Final Destination: Bloodlines spoilers follow.
Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein have debunked a fan theory which suggested that the victims of Death were linked to the previous entries.
The film, the sixth instalment in the horror franchise, follows college student Stefani Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) as she is plagued by visions and premonitions, all of which indicate that Death is coming for her loved ones.
With any film in the series, the chain of events are set in motion by a premonition of some sort, though the latest entry included a twist on tradition as Stefani's grandmother had previously used the ability to avert a catastrophe in 1968.
Further along in the narrative, a wall of newspaper clippings can be seen, with the documents containing information about the eventual demise of the figures who should have perished in the disaster in 1968.
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The existence of the wall led some fans to speculate if the family trees of the survivors could be traced to characters from the previous instalments, though Lipovsky and Stein told Collider that this wasn't the case.
"So, we spent a long time on that wall," said Lipovsky. "If anyone wants to freeze-frame, there's a lot of detail in there as to what went down, but I think there is a bit of confusion about the origin of Bloodlines and how that relates to the rest of the franchise.
"One of the things we all debated early on was, obviously, when you have something that starts so early, you're like, 'Oh, could this be the origin of all the other movies?' We debated that for a second, but then we realised none of those other characters’ parents died, so it can't be."
"It would just break the canon to do that," added Stein, who explained that the presence of parents in the first three films of the series would contradict the timeline which had been proposed by fans.
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Bloodlines, which comes 14 years after the previous entry, has been a hit with both audiences and critics following its release in cinemas on Friday, with the film setting a record for the series as it grossed $51 million in the US on its opening weekend.
Furthermore, Bloodlines has secured a mightily impressive approval rating of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes from 137 reviews, with the film dwarfing the previous series high of 63% set by Final Destination 5.
Final Destination: Bloodlines is in cinemas now.
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