The new story in Final Destination Bloodlines failed to explain the biggest unsolved mystery of the Final Destination franchise, and it seems like this question will never actually be answered. After a 14-year hiatus, Final Destination Bloodlines reimagined the typical story that started feeling overdone and repetitive during the franchise’s original run spanning five movies between 2000 and 2011. Bloodlines seemed to connect every previous group of deaths to the original premonition of Iris Campbell (Brec Bassinger) at the Sky View restaurant tower in 1969, but still left many mysterious unresolved.
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Perhaps the biggest mystery of the Final Destination franchise is the question concerning exactly why the central characters experience premonitions of tragic accidents, allowing them to cheat Death’s plan in the first place. This question was made even more prevalent in Final Destination Bloodlines, as Stefani (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) experiences her grandmother, Iris’, premonition, rather than her own. In a recent conversation with Screen Rant, Bloodlines directing duo Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein neglected to provide a definitive answer, instead choosing to leave it up to audience interpretation.
“It’s a really tricky thing, None of the movies ever really explain why people have premonitions or who’s creating the premonitions,” explains Lipovsky to Screen Rant. “There’s a lot of debate about that. Is there some other force other than death that’s creating the premonitions, or is death giving them the premonition just so that he can have some fun? There’s a lot of different theories on that. And why it’s slightly different in this case is also really interesting. I think we love that the audience can come to their own conclusions on that.”
While Lipovsky also notes that they “have some theories of [their] own,” he and Stein also remain dedicated to the Final Destination franchise’s “bring your own explanation” concept that gives the audience agency and immersion into the world. Final Destination Bloodlines made the typical Final Destination story more interesting and engaging, which could revitalize the film series and lead to many more sequels to come. However, it seems very likely that even these possible Final Destination sequels won’t be explaining the origin of the mysterious premonitions, and this is probably a good thing.
It might take away some of the magic of the franchise if this burning question actually receives an answer. Right now, we don’t know why characters have been given visions of their deaths, or who might have imbued these premonitions on them, but this keeps the mystery alive and our interest piqued. Stein has noted that “Death’s work is never done,” while a possible franchise expansion has also been teased by producer Craig Perry, so the mystery could become even more inexplicable in the future.
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