Final Destination

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Watched With: Tyler, Kate, Andrew

I really like this one, such nostalgic memories. And an unexpected franchise creator. It's such an odd teen horror series because the big evil hunting down the group of teens one by one is actually death itself and ultimately there's no escape for anyone in the whole series. Once your time's up, it's up. And eventually death will come up with some overly complicated Rube Goldberg style scenario engineered to take them out.

Of course this first film is a little more serious than the latter films where they just become excuses to kill stock characters off in ridiculously creative ways. There's a bit more thought behind the core group here. And it's more dramatic than fun. That comes later. But it does all the important ground work that the other films coasted on for a decade.

Just seeing that Dimension Films logo at the start makes me reminisce. And that cast. It's another film I learnt a lot from listening to the commentary as a kid.

Hopefully we'll get through the rest of the series soon. This really is the most unapologetic excuse for teen slaughter and great fun.