Written by Jon Watts And Guy Busick And Lori Evans Taylor
Directed by Zach Lipovsky And Adam Stein
William Bludworth: "I intend to enjoy the time I have left, and I suggest you do the same. Life is precious. Enjoy every single second. You never know when... Good luck."
My marathon of this franchise has finally led me to this movie and can I just say, this was really good? It's like the writers looked at what worked with Halloween (2018) and Scream (2022) and implemented it here.
This felt like a legacy sequel with a backstory on one particular character realised quite well. Let's take a trip to 1969 to begin with. That's where this film and now it's making me want a future movie to be a period setting. Anyways, it's there where we met Iris Campbell (Brec Bassinger). She's rather significant to things.
She was the one having visions of a sky restaurant she attended with her boyfriend, Paul (Max Lloyd-Jones). It was on the brink of collapse and it was in that very restaurant she saved a boy named J.B. (Jayden Oniah). That boy would grow up to be William Bludworth (Tony Todd). Iris on the other hand would go the Laurie Strode 2018 era route.
Yes, Iris would have children such as Howard (Alex Zahara) and Darlene (Rya Kihlstedt) and she'd do a fantastic job in alienating them. Howard and Darlene would find their own partners and go on to have children of their own. In particular, Darlene's estranged daughter, Stefani Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) would inherit her grandmother's (Gabrielle Rose) visions and then see her grandmother die in a grisly manner.
Stefani was the protagonist of the piece and it was to her to keep her family alive. This included her brother, Charlie (Teo Briones) as well as cousins Julia (Anna Lore), Bobby (Owen Patrick Joyner) and Erik (Richard Harmon). Out of all of them, Erik somewhat stood out the most, given how combative he was with Stefani.
Throwing a nice link to the second movie, the subplot of one of the survivors temporarily dying in order to close up the loop came into play once again. Of course, by the end of the film there was no survivors but at least the Campbell family felt a little more fleshed out compared to past films.
- This was Tony Todd's final appearance in the franchise with the movie dedicated to him.
- Looking at the writers, I just realised one of the writers as also a writer on the recent Scream movies.
- Standout music: Natasha Burnett and Garfield Wilson's version of Shout.
- Chronology: 1969 for the Iris introduction and 2024 for the main events.
Final Destination Bloodlines proved me wrong and also proved that there might be some life left in this franchise. It learned the best lessons from recent requels and delivered an incredibly strong entry. I'm now looking forward to the next one.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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