Final Destination: Bloodlines is flipping the franchise on its head, literally from the opening scene. Co-director Zach Lipovsky teased major surprises, warning fans they’re about to be “thrown for a loop” the second the movie begins.
In an interview with SFX Magazine, Lipovsky revealed that the new film kicks off with a deadly premonition in 1969, but that’s just the start. “There are lots of deaths during the premonition, which is what normally happens,” he explained. “But we then come out of the eye of a different person in the modern day. That’s new.”
It’s a bold shift for the Final Destination formula, and one designed to instantly throw longtime fans off their game. “For a lot of fans, I think that’s going to immediately throw them for a loop. It’s going to make them lean forward to try and figure out what’s going on,” Lipovsky said.
Unpredictability at Every Turn
According to Lipovsky, unpredictability is the name of the game in Bloodlines. Death scenes are set up to mislead audiences about who’s next , and how it’s going to happen. “You might think it’s one person, but it’s not,” he said. “There’s a delight in that.”
Lipovsky and co-director Adam Stein aimed to make Bloodlines feel less like a predictable checklist and more like a nerve-wracking guessing game. For fans who’ve been craving fresh energy in the franchise, this could be exactly the jolt it needed.
A Franchise That Just Won’t Die
Meanwhile, James Wong, who directed the original 2000 Final Destination and its 2006 sequel, admitted he never thought the franchise would live this long. “I thought the fifth was the end, the capper,” he told Bloody Disgusting. “But I’m super happy that they’re doing it.”
Wong praised Final Destination for staying true to its unique identity, making death itself the villain, rather than a slasher like Freddy Krueger or Jason Voorhees. “It could come from any direction,” he explained. “The killer’s all around us.”
That eerie, ever-present threat is what Wong believes gives Final Destination its staying power, and why Final Destination: Bloodlines could be one of the most talked-about entries yet.
