Franchise Marathon No. 5: Final Destination (Est. 2000)
The first 5 films followed the original’s 2000 release with subsequent releases in 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2011, about 2-3 years between each one. The first follows a group of teenagers who get off of a plane right before it crashes and are then chased by an invisible force, Death, seeking to restore balance by ending the survivors in order of when they would have died on the plane.
May 27
Final Destination 3 (2006)
Directed by James Wong and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong the 3rd installment of Final Destination follows a similar formula to the first 2 films. In the review of the first film I went over the first film which was inspired by Jeffrey Reddick’s spooky experience while traveling. Jump to the third film however and we are following a completely disconnected group of high schoolers, seemingly random as far as the franchise is concerned.
May 14
Black Christmas (1974), (2006), and (2019)
Though the horror genre isn’t typically associated with Christmas I feel there are inherently sinister elements of the season that fit perfectly with horror. I'm a huge fan of both horror and Christmas and right after Halloween passes I look forward the holiday season with a mixture of Christmas-themed horror mixed in. Though the 3 Black Christmas movies aren't considered a series or franchise at least one of the 3 renditions typically makes any Christmas horror list.
Dec 9, 2021
My top five found footage movies
Now a full-fledged subgenre with parameters and guidelines evolving in particular around the technology available now and how we use that tech. Back in '99 it didn't make sense for people to have a recording device out unless they needed to, placing large constraints out of the gate for the plots of these movies. As tech became intertwined with our everyday lives, to the extent that in Unfriended 2 it's believable that hackers can tap into the vast network of surveillance cam
Nov 12, 2021
