Final Destination (DVD 2000)

The Final Destination trio of films are born purely of a lame conceptual idea to repeat the same below standard formula time and time again. I envisage American audiences wasting their dollars at the box office to google at this circus slideshow of dismal demises but I shudder to think that more cynical audiences across the pond have helped spawn a further two brain-dead performances with their Euros and Pounds Sterling.

Hollywood rarely conjures up what true fans of the genre consider as a legitimate horror film, especially those who remember the innovative camera techniques and non CGI gore of the 70/80's genre masters. I will spare Final Destination (1st movie) a morsel of praise, it evaded the standard glitzy slasher flick format, awarding it with a grain of originality. This small merit is now dashed against the rocks of interminable repetitiveness. These films are a reminder of how shallow and spoon fed our society has become.