246 Days of Horror - Review Count down to the End of Days!
04-19-2012, 07:17 PM
Day #2 - Final Destination (2000) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en..._movie.jpg IMBD Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195714/
" In death there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, and no escapes."
I was seven when this movie was released on DVD, after watching it once I bought it with two weeks worth of allowance. It holds a special place in my heart, as the first horror movie I've ever owned. Needless to say, I've seen it over two dozen times and it never seems to get old. In many ways it follows the simple 80's teen horror model: six kids that are hunter down and killed off by something. There's the main girl and boy, the jock, the skank, the best friend, the goof and the teacher, with a special appearance by Tony Todd as the creepy mortician. The film starts off with our group of teens boarding a plane to Paris with the rest of their French class, when the main character has a vision. His vision forces the six characters off the plane just before it explodes. The rest of the movie is comprised of creative death scenes, witty dialogue and thought provoking events as death ( force, not physical) comes to claim the lives that were wrongfully allowed to live.
The reason this movie has impacted me so strongly, would be the underlying tone that humans are fragile. Before this film, I hadn't given any thought about how easy it is to kill a person. The 'killer' isn't a masked maniac, or a vengeful ex, that needs a machete, knife or any weapon for that matter. The killing is performed by an invisible force that causes people to die by tragic accident. Most of the death scenes are believable, mundane and could happen to anyone at any time. It's truly frightening, just how fragile we are.
If you skipped this one thinking it looked too mainstream, think again!
" In death there are no accidents, no coincidences, no mishaps, and no escapes."
I was seven when this movie was released on DVD, after watching it once I bought it with two weeks worth of allowance. It holds a special place in my heart, as the first horror movie I've ever owned. Needless to say, I've seen it over two dozen times and it never seems to get old. In many ways it follows the simple 80's teen horror model: six kids that are hunter down and killed off by something. There's the main girl and boy, the jock, the skank, the best friend, the goof and the teacher, with a special appearance by Tony Todd as the creepy mortician. The film starts off with our group of teens boarding a plane to Paris with the rest of their French class, when the main character has a vision. His vision forces the six characters off the plane just before it explodes. The rest of the movie is comprised of creative death scenes, witty dialogue and thought provoking events as death ( force, not physical) comes to claim the lives that were wrongfully allowed to live.
The reason this movie has impacted me so strongly, would be the underlying tone that humans are fragile. Before this film, I hadn't given any thought about how easy it is to kill a person. The 'killer' isn't a masked maniac, or a vengeful ex, that needs a machete, knife or any weapon for that matter. The killing is performed by an invisible force that causes people to die by tragic accident. Most of the death scenes are believable, mundane and could happen to anyone at any time. It's truly frightening, just how fragile we are.
If you skipped this one thinking it looked too mainstream, think again!
~It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night --Poe
~Tis better to reign in hell, than to serve in heaven --Milton
~One person's craziness is another person's reality --Burton
~Tis better to reign in hell, than to serve in heaven --Milton
~One person's craziness is another person's reality --Burton
![[-]](http://talkhorror.com/boards/themes/dim/collapse.png)