After 14 years of waiting for another installment,Final Destination: Bloodlinesis now on its way, and it has already brought back the best thing about the franchise. TheFinal Destinationfranchise quickly became one of the best horror sagas of the 2000s due to its iconic death scenes and fun twists. Therefore, when a reboot movie was teased, many were left wondering ifFinal Destination 6would introduce another twistthat would help revitalize the franchise after the last few films had increasingly lower ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.
Franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick has previously stated in aFinal Destination 6updatethat the movie“is not just going to be another kind of ‘we set up a group of people, they cheat death, and then just death gets them,” situation, as the plot has become repetitive. Instead,Final Destination 6will focus on new ideas and follow a different formulathat hasn’t been seen before.Now, with the release ofFinal Destination: Bloodlinesmovie traileron February 3, we have finally been given a first look at what lies in store for the latest installment.
Final Destination Bloodlines’ First Revealed Death Is Already One Of The Franchise’s Best
The Ceiling Fan Callback Makes For A Tense Trailer
TheFinal Destination: Bloodlinestrailer is an entire two minutes from the movie showcasing one of its death scenes, and it already looks like one of the franchise’s best. Following a tattoo artist inking himself in his studio,things begin to get tense as the trailer shows a ceiling fan twirling dangerously close to some decorative chains. As the artist finishes a “DAD” tattoo on his arm, in classicFinal Destinationfashion, a sequence of events begins to unfold, leading to the artist’s nose ring becoming stuck to a hanging chain, which eventually sends him falling into an accidental fire.
The character’s “DAD” tattoo follows the announcement that he has just found out his father has passed away, which seems to connect to the official synopsis and title alluding to some form of bloodline connection between deaths. The official synopsis is as follows:
Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.
Furthermore, the use of theceiling fan inFinal Destination’smovie trailer is a callbackto the pitch that Lipovsky and Stein used to sell their vision for the movie. A staged, pre-recorded death caused by a ceiling fan put together with VFX surprised executives at New Line Cinema and served as the first impression of what the movie was going to be like if greenlight. Therefore, to include it in the trailer was a brilliant move as it reminds audiences that the newFinal Destinationmovie wants to create the same tension that the horror franchise is so famous for.
A Final Destination Movie Is Only As Good As Its Most Creative Death Scenes
Final Destination 6 Needs To Live Up To Previous Death Scenes
The biggest worry aboutFinal Destination 6was that the movie would feel stale in comparison to previous installments, as it is hard to match the creativity of previous death scenes.Taking everyday occurrences and using a combination of coincidences to execute fate’s targets madeFinal Destinationextremely nerve-wrackingto watch as, despite the odds being against the situation happening in real life, it was never completely out of the realm of possibility. This is whyFinal Destination 2’slog scene still remains the most disturbing scenefor many, as many are still untrustworthy of log trucks because of the franchise.
The deaths must have an element of credibility to them, no matter how far-fetched, to achieve that sense of tension and fear
The franchise definitely would not have become such a staple of the genre if it wasn’t forFinal Destination’sridiculous death scenes, as the bizarre moments are what stay in the minds of audiences for years to come. However, the deaths must have an element of credibility to them, no matter how far-fetched, to achieve that sense of tension and fear.Final Destination 6’strailer shows that the movie seems to embody everything thatFinal Destinationshould be, delivering a fantastically outrageous death scene that feels real due to its setup, but it also promises more than that.
Final Destination 6 Must Have A Lot More In Store If This Death Is Being Shown
The Trailer Teases That There Are Better Deaths To Come
Using a death scene forFinal Destination: Bloodlines’trailer suggests that the movie has a lot more in store than this scene. WithFinal Destination: BloodlinesMay 15 release date looming closer, the trailer must showcase the very best of the movie to get audiences interested, especially after 14 years since the franchise’s last film. Therefore,to blatantly showcase a death scene in the trailer, especially for a movie that relies on the audience not knowing what will happen next to the characters, is a bold moveand implies thatFinal Destination 6has something even better to offer.
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Considering there have been fiveFinal Destinationmovies so far,Final Destination 6needs a different story if it aims to reboot the franchise. By demonstrating a familiarFinal Destination-style death in the trailer, the movie hints that there will be even better ones in the film itself, however, it could be that the deaths are not the most important part. While ridiculous deaths are a staple of the franchise, previous comments hinting at a new formula and revitalization could mean thatFinal Destination: Bloodlineswill have more than just that, which is exciting.
