Supernatural horror film is a film genre that combines aspects of supernatural film and horror film . Supernatural occurrences in such films often include ghosts and demons , and many supernatural horror films have elements of religion. Common themes in the genre are the afterlife , the Devil , and demonic possession . Not all supernatural horror films focus on religion, and they can have "more vivid and gruesome violence".
83-507: Final Destination 2 is a 2003 American supernatural horror film directed by David R. Ellis . The screenplay was written by J. Mackye Gruber and Eric Bress , based on a story by Gruber, Bress, and series creator Jeffrey Reddick . It is the sequel to the 2000 film Final Destination and the second installment of the Final Destination film series . The film stars Ali Larter , A. J. Cook , and Michael Landes . Cook portrays
166-515: A barbed wire fence into the air that dismembers Rory. Guided by a vision of a doctor named Kalarjian who Kimberly believes will euthanize Isabella; she, Clear, and Burke rush to a hospital to save her but while Isabella and her baby are safe, Kimberly sees through her premonition that Isabella was never meant to die in the pile-up at all. At the same time, an explosion from an oxygen leak in Eugene's ward kills both him and Clear. Kimberly realizes that
249-425: A couple of lessons with a scuba guide to be comfortable being underwater and breathing off the regulator," Landes enunciated. To avoid confusion with Larter and Carter, Cook was required to dye her hair brown for the role. "I like being a chameleon. It opens you up for so much more in this work. You don't get typecast," Cook professed. Landes also denied plots regarding Thomas and Kimberly's relationship. "It's kind of
332-428: A cross-examination with Isabella's husband Marcus Hudson ( Roger Cross ), a conversation between Eugene and Nora, a car chase concerning Kimberly's reckless driving, and Eugene's meeting with Death at the hospital, and extended versions of Kimberly's interrogation at the police station and the encounter with Bludworth. The first documentary labelled Bits & Pieces: Bringing Life To Death runs for 30 minutes and recalls
415-656: A ghost... psychological horror, on the other hand, does not involve violations of physical law, but features naturalistic (if often implausible) menaces and scenarios." Paul Meehan also distinguishes supernatural horror films from psychological horror, "The threat to societal order comes from something preternatural or anomalous: a haunted house, a curse, or a monster like a vampire or a werewolf." Charles Derry, writing in Dark Dreams 2.0 , contrasted supernatural horror and pseudoscientific horror as "two basic methods of explaining things away" in horror stories. Derry wrote, "Into
498-662: A long successful career for her," Perry cited. Michael Landes , who appeared in the TV series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , was cast as Thomas Burke. Landes defined him as "a real nice, decent guy who comes across this huge car accident [and] who is very intrigued to begin with" and as "the guy who bumps into the girl and he goes nuts as her protector." Ellis pointed out that he "just wanted to find someone who's young and who can relate to these kids. It wasn't an older guy, but still strong enough and yet sensitive. [Landes] brought this really good balance to his part." Landes
581-579: A probable returnee for a Final Destination 2 ". Brett Gallman of Oh, The Horror! described Todd's wry and sinister portrayal "has crafted one of the genre's most memorable characters in recent memory, though he's only appeared twice for about five total minutes in the series." On the other hand, Todd's role in Final Destination 2 received mixed reviews among critics, most complaining about Todd's minimal screentime. Robert Koehler of Variety remarked that Todd's "single, distinctly flat scene"
664-536: A protected relationship, more like a brother/sister thing than a love interest. They didn't want to go there, I guess. They did go that way in an earlier draft of the script but they didn't want it to seem like the cop is like lascivious or something. So what they have now, hopefully, is a little bit of chemistry and you get the idea that through tragedy something good will come. So it ends in an optimistic way, that maybe they can be together but there's no real love story," Landes articulated. Digital Dimension took charge of
747-494: A psychiatric ward for protection after Alex Browning was killed by a falling brick. When Kimberly informs Clear that Evan was the first of the highway survivors to die, unlike in her premonition, Clear realizes that the survivors are dying in reverse order. Meanwhile, Tim is crushed by a windowpane while leaving the dentist with his mother. Clear decides to help and introduces Kimberly and Burke to William Bludworth , who tells them that only new life can defeat Death. Believing that
830-470: A sequel, to which he responded positively. Reddick asserted that he "wanted to expand on the mythology and not just tell the same story over again." Wong and Morgan were not available for production since they had already signed on their respective projects The One and Willard . Instead, New Line hired second unit director and stunt coordinator David R. Ellis as director and writing partners Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber as co-writers. "Second unit
913-552: A sequel. Since the original film's crew was unavailable, New Line replaced most of the production team. Filming took place in Vancouver and Okanagan Lake . Final Destination 2 was released on January 31, 2003, and on DVD on July 22, 2003, which includes commentaries, deleted scenes, documentaries, and videos. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $ 46 million domestically and $ 43 million overseas, earning $ 90 million internationally, making it
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#1732776397171996-448: A stand-alone feel for our movie. I kind of took what worked and tried to improve on it," Ellis added. "We wanted to take what the first film did effectively, and add levels and layers that would come out through the characters. When we first started writing this, we were trying to think, 'How can we make Death just a total badass?' and to be perfectly honest, the first crack we ever took at this script had to be reined in!" Bress uncovered. On
1079-417: A trip and they're gonna have a good time, yet someone who can stand up to Clear, to come and challenge Clear on a race, and to bother with Clear." Cook added that "it's rare to find one strong female lead in a horror film, not to mention two [Larter]." Ellis and Perry were amazed by her sensitivity and vulnerability in her performance, and she was hired instantly. "[We] were at the beginning of what's going to be
1162-497: A woman who "cheats death" after having a premonition of herself and others perishing in a highway pile-up and uses it by saving herself and a handful of people, but is stalked by Death afterwards by means of claiming back their lives which should have been lost in the highway. It also explores the cliffhanger of the preceding film by revealing the fates of the previous survivors. After the financial success of Final Destination , New Line Cinema contacted Reddick regarding plans for
1245-423: Is The Exorcist (1973). It has an unadjusted gross of over $ 441 million with the original release and 2000 re-release combined; the estimated adjusted gross in 2019 is over $ 1.04 billion . The highest-grossing supernatural horror film, unadjusted for inflation, is It (2017) with a worldwide gross of $ 701 million . In 2013, Variety ' s Andrew Stewart said supernatural horror films grossed more at
1328-487: Is an audience for a movie in which innocent people suffer hideous accidental deaths is troubling enough, but a group of creative people chose to direct their energies on this repulsive spectacle [which] simply provokes disgust". Justine Elias of The Village Voice asserted that "this risible thriller is merely a sadistic series of misread premonitions and vile murders". David Grove of Film Threat stated that "[he] wasn't much scared by anything in Final Destination 2 which
1411-530: Is depicted in Greenwood Lake, New York . "We shot part of it at the lake where it was 37° cold, which is beyond an ice cream headache. And the second stuff we shot in a big huge tank where we filmed all the underwater sequence, that was in a 93° pool," Landes clarified. Cook and Landes performed their own stunts in both sequences. "My biggest fear is being trapped in a car underwater. So it was kind of cool to face my fear and all that," Cook divulged. "We took
1494-463: Is injured and Kat is left pinned to her seat by a log. Rescue workers arrive and assist the farm owners, the Gibbons family, with rescuing the others while Eugene is hospitalized. Using the jaws of life , Kat's rescuer accidentally activates her airbag, causing her head to be impaled on a pipe protruding from her headrest. Her cigarette falls onto a gasoline leak from a news van that explodes, launching
1577-410: Is like an extension of directing, you're doing big action sequences on film and it was just something I was going after. Once I got the offer from New Line and we got a good script, it was kind of a natural transition," Ellis professed. "I wanted our film to be able to stand alone but I watched Final Destination to see what they did that was so successful. I tried to use some of that while trying to keep
1660-407: Is really happening!'" In the script, Bress said that Rory was his favorite character to write since "he's great comic relief, he's got a drug problem, he's funny, and he's all that." Bress bragged that "Cherry is awesome, awesome casting cause he's just so funny and the way he delivers his lines. It's like 'Oh yeah. That's good! That's better!'" "What I think was surprising on him was that from all of
1743-481: Is silly and illogical". Jeff Vice of Deseret News censured to "not even get into the awful script or the numbingly awful performances", while Bruce Fretts of Entertainment Weekly stated "everything else about the film is also deadly". Some critics praised the film's comedic theme. A. O. Scott of The New York Times imparted "it's not as cheekily knowing as the Scream movies or as trashily Grand Guignol as
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#17327763971711826-443: Is surprisingly good fun for the current crop of horror films, reasonably well-plotted and full of jaw-dropping, white-knuckle scares. That said, it's most definitely not for the squeamish nor the easily offended." Nev Pierce of BBC saw that "it's simple, but effective", whereas Sheila Norman-Culp of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution proclaimed that "what Final Destination did for the fear of flying, Final Destination 2 does for
1909-413: Is the owner of Bludworth Funeral Homes and has expert knowledge of Death and its forces or capacities. Despite not physically appearing in Final Destination 3 , Todd does make a cameo, voicing a devil as part of a theme park attraction at the start of the film. In the first film, Alex Browning and Clear Rivers sneak inside the morgue to glimpse at Tod Waggner 's corpse. Bludworth catches them in
1992-1002: Is the way she is." Rounding up the cast are Lynda Boyd (Rachel Todd in You, Me and the Kids ) as widow Nora Carpenter and James Kirk (Kyle Morgan in Once Upon a Christmas ) as her son Tim Carpenter, David Paetkau (Hunter Kerrigan in Just Deal ) as gambler Evan Lewis, Justina Machado (Vanessa Diaz in Six Feet Under ) as pregnant Isabella Hudson, and Noel Fisher (Todd Tolanski of X-Men: Evolution ) as farmer Brian Gibbons. Novice actors Sarah Carter , Alejandro Rae, and Shaun Sipos were hired as Kimberly's friends Shaina McKlank, Dano Estevez, and Frankie Whitman correspondingly. Andrew Airlie portrayed Kimberly's father Michael Corman, while Enid-Raye Adams appeared as Dr. Ellen Kalarjian. Like
2075-644: The Evil Dead franchise , but like those pictures it recognizes the close relationship between fright and laughter, and dispenses both with a free, unpretentious hand". C. W. Nevius of San Francisco Chronicle conveyed its "funnier than the original". Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide pronounced "if this is your idea of fun, step right up". William Arnold of Seattle Post-Intelligencer found it as "a series of Grand Guignol skits played for mean-spirited laughs". Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle admired how "it
2158-625: The Motion Picture Production Code (or the Hays Code). The Haunting featured a female protagonist interested in another woman, and she was a queer coded character. Such characters were commonplace in the history of supernatural horror films. Sue Matheson wrote of Rosemary's Baby , "[It] popularized depictions of witchcraft, demonic activity, and the Devil on screen and generated a wave of supernatural horror movies." By
2241-427: The visual effects of the film. CG supervisor Jason Crosby pointed out that their studio was mainly selected for the highway sequence after the crew realized real logs only bounced about an inch off the road when dropped from a logging truck. "They were concerned about how they would make the shot happen, not knowing if CG would work. The timing was great because we had just finished a test shot of our CG logs bouncing on
2324-434: The 1970s, the films The Exorcist (1973) and The Omen (1976) revived the supernatural horror genre. Literature was used as source material like with the earliest films, with the written works of Stephen King being adapted into Carrie (1976) and The Shining (1980). The film Poltergeist (1982) was also a genre highlight in the 1980s. In the 2000s, violent horror films called " torture porn " were popular. By
2407-466: The 1992 film Candyman , was cast as mortician William Bludworth. Writer Glen Morgan initially wanted Todd for the role for his deep voice that would give the film an eerie tone. Todd's performance in Final Destination has received positive reviews among critics. Joe Leydon of Variety complimented his performance, saying that "Todd --- an old hand at scary stories after the "Candyman" series --- overplays with enough relish to position himself as
2490-409: The 22 CG logs of the film. Hair shaders were also used for splintering and frayed wood looks for the logs. Physics such as speed and height of the logging truck, length and width of the logs, type of wood and density of a Douglas-fir were also considered. In spite of this, there are no CG cars incorporated in the actual film. "It was a possibility in the beginning so we did some dynamics tests using
2573-930: The 4th Golden Trailer Awards , it was voted for the Golden Fleece, but lost to the surfer film Blue Crush . Furthermore, the Collision on Highway 23 was nominated for Best Action Sequence at the MTV Movie Awards in 2003, but lost it to the Battle for Helm's Deep of the fantasy film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , another New Line film. The highway scene was regarded by Grove of Film Threat as "a monument to smashed cars, flying objects and scorched metal" and Garth Franklin of Dark Horizons as "utterly spectacular." Anne Billson of Guardian.co.uk exclaimed it as "one of
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2656-637: The DVD along with its music video. " Rocky Mountain High " by John Denver was covered twice in the end credits by Pete Snell and Jude Christodal. Christodal also performed "My Name is Death" during Brian's death and the end credits. Other songs integrated were " Highway to Hell " by AC/DC (on Kimberly's car AV), "Jon F. Hennessy" by FT (on Rory's vehicle audio), "Vitamin" by Incubus (during Evan's house fire) and "I Got You" by (hed) Planet Earth (during Rory's party). Final Destination 2: Original Motion Picture Score
2739-539: The DVD include the interactive game Choose Your Fate , the music videos of Middle of Nowhere by the Blank Theory and Seven Days a Week by the Sounds , the theatrical trailers of this film and its antecedent, in addition to informative trivia provided throughout the featurettes. A Blu-ray edition was released on August 30, 2011. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 50% of 111 critics gave
2822-499: The Reaper" whereas Larter was "giving the smart-ass edge her character needs", while Brett Gallman of Oh, The Horror! claimed that Larter "is again the bright spot", along with Cook and Landes who were "serviceable as leads" and Todd "whose purpose has still yet to be revealed in the franchise". In January 2022, Stephen Rosenberg of MovieWeb ranked the franchise's films from worst to best. Rosenberg highlighted Final Destination 2 as
2905-804: The Spanish Civil War, Colombian armed conflict, and Guatemalan genocide, respectively. Films like Host (2020) reflected contemporary fears, with The Others (2001) and Insidious (2010) revisiting haunted house narratives, and The Conjuring (2013) grounding its story in real-life paranormal investigations. The genre also blended horror with comedy, as in Housebound (2014) and Extra Ordinary (2019), to explore similar themes. The films employed various techniques, such as jump-scares, tension-building, and emotive performances, to examine deep-rooted fears and societal issues. The highest-grossing supernatural horror film, adjusted for inflation,
2988-673: The United States box office in its opening weekend, only $ 200,000 short behind the thriller film The Recruit , which debuted on the same day, starred Al Pacino and Colin Farrell , and cleared $ 16,302,063 domestically. The film dropped to #5 in the next weekend and descended to #7 in its third weekend during Washington's Birthday . The film dropped out of the top-ten list in its fourth weekend until its last screening in 42 theaters in its sixteenth weekend, grossing $ 27,585 and placing in #65. Final Destination 2 grossed $ 46,961,214 in
3071-776: The United States and Canada on its total screening and produced $ 43,465,191 in other territories, having an overall gross of $ 90.9 million internationally, making it the lowest-grossing film in the franchise. In comparison with its precursor, Final Destination ranked #3 on its opening weekend with net worth of $ 10,015,822, which is $ 6 million less than the first weekend of Final Destination 2 at #2. The previous film received $ 53,302,314 domestically throughout its 22-week run, $ 6.4 million more than its sequel's gross all through its 16-week presentation. Final Destination amassed $ 59,549,147 in other countries and $ 112,802,314 overall, getting $ 16 million and $ 22 million more than Final Destination 2 in that order. The film
3154-697: The accident, but Rory saved him. As Kimberly and Burke realize the implications, Brian is suddenly killed in an explosion caused by a malfunctioning barbecue grill. The first film, Final Destination , was conceived by writers Jeffrey Reddick , James Wong , and Glen Morgan from Flight 180 , a spec script intended for use in The X-Files . The film premiered across the United States and Canada on March 17, 2000, grossing $ 10,015,822 on its opening weekend and an overall gross of $ 112,880,294 internationally. The film's success inspired New Line Cinema then-President of Production Toby Emmerich to approach Reddick for
3237-409: The act and asks why they came. Offering his help, he explains to them the rule of Death : those who cheat death will be revisited by Death once more to claim back their lives that should have been lost. He also tells them about Death's list (a list of the order of deaths of the survivors in the original incident) and how it will work on them once again. Finally, he states that ruining the list can affect
3320-484: The best installment of the franchise, citing the opening sequence as, "memorable in the entire horror genre, let alone the franchise" and praised Todd's performance. Like its predecessor, the film was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film in 2004, as well as Choice Movie - Horror/Thriller in the 2003 Teen Choice Awards ; likewise, the awards lost to 28 Days Later and The Ring , respectively. In
3403-406: The birth of Isabella's baby would disrupt Death's plan, Burke sends fellow marshal Steve Adams to take her into custody while he gathers the other survivors in his apartment. When Nora decides to leave, a chain of accidents results in her head becoming trapped in an elevator, decapitating her. The survivors take Kat's SUV to track down Isabella, who has gone into labor, prompting Adams to rush her to
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3486-399: The birth of a child whose mother death was supposed to take. However, it is revealed later that if one of the survivors were to die then be resuscitated, they would defeat death. Kimberly eventually intentionally drowns herself and is resuscitated by CPR. Despite being absent from the third and fourth films, Bludworth reappears in the fifth film . In this film, he is seen as a coroner who
3569-1063: The box office than other horror sub-genres. He advised that filmmakers interested in tapping into the profitable market of low-budget horror should focus more on stories about ghosts and the supernatural, as movies about slashers and extreme horror tend to have less consistent commercial success. Joe Tompkins wrote that following the 1950s, many "Gothic and supernatural horror movies utilize dissonance, atonality, and unusual configurations of instruments to signify all sorts of anomalous, paranormal activity". He wrote that Black Sunday (1960) and The Haunting (1963) "make use of atonal clusters, which operate in sharp contrast to tonal music and thus provide antagonistic symbols for supernatural evil and good (respectively)". He also highlighted that The Amityville Horror (1979) and Poltergeist (1982) "employ various thematic materials ranging from soft-sounding lullabies to atonal outbursts". According to Janet K. Halfyard, supernatural horror-comedy films deploy various strategies to using music "to simultaneously locate
3652-465: The characters encounter several times, and informs them only that by taking a life can they live, for they will receive the lifespan of the person they've killed. The point they neglect to realize, however, is that they have no way of knowing how long the person they would kill has to live on their remaining lifespan. It is revealed that this film is a prequel and thus takes place before the first Final Destination film. Tony Todd , who played Candyman in
3735-534: The dominant cinematic mode of the genre between the release of Dracula (1931) and House of Dracula (1945). In the early 1940s, supernatural horror films had more contemporary settings, but the genre was ultimately superseded by psychological horror films. By the end of World War II, the supernatural horror genre "met its demise", being overshadowed by the atrocities of the war. By the 1950s, science fiction horror films had replaced supernatural horror films, and psychological horror films also became more popular in
3818-829: The end of the decade, supernatural horror reclaimed their popularity. The found footage film The Blair Witch Project had achieved fame in 1999, and in the late 2000s, Paranormal Activity succeeded with the same film technique, which led to a film series that lasted until the mid-2010s. In the first two decades of 21st century, supernatural horror films explored a variety of themes and styles. Movies like Martyrs Lane (2021) focused on grief and loss, while Oculus (2013), Personal Shopper (2016), and Hereditary (2018) explored unfinished family business and personal trauma. The genre also incorporated real historical events, as seen in The Devil's Backbone (2001), Los Silencios (2018), and La Llorona (2019), which draw on
3901-483: The entrance ramp to U.S. Route 23 , she has a premonition of a deadly pile-up caused by a logging truck . She stalls her car on the entrance ramp, preventing several people from entering the highway, including lottery winner Evan Lewis , mother Nora Carpenter and her fifteen-year-old son Tim , businesswoman Kat Jennings , stoner Rory Peters , pregnant Isabella Hudson , high school teacher Eugene Dix , and state trooper Thomas Burke . While Burke questions Kimberly,
3984-422: The fear of driving". Amongst the cast ensemble, Carson, Cherry, Cook, Landes, Larter, and Todd were prominent amidst the analysis for their performances as Eugene, Rory, Kimberly, Thomas, Clear, and Bludworth respectively. Koehler of Variety said that "Carson as skeptical Eugene energizes what had been a rote conception on the page"; "Cherry offered some dry comic balance"; Larter was "casted little light"; Todd
4067-412: The film positive reviews, with an average rating of 5 out of 10. The site's critics consensus reads: "This sequel is little more than an excuse to stage elaborate, gory scenes of characters getting killed off." On Metacritic , it has a weighted average score of 38 out of 100 based on 25 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". In 2010, Nick Hyman of Metacritic included Final Destination 2 in
4150-423: The film within—or at least close to—the horror genre, while at the same time encouraging the audience to laugh instead of scream". William Bludworth William Bludworth is a fictional character in the Final Destination film series , portrayed by Tony Todd . He appears in Final Destination , Final Destination 2 , Final Destination 5 , and Final Destination: Bloodlines . William Bludworth
4233-402: The first film, the film was shot in and around Vancouver Island in 2002. "We know the area, we know the people up there and let's be honest, there's an enormous economic incentive to shoot there. We were very fortunate to get [unit production manager] Justis Greene , who's been working as a line producer up there for 30 years and who was able to get us the best crew working in town right now. It
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#17327763971714316-470: The freeway. We sent a tape to Vancouver and after seeing it the crew was convinced that any of the log shots could be done with CG," Crosby indicated. "It began with R&D on the log dynamics. Scripts were written to help manage the dynamic simulations with real world numbers for gravity, density, etc. The results were remarkably similar to the original logs shot in Vancouver, a testament to the accuracy of
4399-496: The history of splatter film , on top of accounts in relation to the visual effects of the film. The second documentary entitled Cheating Death: Beyond and Back progresses for 18 minutes and brings out people recounting their own real-life experiences with death. The Terror Gauge , the third documentary, is a test screening system of the film in which viewers are subjected to biofeedback and neurological examination under neurophysiologist Dr. Victoria Ibric. Other featurettes of
4482-459: The hospital. Along the way, the survivors realize that the demises of the Flight 180 survivors affected all of their lives even before the highway pile-up by saving them from prior deaths, which inverted the sequence of the concurring accident. The SUV then suffers a blowout, causing them to swerve into a stack of PVC pipes in a farm that penetrate the car. Though no one is killed immediately, Eugene
4565-586: The humor he's involved and his sort of itchiness that he has with Kat, there is some moments where he reveals how vulnerable he really is and so the shield comes down and right in there you're really becoming sympathetic to Rory. You like him at first cause he's the funny guy, but then you care about him because you realize that there's a place that humor comes from that we all share," Perry appended. Blackwoods actress Keegan Connor Tracy played Kat Jennings. Tracy claimed that "[Kat] doesn't really buy it at first, but pretty soon even her cynical attitude can't ignore
4648-427: The logs as rigid bodies to hit cars with soft body deformers on them, but when they were done shooting they didn't end up needing any CG cars," Crosby avowed. Lifecasts of the actors were also used for all of the death scenes, including the highway setting. Landes experienced claustrophobia during the procedure. Fake blood was also used, but CG blood was also shown. Like its predecessor, no official album accompanied
4731-513: The lowest-grossing film in the Final Destination franchise. It was also nominated for four awards, including the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film . A third film, Final Destination 3 , was released in February 2006. One year after the explosion of Flight 180 , college student Kimberly Corman is heading to Daytona Beach, Florida , for spring break with her friends, Shaina McKlank , Dano Estevez , and Frankie Whitman . While waiting on
4814-585: The most shocking deaths on film: George Wales of Total Film (#28), James Eldred of Bullz-Eye.com (#20), and Jeff Otto of Bloody Disgusting (#9). Supernatural horror film For such films and other media, critics distinguish supernatural horror from psychological horror . Mathias Clasen writes in Why Horror Seduces , "Supernatural horror involves some kind of suspension or breach of physical law, usually embodied in or caused by some kind of supernatural agency such as an uncanny monster or
4897-623: The most terrifying sequences I've ever seen, all the more effective for being grounded in reality; few drivers haven't felt that anxious twinge as the badly secured load on the lorry in front of them starts to wobble." The Route 23 pile-up scene was number 1 in the lists of best car crashes or disaster scenes by Screen Junkies , Made Man , Unreality Magazine , All Left Turns , Chillopedia , Filmstalker , io9 , UGO Entertainment , Filmcritic.com , and New York Magazine . Filmsite enlisted all fatalities in its Best Film Deaths Scenes . The demise of Kirk's character entered these listings of
4980-420: The motion picture; however, there are ten songs featured in the film itself and two music videos embedded in its subsequent home release. Two singles of the Sounds , "Dance with Me" and "Rock 'n Roll", were promoted on Kimberly's car stereo . Besides these, the music video of "Seven Days a Week" accompanied the film's DVD. "Middle of Nowhere" by the Blank Theory was both heard on Evan's car radio and inserted in
5063-400: The other hand, producers Craig Perry and Warren Zide from Zide/Perry Productions also returned and helped on financing the film, with Perry stating, "We could have made no other movies and the first one still would have been a satisfying experience. But when we were given the opportunity to make a sequel, we jumped at it." One of the prior film's main characters, Alex Browning ( Devon Sawa ),
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#17327763971715146-540: The personality, this charisma that T.C. brings to it...he's just such a great presence." Similarly, Perry was astonished by how Carson "can take the most absurd lines and deliver them in such grammatized form with his eyes and his deep rich speaking voice." Jonathan Cherry, who recently emerged in the 2003 film House of the Dead , was appointed as Rory Peters. Cherry characterized Rory as "a very opposite of me whose arc goes from, 'I don't really care at all', to 'Oh my God, this
5229-418: The pile-up occurs, but Shaina, Dano, and Frankie are killed by a car carrier after Burke saves Kimberly at the last second. After the survivors are questioned at the police station, Evan is fatally impaled by a fire escape ladder while attempting to escape from a fire in his apartment. Aware of Death 's presence, Kimberly seeks help from Clear Rivers , the last survivor of Flight 180 who committed herself to
5312-428: The remaining survivors. Bludworth warns them about the consequences of tampering with the design. In the second film, Bludworth is revisited by Clear, together with Kimberly Corman and Thomas Burke , to obtain help about cheating death. He is seen de-accessorizing the corpse of Evan Lewis . However, he only mentions to them the rule of life and death: new life can defeat Death. At first the characters think this means
5395-520: The same character that we saw before that the audience loved," Ellis expressed. The role of Kimberly Corman was given to Canadian actress A. J. Cook , who previously starred in the 1999 film The Virgin Suicides . Cook described her role as "a very strong girl, very determined because her mother died a year earlier, right in front of her eyes, so she had to grow up quick." Ellis described her role as "a girl who can have some fun cause they're going on
5478-490: The same decade, ultimately eclipsing supernatural horror. The few supernatural horror films that were produced in the 1950s were often set in haunted houses , a continuation of haunted-house films prevalent in the 1940s. In the 1960s, horror films like The Innocents (1961), The Haunting (1963), and Rosemary's Baby (1968) used supernatural elements but were not directly about the paranormal. Other horror films used supernatural themes to code elements being censored by
5561-469: The score as "top notch." Anthony Horan of DVD.net Australia told readers to "crank up the volume and prepare for a sonic feast". Nonetheless, Chris Carle of IGN Movies noted that "while the score is nothing you'll remember, it gets the job done." The film premiered in 2,834 theaters across the United States and Canada on January 31, 2003, earning $ 16,017,141 in its opening weekend with an average of $ 5,651 per theater. Final Destination 2 placed at #2 in
5644-551: The software and the data we had collected, however the logs still lacked the 'jumping through windshields killer instinct' we were looking for. By tweaking the parameters, we coaxed the logs into a much livelier role." Senior technical director James Coulter added creative 3D tracking on shots with fast pans, motion blur, and filters such as dust, mist, slabs of bark, broken chains, and other debris. Digital artist Edmund Kozin manipulated high resolution photos which were carefully stitched together to achieve realistic texture amongst
5727-428: The supernatural group one could fit all the monsters and horrors that are somehow involved with religions and ritual," highlighting witchcraft, Egyptology and reincarnation, and zombies. Aaron Smuts considers horror "to be a genre with two main sub-types, supernatural horror and realist horror" and that they "have different charms". While fictional horror-themed literature, theatre, and other visual culture had existed,
5810-467: The supernatural such as The Gray Ghost (1917) with no actual narratives involving supernatural events. The supernatural horror film had what author Paul Meehan described as "its genesis" in early German expressionism in the 1920s and early 1930s with films like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Nosferatu . During the Universal Studios first horror film cycle, supernatural horror was
5893-417: The terms "horror film" and "horror movie" as known in a contemporary term did not become common place until 1931 and 1932. Film serials became popular in the United States in 1913. Supernatural events and characters in 1910s film serials were rare. Only two serials explored the supernatural at length, with The Mysteries of Myra (1916) and The Screaming Shadow (1920) while most serials which suggested
5976-455: The truth of the situation they're all in." Perry defined the role as "someone who is really so self-absorbed that without being overly malicious is incredibly rude and insensitive to the feelings of all those around her." Her casting was assessed by Perry as "full of energy" and "embodies the self-aware nervous energy of Kat. [Tracy] created a character that you kind of dislike intensely but you don't dislike so much that you don't understand why she
6059-408: The vision from the hospital was hers, deducing from an article of a survivor creating "new life" to defeat Death. To ensure Burke's safety, she drives into a lake to drown herself, but Burke saves her and she is revived by Dr. Kalarjian. Later, Kimberly and Burke have a picnic with the Gibbons and Kimberly's father . The Gibbons explain that their son Brian was nearly hit by a news van on the day of
6142-744: The website's editorial 15 Movies the Critics Got Wrong , denoting that "the elaborate suspense/action set pieces from the first two films are more impressive than most". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of B+ on an A+ to F scale. Negative evaluations condemned the film's plot, acting, and screenplay. Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times wrote that "perhaps movies are like history, and repeat themselves, first as tragedy, then as farce". James Berardinelli of ReelViews stressed that "the movie mandates complete gullibility and vacuous attention in order to work on any level". Claudia Puig of USA Today complained that "there
6225-539: The whole movie looking miserable with her frigid acting". Dustin Putman of TheMovieBoy.com commented how "Cook is serviceable as the premonition-fueled Kimberly, but doesn't evoke enough emotion in the scenes following the brutal deaths of her close friends." Robin Clifford of Reeling Reviews stated that "Cook was strident as the catalyst that sparks events with her premonitions of disaster and her fervent desire to cheat
6308-559: Was advantageous to us on so many levels, that it was just the right place to go for this movie," Perry stated as the reason for the film's production in British Columbia . British Columbia Highway 19 was utilized as Route 23. The Plaza of Nations was used as a stand-in for Ellis Medical Complex, the site of Tim's death. The farm and lake scenes were filmed in Campbell River and Okanagan Lake respectively, though it
6391-540: Was cast a day after his audition, which caused flight schedule problems on his departure two days after and cancellation of his appointments. Former Living Single star Terrence C. Carson was hired as Eugene Dix. Carson identified his role as "a very by-the-book type of person but soon has a change of heart as the corpses begin to pile up." The crew was enticed of Carson's casting, with Bress mentioning how his "originally envisioned Woody Allen-type of character has got ten more times life than it ever had. It's got ten times
6474-432: Was great. They showed me the script and let me have some input, and it was really terrific," Larter revealed. Larter indicated that Clear "[has] gotten to a hardened place and tucked herself inside because she has felt so much pain in her life. By having herself committed to a mental hospital, she has created a safehouse so that Death can't get her." Tony Todd also resumed his character as mortician William Bludworth . "It's
6557-448: Was killed off-screen in the film. Rumors indicated that Sawa had a contract dispute with New Line concerning the deduction of his salary; however, Perry resolved the issue with the statement that "it had everything to do with narrative, and nothing to do with money or Devon's unwillingness to come back." Despite this, New Line reinstated Ali Larter to reprise her character as Clear Rivers . "When New Line asked me to come back, I thought it
6640-413: Was released on DVD on July 22, 2003, as part of New Line's Infinifilm series. The DVD includes bonus features including an audio commentary, six deleted scenes, three documentaries, two music videos, three trailers, interactive menus and subtitles. The audio commentary presents Ellis, Perry, Bress, and Gruber providing information about the making of the film and their intentions overall. Deleted scenes are
6723-425: Was squandered by his "single, distinctly flat scene"; and "the generally awful thesping, led by Cook, whose blurry grasp of emotions betrays Ellis' apparent disinterest in his actors". Grove of Film Threat panned Cook, uttering that "she's no great actress, but she's a real looker" and teased that "since when did a horror movie suffer from having two dumb blondes as leads", the other actress being Larter, who "spends
6806-449: Was the promotional film score conducted by Daytime Emmy -winning composer Shirley Walker . Though it was not officially released, it was made available alongside Willard : The Original Motion Picture Score on September 30, 2003. The score received positive reviews among commentators. Robert Koehler of Variety applauded that "Shirley Walker's score displays a thorough understanding of horror jolts." Pete Roberts of DVDActive admired
6889-424: Was wasted by the filmmakers. Gallman of Oh, The Horror! is enticed by Todd's role "whose purpose has still yet to be revealed in the franchise." Eric Goldman of IGN praised Todd's reprisal in Final Destination 5 , stating that "Upon his return, he brings a ton of his usual gravity, humor and menace to the role", and hoped that the character would return for a sequel. Amy West of GamesRadar+ referred to
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