but it was a ton of fun. "We shot that sequence actually over five days, which is a lot of time to shoot one thing." Erik is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and reckless throughout the film. He even provokes Death to murder him while pretending to have sex with a garbage truck. Asked how much freedom he had with the character, particularly with the garbage truck scene, Harmon said: "The making love to the garbage truck, coitus, so to speak, the beast with two backs, that was in the script, actually!" he recalled, adding that he chose to take the scene a step further.
