He neglected to tell any of the survivors in the first movie how to escape death. Final Destination is the most existential horror franchise of them all. He/she then freaks out, getting some people out of the location with them, right in the moment the accident happens as expected. Abraham High School who is chosen to chaperone the students on their field trip to Paris. If you are 18 years or older or are comfortable with graphic material, you are free to view this page. She is nearly killed at a car wash, but Lori and George Lanter arrive in time to save her, which leads them to believe that they have cheated Death's plan. She is the fifth survivor to die. Wendy arrives just as a frightened horse starts dragging Julie through the fair, but Kevin Fischer saves Julie before she is impaled by a harrow. The boys initially had her sit in the back with Wendy, who did not want to see the tracks, but Carrie insists on sitting in the front and switches seats with Kevin. Tod later delivers a farewell speech at the memorial service. The fire eventually spreads and causes an explosion which destroys her whole house, as Alex flees the scene. As a result, she avoided a gas leak that suffocated the guests staying at the lodge. She attends grad night at the amusement park with her boyfriend Kevin, best friend Wendy, and Wendy's boyfriend Jason Wise. She follows Sam off the bus and witnesses the bridge collapse moments later. Thirty-nine days later, she attends the memorial service for the victims; she is the only one who thanks Alex for saving her, and gives him a rose to show her gratitude. The remaining passengers begin to shout, forcing the operators to start the ride, which crashes shortly after as Wendy predicted, and she is the first to fall off the ride before Jason and the others. Whereas the original Final Destination opened with a plane crash, Final Destination 2 rendered a massive multi-car pileup on a freeway. She brings them to William Bludworth, who asserts that only "new life" can defeat Death. Nick is seen again in a montage at the end of Final Destination 5. Janet Cunningham is Lori Milligan's best friend, and one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway crash. This alarms the other survivors, who watch news coverage of his death. Ian McKinley is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster. Unbeknownst to them, a stack of supplies falls on to the gear shift of a forklift, which begins to follow them. After being released he returns to his apartment, where he heats up some noodles in the microwave, unaware that a refrigerator magnet has fallen in the box, while he fries mozzarella sticks on the stove. Jason is a senior at McKinley High School who visits the amusement park for grad night with Wendy, his best friend Kevin Fischer, and Kevin's girlfriend Carrie Dreyer. This leads them to believe that if Isabella Hudson has her baby it will ruin Death's plan, and they will all be safe. He and Agent Schreck interrogate the survivors, following the explosion of Flight 180, and become suspicious of Alex Browning. [3], Ms. Lewton is mentioned in Final Destination 2 by Eugene Dix, who says that he was substituting for Ms. Lewton after her death, when a homicidal student from his previous job killed his substitute. Tod's parents blame Alex for George's death, and his friendship with Alex becomes distant. When Kimberly discovers that Death is still after the survivors she learns that "new life" can break the chain, and Isabella is incarcerated by Deputy Steve Adams under Officer Thomas Burke's orders to protect her from Death. She reaches for a rag sitting on top of a rack of knives on the counter, but it falls over and one of the knives impales her in the chest. Death is an unseen force in the world of "Final Destination," never interacting directly with the characters but simply guiding them off this mortal coil like the puppeteer of some gruesome master plan. The survivors later die one by one in a series of elaborate and often gory scenarios that frequently resemble Rube Goldberg machines in their complexity. The status of the character indicates whether the character is alive, deceased, or if their fate is unknown. When Sam panics, Nathan follows him off the bridge before it collapses. Every movies has it own villains like Carter Horton, Peter Friedkin, Trending pages Death Ian McKinley Peter Friedkin Carter Daniels John Doe All items (6) # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other He escapes with Wendy seconds before the truck crashes into Kevin's truck, discharging a motor fan that is hurled towards the driver in front of them, slicing off the back of his head. At the end, he and Agent Schreck attempt to arrest Alex and chase him into the woods, but after they witness Alex rescue Clear Rivers, Alex is cleared of suspicion. Later on, Alex realizes that it is not his turn to die, since he never changed seats with Blake and Christa, like he did in his original premonition.[3]. Perry visits the amusement park with her friends Julie Christensen and Amber Regan for McKinley High School's grad night. Unable to move, Hunt lies under water trying to scream for help as the draining pressure increases. The interference would cause Death to stop the pattern and spare the remaining (if not all) victims. When the survivors begin to die one by one in a series of freak accidents, he and Lori attempt to save those who remain using his visions, which provide clues as to how the next person will die. Nick is a college student who visits the McKinley Speedway for a study break with his girlfriend Lori Milligan and their friends, Hunt Wynorski and Janet Cunningham. The Grim ReaperThe Devil (falsely) Two weeks later, while at a cafe with Janet and Lori, Nick realizes that the mall disaster vision was only a feint meant to lead them to where they needed to be for Death to strike. In Wendy's premonition, Lewis' spine is snapped by the tracks when he falls out of his seat. When the survivors begin to die, Wendy and Kevin go to the hardware store where Ian and Erin work to warn them that they are next on Death's list. However, there is one physical character who fits the mold of a real villain much more than this abstract representation of Death. Special Agent Weine is an FBI agent. Samantha later visits a beauty salon, where a series of harrowing accidents occur. Evil-doer Cynthia visits the McKinley Speedway with her husband Carter. She later attends a meeting for the survivors at Officer Thomas Burke's apartment, but leaves early to plan her son's funeral. Final Destination Altered The Order Of Death's Design When Alex and his friends got off Flight 180, he was able to retrace the events of the premonition to determine that everyone who survived was dying in the same order they did on the plane. Tod is mentioned by Kimberly Corman in Final Destination 2, who says that while shopping with her mother, she was distracted by a news piece on Tod's death, and was therefore not targeted by the car thieves who killed her mother. At the hospital, she is requested by Isabella's obstetrician and Officer Thomas Burke immobilizes her as Isabella gives birth. Perry realizes that she will be next, just as the horse loses control and breaks the flagpole, which is sent flying in their direction. Ashley Freund and Ashlyn Halperin are survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster. Peter leaves the bus to go check on Sam just moments before the bridge collapses as Sam predicted, killing the remaining people on it. However, the only times this theory is shown are in the second movie by Isabella Hudson, a pregnant woman that witnessed the pile-up at Route 23. Julie Christensen is one of the survivors of the Devil's Flight roller coaster. Alex arrives in time to save Clear, and grabs the wire allowing her to escape from the car seconds before it explodes, and Death skips her. A year prior, she was supposed to have been killed in a mugging that took her mom's life, but was distracted by a news report about Tod's 'suicide'. Molly is an office worker at Presage Paper, who breaks up with Sam Lawton because she does not want to hold him back from pursuing his dream of being a chef in Paris. Kimberly stalls her car on the entrance ramp, preventing them from entering the highway, and he and the other survivors are later brought to the police station for questioning. Michael and Kimberly have become very close after her mother's death. He is one of the survivors of Flight 180, and the sixth survivor to die. Thirty-nine days later, he and the other survivors attend a memorial service for the victims. When she panics, Kevin ends up getting into a fight with Lewis Romero and is kicked off the ride, which crashes shortly after. She is the sixth survivor to die. Powers / Skills In an extended scene, Kevin aims for a career in law enforcement, and works as a security guard to earn credits for the police academy he enrolled in. He boards Flight 180 with his girlfriend Terry Chaney for their senior trip to Paris, France. She is the sixth survivor to die. Alias Gas spills out of the truck and the cable sparks, lighting Carter on fire, before the truck finally explodes. The plot remains the same throughout the franchise (except in the Looks Could Kill novel): a teenager and his/her friends is about to participate in an important event, but he/she has a premonition that shows a terrible accident happening in the event that kills everybody on it. Several of Death's clues include the number 666, which means that Death is a satanic force. Environmental manipulationFollowing patternsCunningLifespan decisionOmnipresenceDeath manipulation Candice is the girlfriend of Peter Friedkin and an intern at Presage Paper. Generally speaking, the "villain" in the "Final Destination" franchise is not a. However, both Tony Todd himself and Final . Clear Rivers explains that this is because it wasn't his turn to die yet. He is sarcastic and skeptical when Nick and Lori later try to warn him that Death is still after them. This leads Wendy to believe that since they have all been skipped they are now safe from Death. She panics, causing a fight to break out between Kevin Fischer and Lewis Romero. Ashley and Ashlyn's deaths are seen again in x-ray format during the opening credits of The Final Destination, and again in a montage at the end of Final Destination 5. Jason demands to be let off as well, but is unable to get the operators' attention due to the other passengers shouting over him, demanding that they start the ride. While she is leaving, a rock, which was tossed into the path of a lawn mower by one of her sons, is shot through her eye, killing her. While there, he is infused with laughing gas and the dentist leaves due to an emergency. Both his premonition death and actual death are seen in x-ray format during the opening credits of The Final Destination, and he is seen again in a montage at the end of Final Destination 5. After his girlfriend died, he would have later served as the film's secondary antagonist. In Final Destination 5, Bludworth ominously watches the survivors of the North Bay bridge collapse. In Wendy's premonition, the two die alongside Ian McKinley and Erin Ulmer when the ride gets stuck upside down on a vertical loop. However, in "Final Destination 5", Bludworth also reveals to the survivors of the bridge collapse that they can avoid Death if they take someone else's life by killing another person. The fourth and fifth movies showed that the disasters are also caused by Death to an extent, while some could be considered as actual accidents. As they attempt to stop the train, the screen cuts to black followed by the sound of screeching metal. In his premonition, Nick is killed when the force from an exploding motor engine pushes him into a metal pipe. When Nick panics and attempts to escape, he accidentally bumps into Andy, who angrily follows him out of the stadium with Nadia in tow. The forklift punctures a shelf of supplies, causing several large planks of wood to fall. Nicholas "Nick" O'Bannon is the protagonist and visionary of The Final Destination. After berating Carter, Terry storms off in anger, and is suddenly hit by a speeding bus. Cynthia Daniels is the wife of Carter Daniels and a casualty in the McKinley Speedway crash. McKinley Speedway could also be blamed on Death due to the large number of unrealistic factors which led to the event itself (screws loosening on their own, cars moving at high-speeds despite the panic, shards and car parts hitting only the audience, etc). When Alex has a premonition that the plane will explode, George instructs Tod to go check on him, and Tod witnesses the plane explode shortly after. Moments later, he witnesses the plane explode in mid-air. [4][10] In the film, Kimberly Corman has a premonition of a massive pile-up on Route 23. His death is referenced in the opening credits of The Final Destination, and he is seen again in a montage at the end of Final Destination 5. In "Final Destination," Bludworth shares the single most powerful rule about death with protagonists Alex Browning (Devon Sawa) and Clear Rivers (Ally Larter). Death summons each premonition as a "See if you can stop me" sort of servant, but mostly its servants come in other physical, inanimate forms. [4] Her death is shown in x-ray format during the opening credits of The Final Destination and she appears again via archive footage in Final Destination 5.[5]. Like her husband, Cynthia is a racist herself as she disregarded security guard George Lanter with her spouse prior to the speedway collisions. Terry follows him off as well, and witnesses the plane explode shortly after. She and the other survivors are later brought to the police station, where she and Eugene Dix explain the similarities between their experience and the survivors of Flight 180. Characters are listed in alphabetical order, and are arranged by chronological appearance. Every "Final Destination" film revolves around a new group of people, but some characters do carry over between films. They keep a close eye on Alex, and their suspicion grows when the survivors began to die one by one. Technically, the answer is both yes and no. She rushes to save Julie, while Kevin tries to warn her. Wendy Christensen is the protagonist and visionary of Final Destination 3. Ian later confronts Wendy at the town's Tricentennial Fair, now deranged and blames her for making them being targeted including Erin. Sam is an office worker at Presage Paper and a trainee chef who has dreams of going to Paris to be an apprentice for his mentor. While on their way to a corporate retreat, Sam warns him that the bridge they are crossing will collapse. Do the "Final Destination" movies really have a villain? When Wendy has a premonition that the Devil's Flight roller coaster will crash, she panics and is let off the ride, along with several others. He changes his mind at the last minute, but cannot get out when his seat belt jams. Strategic Death God, Taker of soulsEvil forceSlayer of living beings, Following patternsCunningLifespan decisionOmnipresenceDeath manipulation, Mass destructionStalkingMutilationPsychological abuseArsonTortureVandalismGrand theft animarum. Flight 180, however, happened because Death wanted to get Sam Lawton and his girlfriend Molly Harper, but Alex and his friends escaped it thanks to Alex's vision. Cookies help us deliver our Services. She and her co-workers are on their way to a corporate retreat when Sam Lawton has a premonition that the bridge they are crossing will collapse. In Wendy's premonition, both Erin and Ian fall to their deaths after the ride gets stuck on a vertical loop. He was one of the students aboard the Devil's Flight, who was removed due to the fight. When another woman steps on an upright screw that fell onto the balance beams, she falls off, knocking a big bowl of powder into a fan. A year prior to the Route 23 pile-up he was ordered to clean up the remains of Billy Hitchcock, and therefore avoided a shootout that took the life of his partner. In Wendy's premonition, Ashley and Ashlyn fall to their deaths with Carrie Dreyer and Jason Wise when the front cars derail. Their classmate Tod Waggner had a crush on both of them, and planned to spend the flight trying to hook up with them. He later asks Kimberly to hide his addictions from his mother if he dies. There, Kimberly tries to warn the survivors that Death may still be after them, but Nora dismisses her theory and leaves. Lewis is an arrogant and competitive athlete and a McKinley High School graduate, who believes his life will be a series of wins and triumphs without losses. Olivia is the rival of Candice Hooper and an office worker at Presage Paper. She stalls her vehicle preventing those who would have died from entering the freeway, but her friends are killed moments later by a speeding semi-trailer truck. She is also a college student and varsity gymnast. To this day, no one knows how and why mortician William Bludworth, a recurring character in the series, knows so much about Death's design. As Death is never seen as a character in itself, it can be assumed it is an evil spirit or a vengeful force of nature trying to complete its route. When Sam flees the bus, Peter is instructed by his boss, Dennis Lapman, to go after him, and he witnesses the bridge collapse shortly after. Wendy and Kevin Fischer later stop at a local drive-through, where a beer truck rams into the side of Kevin's truck, trapping them. [16], Kat's death is seen in x-ray format during the opening credits of The Final Destination, although the pipe is shown going her head diagonally rather than going straight through her forehead. Ian is a goth who attends McKinley High School. After Officer Thomas Burke asks Kimberly to exit the vehicle, Frankie, Dano, and Shaina are killed by the same truck from Kimberly's vision. ". Isaac Palmer is one of the survivors of the North Bay bridge. These servants are the secondary antagonists of the Final Destination film series, and often make an appearance . Her death is referenced in the opening credits of The Final Destination, and she is seen again in a montage at the end of Final Destination 5. Wendy is a senior and school photographer at McKinley High School, who visits the amusement park for grad night with her boyfriend Jason Wise, best friend Carrie Dreyer, and Carrie's boyfriend Kevin Fischer. When the survivors begin to die one by one in a series of bizarre accidents, she and Nick attempt to save those who remain. Type of Villain Obsessed Social Darwinist Ian McKinley was a survivor of the Devil's Flight roller coaster in Final Destination 3, where he later served as the film's secondary antagonist. Nick does not remember Jonathan at first because he never left the stadium with the other survivors, but later sees on a news report that he was injured from the accident and sent to the hospital. While Lewis works out at a Bowflex machine, one of the weightlifters knocks out a bear statue's claw, which hits another weightlifter in the eye, causing him to drop the weights, which knocks down two displayed swords that swing down and cut the wires to the weights at the Bowflex machine. He is the first survivor to die. In Sam's premonition, Candice would have been killed after falling off the bridge and being impaled by a sail boat mast. Type of Villain Vengeful Fallen Hero Peter Friedkin is the secondary antagonist of 2011 horror movie Final Destination 5 and an indirect posthumous antagonist in both 2000 horror movie Final Destination and 2003 horror movie Final Destination 2. [4], Clear's death is shown again in x-ray format during the opening credits of The Final Destination and seen again in a montage at the end of Final Destination 5.[5][6]. While trying on his new jewelry, his microwave begins to spark, startling him and causing him to drop his new ring down the sink. When Alex warns everyone that the plane will explode, Carter believes that he is making it up as a joke and attacks him. When Hunt dives in the pool to retrieve it, he is sucked in by the drain as well. Kevin is nearly killed at the McKinley Tricentennial celebration when a malfunctioning barbecue grill explodes in his face, but Wendy pulls him back at the last second and Death skips him. Numbed by hypoxia he helplessly watches as the vents close, the tubes of his oxygen tanks snap, and the power plug of his defibrillator disengages. Final Destination is a 2000 American supernatural horror film directed by James Wong, with a screenplay written by Wong, Glen Morgan, and Jeffrey Reddick, based on a story by Reddick. Nick and George Lanter rush to save him at the hospital, but they arrive too late and he is crushed by an overflowing bathtub that falls through the floor above him. In Final Destination 2, it is revealed that Clear is the last survivor of Flight 180, and has committed herself to a mental institution to protect herself from Death. Alex is a senior at Mt. Death itself stalks the characters in these. Later on, the first realization that the photographs Wendy took the night of the accident foreshadow the deaths of the survivors is when Wendy sees a photo she took of Jason with the roller coaster in the background. As Billy warns the others to stay away from Carter, he is suddenly decapitated by flying scrap metal from the car wreckage. That night, while Tod is in his bathroom the toilet begins to leak, causing him to slip and fall into the bathtub. Ian's death is referenced in the opening credits of The Final Destination, and is seen again in a montage at the end of Final Destination 5. [4], Isabella Hudson is a survivor of the Route 23 pile-up in Final Destination 2. [10] Agent Block is later shot and killed by Peter Friedkin while attempting to stop him from killing Molly Harper, and Peter claims his remaining lifespan. Often, Death assigns its victim's death in a specific time in order to create unfortunate cases of irony. Horrified by Perry's death, she quickly leaves the fair. Wendy is considered a control freak among her peers, and her anxiety is evident when they decide to ride the roller coaster Devil's Flight. While being escorted off the ride by security guards, Wendy realizes that Jason is still on the roller coaster, runs back, and begs the operator to stop the ride, but she is tackled by the guards and taken outside. Roy Carson is a factory worker at Presage Paper, and Nathan Sears' arch rival. Laurent "Larry" Murnau is a French teacher at Mt. However, Frankie is arrested days later by an undercover police officer who was disguised as a prostitute to bait sex offenders, leading to a question appeared on screen asking the audience whether Frankie should have left to die instead. Wendy gets the couple behind them to back up, but the truck is already too close, and Kevin is forced to break the windshield. Nick later has a vision of a disastrous mall fire that would have killed Lori and Janet, but he manages to stop it before it occurs, leading them to believe that they have cheated Death. Final Destination is an American horror franchise consisting of five films, ten novels, and two comic books composed of six issues in total. En route, Kimberly has a premonition of a pile-up on Route 23 in which her SUV is smashed by a semi-truck, killing all four of them. In the film, Frankie, Dano Estevez, Shaina McKlank, and Kimberly Corman go on a road trip to Daytona Beach, Florida for spring break. The Final Destination Final Destination 5 FD Characters Alex Browning Clear Rivers Carter Horton Billy Hitchcock Valerie Lewton Terry Chaney Tod Waggner Agent Weine Agent Schreck William Bludworth FD2 Characters Clear Rivers Kimberly Corman Thomas Burke Eugene Dix Rory Peters Kat Jennings Nora Carpenter Tim Carpenter Evan Lewis Isabella Hudson In Sam's premonition, Olivia would have been crushed by a car after falling into the river. When Nick panics and attempts to escape, he accidentally bumps into Carter on his way out. In Nick's premonition, Hunt and Janet are both crushed by the concrete stands when the stadium collapses. Mr. Murnau is very fluent in the French language, which is why he was selected to guide the students on their field trip to Paris. After the masseuse finishes the acupuncture session she leaves him on the table. After Bludworth catches them he explains that they have ruined Death's plan, and Death is now claiming the lives of those who were meant to die on the plane, unless they can find a way to cheat Death's plan. Actress: Final Destination. Prior to the film, she was scheduled for a client meeting at a local bed-and-breakfast, but the bus she was on hit Terry Chaney, and she avoided a gas leak that killed everyone in the lodge. While there, Kimberly warns them that Death may still be after them, but he and Nora ignore her warning and leave. Jonathan Groves is one of the survivors of the McKinley Speedway crash. After Nick panics, she and her husband follow their sons out of the speedway and witness the accident occur moments later. He is the eighth and final survivor to die. While he relaxes by the pool, someone in the adjacent field hits a golf ball, which hits Hunt. Before the ride starts, Wendy Christensen has a premonition that it will crash, and in Wendy's premonition, Frankie falls to his death when the front cars derail. The dust blinds Candice, who falls off the uneven bars, and her body folds in half backwards, snapping her spine and killing her. [4][10] After the Route 23 survivors' SUV crashes onto their farm, Brian and his family try to help them out. Disregarding Alex's warning, she stays on the plane and is incinerated among 286 other passengers. Despite depicting homicide, the series is noteworthy amongst others in the horror genre in that the "villain" of the films is not the stereotypical slasher or monster but the entity Death itself (occasionally seen as a fleeting shadow or a gust of wind) which manipulates the environment in deadly ways with the intent of reclaiming the lives of the survivors. When Carter learns that he is next on Death's list he goes into a rage and parks his car on railroad tracks, wanting to die on his own terms. I am an admin of this site. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Horror Reviews - Final Destination 2 (2003)", "Final Destination 3 Movie Info in Yahoo!