Warning: This article contains mild spoilers for Final Destination: BloodlinesFinal Destination 5, which many consider the best movie in the franchise, marked a return to form for the films after The Final Destination left viewers wondering if the franchise had any mileage left in it anymore. Final Destination Bloodlines' box-office milestone proves that, despite the 14-year gap since Final Destination 5, the last film made viewers want more Final Destination movies. It is one of the most innovative entries in the franchise, introducing a new theory, featuring memorably gory deaths, and ending with one of the greatest plot twists in horror film history. 722e41

Here's how all six Final Destination movies compare to one another, from worst to best. Debuting in 2000, Final Destination quickly became one of the more enduring new horror franchises in Hollywood. The first five films in the series were released in just over a decade, before fans had to wait fourteen years for a new entry in the form of Final Destination Bloodlines. The latest Final Destination finds a clever way to connect itself to the previous films within the lore of the story. It also embraces the absurdly gory roots of the franchise without ever feeling like its repeating old glories.

With one of the greatest horror movie plot twists of all time, Final Destination 5 was able to save its underwhelming reputation, making the fifth installment worth the watch. Known for their elaborate setups, the Final Destination franchise has produced five memorable films so far, with a sixth movie, Final Destination: Bloodlines, on the horizon as well. Following a set formula, Final Destination contains some of the most ridiculous deaths, providing a unique take on the horror genre through its lack of a physical villain and heavy focus on the inescapability of fate.

As is tradition in the Saw saga, Jigsaw had a plot twist that led to another, one of them a timeline twist, and if you liked that one, this $157.9 million horror movie is a must-watch. The Saw saga seemed to have reached its end in 2010 with Saw 3D, also known as The Final Chapter, and though it gave a surprising but satisfying end to the franchise, it was brought back to life seven years later with Jigsaw. Directed by the Spierig Brothers, Jigsaw is set a decade after John Kramer’s (Tobin Bell) death.

Devon Sawa, one of the original Final Destination stars, opens up about his Final Destination 5 cameo, revealing the unpaid nature of it. In 2000, when Sawa was just getting his acting career off the ground, he starred in the lead role of Alex Browning in Final Destination, which saw a group of teenagers avoid death on an airplane, only for it to come back for them through a series of grisly accidents. Having died offscreen between sequels, Sawa made a surprise cameo return in Final Destination 5's twist ending through archival footage.

They may have "final" in the title, but just how many Final Destination movies have there been? Final Destination's simple but elegant concept began life as a pitch for an episode of The X-Files titled "Flight 180." Writer Jeffrey Reddick's original idea saw Scully's younger brother having a vivid premonition a plane he was going to board would explode, which comes to . This concept was later fleshed out into a movie, where some teenagers who don't board a flight they were supposed to die on are then stalked by Death itself - who doesn't like to be cheated.

Final Destination 5's gymnastics death might not top the list of the franchise's most creature setpieces, but it's easily the most underrated. Final Destination started life as "Flight 180," a spec script written by Jeffrey Reddick as an episode of The X-Files. This would have seen Scully's younger brother having a premonition that the plane he was about to board would explode, which it does soon after he refuses to board. The spec eventually evolved into Final Destination, where Death itself comes to haunt a group of teenagers who are escorted off a plane that explodes in midair.

The arrival of a new year means that numerous horror movieswill celebrate turning ten, twenty, thirty, and even forty in 2021. In 2011, there were several franchises that either started or expanded as well as major remakes of iconic sci-fi horror flicks that ultimately defined what the 2010s had in store for the genre as a whole. Here's every horror movie turning ten in 2021.

Horror is a genre built on tropes, though horror movies have tried to subvert some of these long-lived formulas by ensuring there are no survivors by the time the credits roll. Some horror tropes are utilized often, such as the final girl. Others are far less commonly used, which makes them more surprising. The choice to kill off everyone in a horror movie isn't as common of an ending, but tends to be utilized when a bleak, shocking finish is necessary.

Here's a rundown of every main character who dies in the Final Destination franchise. The original Final Destination started life as an X-Files spec script dubbed "Flight 180," which dealt with Scully's younger brother having a premonition that a plane he's about to board is going to crash - which is what happens when he decides not to get on it. The writer Jeffrey Reddick then reworked the idea as a movie, with X-Files duo Glen Morgan and James Wong later coming onboard to turn Final Destination into a hit movie.