On the sixteenth night of our #31DaysToHalloween the Mister and our buddy, Zack, join me in reviewing FINAL DESTINATION 5 (2011) and THE FINAL DESTINATION (2025).  
In  FINAL DESTINATION 5 (2011), directed by Steven Quale, from a script by Eric Heisserer and Jeffrey Reddick.  In the film, a man's premonition saves his colleagues from a deadly suspension bridge collapse, only for the mysterious mortician to reveal a new rule: a survivor can cheat Death by killing someone else and claiming their remaining lifespan. The friends descend into paranoia and betrayal as they are picked off in gruesome accidents, culminating in a shocking twist where the final two survivors board the ill-fated Flight 180 from the original film, revealing the movie is a prequel.  The film clocks in at 1 h and 32 m, is rated R and we caught the film on HBO Max but you can also catch it to buy/rent on Prime Video.  Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.
The last film in the series, FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES (2025), is directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein from a script by Guy Busick, Lori Evans Taylor and Jon Watts.  The film follows a college student who begins having recurring nightmares of a catastrophic 1969 skyscraper collapse, a disaster originally averted by her grandmother.  She discovers her entire family is on Death's list because they are the descendants of those who should have died, and must try to break a generational curse.  The family is then systematically killed off in elaborate ways, following a bloodline order, until the final two survivors are killed by a train derailment caused by an object related to the 1969 premonition.  The film clocks in at 1 h and 50 m, is rated R and we caught the film on HBO Max but you can also  buy/rent on Prime Video.  Please note there are SPOILERS in this review.
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Opening intro music: GOAT by Wayne Jones, courtesy of YouTube Audio Library