Over 10 years person passed since radical past escaped death, lone to beryllium hunted by it, in the Final Destination franchise. The archetypal 5 films helped the franchise summation a sizable instrumentality basal but the originative squad gave the conception a bully agelong interruption earlier bringing it back. And bring it backmost they did, perchance amended than ever, according to the archetypal reactions to Final Destination: Bloodlines.
The sixth movie successful the franchise continues the mythology acceptable distant by the 2000 archetypal and its sequel, but does truthful successful a mode that reimagines things ever truthful slightly. It’s close determination successful the title: “Bloodlines.” This time, Death is coming not conscionable for immoderate random radical who happened to beryllium connected a level oregon roller coaster. It’s coming for an full household who should not, according to Death, exist.
Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, Final Destination: Bloodlines opens connected May 16 and it screened precocious for fans and critics. Almost overwhelmingly, the absorption to it was positive. Here are conscionable immoderate of the reactions.
#FinalDestinationBloodlines is simply a splatterrific blast! A fun, frightening nightmare mill of gleeful gore. Sharp Rube Goldberg decease traps perfectly finesse tension, acheronian drama & blood-drenched carnage. Easily a franchise fave. #FinalDestination #Bloodlines @newlinecinema pic.twitter.com/Js8W1LpU71
— Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) April 30, 2025
I americium a VERY blessed Final Destination instrumentality close now. #FinalDestinationBloodlines conscionable gets it.
The movie is packed with clever and highly good executed acceptable pieces that precise successfully scratch the itch the 2000 archetypal started – the twisted thrill of seeing the outrageous… pic.twitter.com/VmyKRr1Brh
— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) April 30, 2025
#FinalDestinationBloodlines is perfectly nuts. 😱
The franchise truly takes its highly brutal deaths to an wholly antithetic level.#Bloodlines has a precise unsocial hook that should fulfill audiences & lifelong fans, portion the household dynamic is simply a fantastic addition. pic.twitter.com/ZhRNnC7uP9
— 𝘏𝘖𝘙𝘙𝘖𝘙 𝘜𝘕𝘐𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘈𝘓 (@UnlHorror_) April 30, 2025
#FinalDestination Bloodlines is perfectly nuts.
The franchise truly takes its highly brutal deaths to an wholly antithetic level.#Bloodlines has a precise unsocial hook that should fulfill audiences & lifelong fans, portion the household dynamic is simply a fantastic addition. pic.twitter.com/NjxENzzfwL
— Russ Milheim – The Direct (@RussMilheim) April 30, 2025
#FinalDestination #Bloodlines breathes caller decease into this iconic franchise. A slayer introduction that delivers a bloody smorgasbord of demises that are jaw-on-the-floor creative. This caller instrumentality connected the lore delivers a communicative affluent with opportunity. A assemblage shocker worthy waiting for. pic.twitter.com/4pxTV2NS9v
— Simon Thompson (@ShowbizSimon) April 30, 2025
Ahhh, I had specified a bully clip watching radical dice horribly! Final Destination: Bloodlines precise overmuch delivers – Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein wholly get the tone. And Tony Todd’s quality is simply a genuinely beauteous one, honoring some William Bludworth and the awesome antheral who played him. https://t.co/bjPRSwIEPq
— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) April 30, 2025
. #FinalDestination: Bloodlines 🩸Must-Watch connected the freaking biggest surface with a crowd !!! 😱Absolutely Anxiety-inducing, wildly traumatizing and yet insanely originative deaths.
Features immoderate of the Best kills successful the franchise!Also beauteous past moments of #tonytodd @FDMovie pic.twitter.com/Clk8NVFm54
— GothamGeekGirl | Nadya Martinez (@GothamGeekGirl) April 30, 2025
Holy S#%T #finaldestinationbloodlines was a F'N blast! It's a gloriously bloody amusive clip filled with unthinkable deaths and tummy churning moments. It's an fantabulous introduction to the franchise that you request to ticker with friends. And a beauteous tribute to the precocious Tony Todd. pic.twitter.com/UbvFj5UZz0
— Junior Felix (@JuniorFett) April 30, 2025
And finally, this guy:
Yes, I’m among the radical who person seen the movie and portion I can’t springiness it a afloat reappraisal conscionable yet, having recently rewatched and ranked the archetypal 5 films, I basal by what I said. It’s the champion of the bunch. Bloodlines does precisely what I wanted from a Final Destination movie: it was ace entertaining, filled with hilarious, inventive, gross kills, but it besides tweaks things ever truthful somewhat without breaking the formula, keeping you connected your toes the full time. Plus, the full thought of a household being the unfortunate reshapes your thought of the franchise successful immoderate noteworthy ways. We won’t accidental much than that.
Starring Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, and Tony Todd successful perchance his last performance, Final Destination: Bloodlines opens May 16.
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