Final Destination Bloodlines directors talk making an “unusual” sequel focused on family and “heart”: “It gave an extra weight to each death”

Final Destination Bloodlines directors Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky set out to make a different kind of FD installment – with the concept of family at the center of it to give a new kind of weight to each freak accidental death.

“We always said we wanted to make a Final Destination movie that you had to watch through your fingers because you were cringing so hard, but you also were smiling and laughing at the same time,” Stein tells GamesRadar+. “That’s kind of the tone we were going for because Death in these movies – we’ve always loved how Final Destination Death is so clever. And you kind of end up rooting for Death and trying to figure out what Death is gonna do next. And it’s so delightful to kind of plan these intricate Rube Goldberg machines, and there’s a lot of fun to be had with that.”