Final Destination: Bloodlines
Final Destination: Bloodlines
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.
Nirupam reviewedMay 16, 2025
This one’s a weird movie to be sentimental about but here I go. When the opening disaster scene was unfolding, I was transported to when I was like seven and watching Final Destination 3 on cable really late at night with my aunt. It hit me that Bloodlines would be the first Final Destination film I’m watching in theaters. The train sequence from the third film has always stuck with me and I remember after watching that film, I immediately searched for all the other parts that were out at that time and became very obsessed with them and that accelerated my horror loving journey even more.
Now many many years later, I’m seated for a new one and yes this was everything I wanted and more. The opening disaster was amazingly done. I am not scared of heights but every time they panned down, I winced. Some scenes made me chuckle; morbid humor which this franchise is great at. I also enjoyed the kills. Part of me is a bit disappointed at how CGI some of those looked but it didn’t ruin anything for me and honestly fuck it I’m overlooking that. The kills were still fun. I loved the build ups and the anticipation and the eventual impact. It does everything well exactly how we’d expect this franchise to do.
Also that Tony Todd scene made me cry. Rest in Peace, my dude. You’re one of the best and will forever be remembered by horror fans all over the world.
I also enjoyed the characters especially our lead. She’s not as bland as Kimberly or Bobby Campo which is a huge plus. I also enjoyed the family drama aspect of it all. Characters were never the strongest suit for this franchise so I think this one was an upgrade in that department. I also loved the death design bit here. The whole family bloodline stuff adds a fun fresh twist on the tried and true formula.
This is getting long so let me wrap up. Overall, I LOVED Final Destination: Bloodlines. I was very excited for this and it didn’t disappoint at all. I’m saying this as a big fan of this franchise. Finally a horror sequel with “bloodlines” in the title that’s actually great. I will be watching again.