In the world of Final Destination, it’s always better to die horribly the first time so you don’t die even more horribly the second. Unfortunately for the family at the center of Final Destination: Bloodlines, the franchise’s first offering in over a decade, that rule hadn’t been established yet. In the 1960s, their grandma made the frankly quite selfish decision to save dozens of people from a fiery demise inside the Space Needle (or some structure that looks a lot like it), kicking off Death’s endless quest to reclaim those who cheated its wiles in the most gruesome ways possible. As she tells her granddaughter, “Death doesn’t like it when you mess with his plans.” Now, it’s coming for everyone that’s alive because of her—including her children and her children’s children.
In Death’s typical, theatrical fashion, that means possibly the worst barbecue in cinema history for the family—and a new clip likely to scar a new generation of kids searching YouTube without their parents’ permission.
There’s at least one bit in here that made this writer physically wince, and multiple that will make anyone with a food handler’s certificate clutch that card tight to their chest. If nothing else, it will make you think twice before jumping on a trampoline or feeling the grass between your toes—not that there’s much these characters could have done to escape their fates in the first place.
Bloodlines stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Brec Bassinger, and late horror legend Tony Todd. It opens in theaters and IMAX May 16. Just try not to drive behind any lumber trucks on the way there.