DESTINATION: DEATH

DIRECTORS ADAM B STEIN AND ZACH LIPOVSKY TAKE US TO TERRIFYING NEW HEIGHTS OF HORROR IN FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES

- ADAM TANSWELL

PREPARE FOR AN OVERLOAD of jump scares, bloody gore and deaths galore when Final Destination Bloodlines tears into cinemas in May. The sixth movie in the much-loved supernatural horror franchise is chock-full of premonition-predicted disasters, intricately orchestrated kills and shocking new twists in a story that embraces the past and adds a host of unexpected surprises. It's taken 14 years for the latest instalment to reach the big screen, but directors Adam B Stein and Zach Lipovsky promise it's worth the wait.

“We are huge fans of Final Destination,” Stein tells SFX. “When we were first hired, we did an incredibly deep dive into every different element of what makes these movies special. We've taken the formula of Final Destination, which is so delightful, and we're pushing it to new levels. We're adding a lot of new elements that haven't been seen before in the previous films.”

What exactly does that mean for fans of the death-defying franchise? “For people who know how Final Destination movies work, there's a certain amount of predictability because you know these people are going to die,” admits Stein. “You also know they are going to die in an order, but we've done a lot of work to try and show audiences that you can create the unexpected in this world. There's a lot of unpredictability in our movie that we're excited for fans to experience.”

The epic premonition at the start of Final Destination Bloodlines is a prime example of an unexpected new twist to the story. “For this film, the first premonition takes place in 1969,” explains Lipovsky. “There are lots of deaths during the premonition, which is what normally happens in the opening sequence of a