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Final Destination (2000) - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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This one rattled me in a way I can’t really describe haha! Made me scared of everything-validated my anxieties? This one was a fun one actually... though scary and unsettling but fun? Some teen cheesiness and dialogue but I didn’t mind

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Final Destination (2000) - Full Reaction - Popcorn In Bed

Watch the full reaction to Final Destination on Popcorn In Bed.

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Wes

Nice. You can think about all the ways fate will kill you Cassie 😂😂 I’m sure it’s good for someone who is already highly anxious 😬

Nathan Jasper

Hold on tight Cassie it just gets worse from here LOL not saying the movies are bad per se but just that... No never mind I don't want to spoil anything 😂

Dork Diggler

I feel that watching this reaction is my final destination for the day. (Yeah I know that's totally cheesy)

WestBound

I'm just excited to start a new series

Brent Petty

Come on Cassie, you were already scared of everything. :)

Blake Evans

This a good one. I hate that the rest of the movies get progressively worse. Even though I heard Bloodlines was pretty good. But validated anxieties or not, I can’t to this day get behind a log truck on the interstate specifically because of Final Destination 2! IYKYK.

LukeG84

I don’t really like these movies, but I sure am excited to see Cassie’s reaction to this one.

Stick Figure Studios

I can't wait to watch this reaction because I have always loved the FINAL DESTINATION films. I don't know that I would call them "guilty pleasures" since I'm not sure I really believe in such a thing, but I can acknowledge that even the lesser installments provide a great deal of perverse amusement for me. While definitely not cinematic high art, there are certain characteristics they possess that elevate them beyond the standard horror flick in my eyes. Growing up I was not a big scary movie fan for a variety of reasons: I came from a fairly conservative household so I considered them to be just generally dark, ugly and evil... also, I was a big scaredy cat (just looking at the box art for some of these films in the video store could give me nightmares). I had to both toughen up as a viewer and mature as a cinephile in order to even watch them, let alone start appreciating them. It's still not my favorite genre, but I'd like to think that I can recognize a good one when I see one (Indeed, some of my favorite films now are horror). Thus, by the time the first FINAL DESTINATION came out in 2000, I was now in a more receptive frame of mind to experience and respect what it accomplished. Though in many ways it bore the tropes of a standard "dead teenager movie" (as Roger Ebert called it), I quickly picked up on the fact that it was doing something different for that kind of film: it felt more existential than the typical slasher that wasn't directed by Wes Craven. The villains of these kind of movies (Michael Myers, Jason Vorhees, Freddy Krueger, etc) have always really been more metaphors representing death than actual characters anyway: unstoppable figures you can't ultimately escape from who will eventually find you and destroy you in an unpleasant manner. What FINAL DESTINATION basically did was take subtext and just make it text. Now no longer simply a stand-in for the Grim Reaper, the enemy that these adolescents had to contend with was Death itself, an intangible and malevolent force that could pop up at any time to claim the life of another victim. As with all slashers, the characters are not necessarily the most compelling or richly drawn (they are more or less cannon fodder for the main killer) and the graphic and elaborate "kills" become the main draw for audiences. In FINAL DESTINATION, though, the death scenes took on a whole new style and personality. While still viscerally gory, they were refitted into hugely elaborate Rube Goldberg-like collections of virtually imperceptible and seemingly inconsequential events (a screw comes loose, a penny falls on the sidewalk... honestly, sometimes I think the real MVP of this series is the second unit director who films the close-up insert shots of all these tiny occurrences) which add up to a fatal outcome that can be easily dismissed by any outside observer as purely a freak accident. The set pieces are highly imaginative, disturbingly gruesome and darkly funny. What I love about these movies is how much they can mess with your perceptions. Walking out of the theater into real life, one really can't help looking around at all the various places and objects as being potential deathtraps. I have loved ones with anxiety disorders who often tend to catastrophize and see almost every situation, no matter how mundane and seemingly innocuous, as life or death anyway and I'm not sure whether these movies are either the perfect exposure therapy for them -- objectifying their fears in such an exaggerated way as to highlight their absurdity -- or the worst kind of trigger -- illustrating how their alleged paranoia at the immense danger around every corner is justified. Personally speaking, I find them rather cathartic. There really is something kind of brilliant about the way these movies concoct these deadly convoluted scenarios set in various everyday locations. Most of the situations they dramatize involve mechanical apparatuses that we rely on to make our lives more convenient and which we take for granted will work safely enough to not threaten our fragile bodies. There's something very primal inside all of us that I think these movies tap into profoundly well and that is a fundamental mistrust of technology, i.e. a fear that the very things human beings have invented to try to make our lives better could ironically end up being the very things that shorten our lives. At their core, the basic moral of these movies -- If they can be said to have one -- has always been to recognize that our time on this Earth is finite and to make the best of whatever we have because we never know when our end will come. This message actually becomes explicit in the most recent FINAL DESTINATION film BLOODLINES via a speech by the Tony Todd's (RIP) coroner character. It's a sentiment definitely worth remembering. While it is mostly a franchise of diminishing returns (I think I still prefer the novelty of the original), the latest one just might be equal to the fifth one which I consider to be the second best after the original, so I hope you continue on with them. At any rate, the immense box office success of BLOODLINES guarantees that there will be more of these to come and I couldn't be happier. I just hope I'm around to see them. :-)

Uncle Phoenix

BTW: Putting the Final Destination OUTRO on Instagram was a Brilliant marketing idea.

Stick Figure Studios

I can't decide if these movies are either good or bad for anxious people. As I say in my own comment above, I have loved ones with anxiety disorders who often tend to catastrophize and see almost every situation, no matter how mundane and seemingly innocuous, as life or death anyway and I'm not sure whether these movies are either the perfect exposure therapy for them -- objectifying their fears in such an exaggerated way as to highlight their absurdity -- or the worst kind of trigger -- illustrating how their alleged paranoia at the immense danger around every corner is justified.

Stick Figure Studios

The quality of the movies waxes and wanes, but the deaths themselves definitely get worse. They also get more gloriously outrageous and hysterical.

Stick Figure Studios

BLOODLINES is either equal to or better than the fifth one, which for my money is the best one after the original.

LukeG84

It’s been a long while since I watched them. Maybe a rewatched will spark something.

Shawn Kildal

IMO, the sequels to this horror franchise are very much worth while. In fact, I believe the last two are the best of the 6 movies. The very last one has a 92 on RT. I'm hoping Cassie watches the sequels each year. Can't wait to watch this tonight!

Stick Figure Studios

I think they become a bit scarier the older (and consequenty closer to death) one gets.

Clarence Newman

Musing of the day: You would think, given the plethora of horror movies that gleefully showcase annoying teenagers dying in a loud and proficient military manner, and the billions of dollars such films make because people love to go and watch them, that teenagers in general would try to be a little less annoying. Just a thought.

Macabre Movie Maniac

Alex. Let's go take a $hit. Go and take a $hit by yourself. No no no dude. Listen ok listen. Take some knowledge. We're about to board a seven hour flight. The toilets in coach are barely ventilated closets. Alrigh. If that. Now let's say half way through flight your body wants that airplane food out. You gotta go twerk a wick of cable and right after you, like directly after you walks in, Krista or Blake. Do you want them to associate you with thay watery sting in their eye- that reflexive gag at the back of their throat? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Shehab Dawoud

I still haven’t noticed any reactor mention that Devon Sawa also played Stan, the crazy stalker/fan in Eminem’s music video for the song ‘Stan’. One of the greatest songs of all time. That’s what he’ll always be to me.

Stick Figure Studios

I agree. All of the sequels are worth watching (even the 4th which is IMO the worst one), but the last two are the best since the original.

Stick Figure Studios

And he played the little boy who was the "alive" version of Casper the friendly ghost.

Clarence Newman

Cassie. If this film has made you anxiously consider the method of your passing, I would urge you to remember the words of the great Dale Carnegie: "As the years went by, I gradually discovered that ninety-nine per cent of the things I worried about never happened." Look out for that one per cent, though. It's like the 1% per cent of all known germs Domestos fails to kill. Them are some robust little bugs.

Shehab Dawoud

She caught that immediately in the reaction, though. Think I’ve also heard other reactors mention that. But no one has got Stan so far.

Shawn Kildal

Even though the 4th is indeed the worst, it still has its moments.

Stick Figure Studios

There's a line I love in Don Hertzfelt's IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY that goes, "And now, at the climax of all those years of worry, sleepless nights, and denials, Bill finally finds himself staring his death in the face... And as the Sun continues to set, he finally comes to realize the dumb irony in how he had been waiting for this moment his entire life, this stupid awkward moment of death that had invaded and distracted so many days with stress and wasted time."

OddThomas

2 is my favourite but I enjoyed all of them

Coleton B.

This is at LEAST the second time you've posted this recently that I've noticed; can I ask why the vulgarity? I get it, you find it funny but why continue to keep posting it?

Tyler Lathrop

Your Instagram last night was hilarious Cassie 😂

Joe J

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. 💀

Clarence Newman

Now we are free, I will see you again. But not yet... Not yet.

Macabre Movie Maniac

I know right. Most hilarious since her IG of The Shining. 🤣

Just Plain Bob

Cassie, the mortician/prophet/philosopher that lets Devon Sawa in on “death’s design” was played by genre legend Tony Todd. He’s most well known as Candyman, from the movie of the same name. He was also the lead character in the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead, as well as having roles in Hatchet and other horror movies. As for Sawa, I didn’t recognize any of his movies that you named. But I do remember him from Idle Hands, a fun little horror comedy from about 25 years ago that starred Sawa, Jessica Alba and Seth Green (Dr. Evil’s son in the Austin Powers franchise). Idle Hands would make a nice addition as a “treat” movie for some future Halloween. PS: I had either forgotten, or never before noticed, that two of the characters in this movie are named after the director (Murnau, the French teacher that died in the explosion) or star (Schreck the FBI agent) of Nosferatu. Then there are other characters whose names clearly reference other suspense/horror luminaries (Browning and his friend Tod, Hitchcock, Val Lewton, Chaney, etc). Always fun to see those little nods to what came before.

JL_83

always found FD to be unique, in that it doesn't feature a "traditional killer" like so many other horror movies that came out around the same time

Goony71

I caught the ‘6 or 7‘ thing during the reaction! I still don’t get how it’s a thing

Christian Becker

Ooooh. Nice. A perfect watch for Sunday Evening (it's23:30 at my location).

Chris Thom

Was just looking that up online last night because someone on a talk show was talking about her kids kept doing it. Lol

Chris Thom

Just found that out last year. Had no idea. No clue he was the Casper kid either.

Shehab Dawoud

I knew you'd like this one. These movies are just very fun, anxiety-inducing, and if you're not paranoid after seeing it for the first time, you'll at least be thinking more about stuff going on in your daily life. Sounded like you're interested in more. It's a shame that we'll have to wait a full year. You could watch the sequels every 3 months or something. This is at the very light end of horror. The last 2, along with this, are the best in the franchise. So are we really going to wait 5 years to get to them?

Chris Thom

I would think they're ok to watch, or neutral. At least they can focus the anxiety on something in the environment they might be able to affect or control, but still recognize how much is simply out of their hands.

MrKsummer7

I need the “Roll My Eyes” emoji to insert at the beginning of this comment, because I’m on the fence if I’m going to watch this or not. Been a horror movie fan since before I was born. My grandmother told stories of how she would catch me as a toddler peeking around my dad’s La-Z-Boy, watching old-school horror films like Frankenstein and House of Wax. I’ve seen every horror and suspense film of every genre, and have them all on file. Have my likes and dislikes. I hate slasher films, except John Carpenter’s Halloween. The rest, according to the film and director, are mostly lazy and stupid. Yes, Final Destination is a supernatural horror film, but it's not dark, gothic, or creepy enough, in my book, to be considered a movie I’d watch in October. It’s more like a Spring teenybopper thriller, in this case, watched at the wrong date on the calendar. Besides the Fly, this month’s been a fairly disappointing effort. But there’s a gleam of hope, as Cassie said, she’s planning to watch Nosferatu (2024). The film is not great, but not bad either, so her reaction will be interesting to see. For now, baseball has the rest of my attention, with my Dodgers in the World Series … again! As Kobe once said, “Jobs not finished, job finished? I don’t think so”. LFG!

Scott Macaulay

That was fun! A good Sunday fright movie. I’m really in the Halloween spirit this year. I went to Salem, MA yesterday to attend the Night Faire. Very spooky in the heart of old Salem. like getting Halloween injected directly in your veins from the source. I’m a sucker for it tho.

Chris Thom

Scream definitely inspired and popularized that type of movie poster there for a while. Not sure if they still use it like they used to, but it was definitely a shorthand for a type of movie.

Above Average Dave

A nice bookend to this, Cassie, that is Not Scary but that takes place after one’s - or in this case, two’s - “Final Destinations” is DEFENDING YOUR LIFE with the always self-effacing Albert Brooks and the ridiculously talented Meryl Streep. Some genuine laugh-out-loud moments in this one, all while artfully navigating some sticky spiritual questions.

Just Plain Bob

The thing to remember is that only 1 in 3 airplanes crash on takeoff and most of those don’t explode so much as disintegrate. If that doesn’t make nervous flyers feel better, I don’t know what would. Also, I made up that statistic so that should help. Still…someone’s plane has to crash sometime. Just sayin’.

Wes

Cassie: who is that guy?! Me: that’s Candyman 😈

K, Zachary

This is a franchise that goes through the motion each time same basic premise. You want answers? Watch Final Destination part 5 and Final Destination Bloodlines, Actually you could watch just Bloodlines. My friend out in LA got a casting call about Final Destination Bloodlines I was like how? They can't make another one. Then my gf and I saw Bloodlines and all the movies made sense. We were with you every step of the way. Great reaction Billy was in American Pie.

Uncle Phoenix

@Shehab Dawoud AND whenever I hear Eminem I think of Carly Singing “Cinderella Man” on the reaction video for “Cinderella Man”.

Canadianant

That was great. Cassie actually excited to see the next chapter? Did you actually find a horror series you like? This was fun to watch along with you. Lots of good jump scares but all around tension throughout. This was actually a pretty original idea when it first came out and I think the sequels are pretty good so I could see this being in your future as a regular horror series. I guess it's still a heart in my head to think that the year 2000 it was 25 years ago but it is funny also in the any of these movies around that time how it's really feels 2000ish with the fashion and clothing of the era. I mean you also have Stifler basically playing Stifler so of course it that era

Uncle Phoenix

“DEATH smiles At Us All. All a Man can do is Smile Back”.

Just Plain Bob

Cassie, good news. You don’t need to be anxious or worry about death. It’s implacable. If it wants you, it’ll take you and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. Like a god, it’s all seeing and all knowing and there’s no escape for any of us. There, all better.

Larry Darrell

Seeing that you have a “particular” interest in Devon Sawa. I’m wondering if you, Cassie, ever saw the film… Wild America (1997)… starring Devon Sawa, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Scott Bairstow as three teenage brothers traveling around the country filming a wildlife documentary. It’s based on a True Story. Highly Recommended if you haven’t seen it. Yes, the shtick of the Final Destination sequels is death finding more wild and crazy ways for people to die, and the first sequel dives a little more into death’s “Design.” Lastly… The senior French class going on a trip to France, always reminds me of another film… If Looks Could Kill (1991)… about a senior French class taking a trip to France, and one particular student getting mistaken for a James Bond type secret agent. It’s totally Fun and was one of my favorites growing up. Highly Recommended!! PS: Anyone notice the Airplane joke reference when we first arrive at the airport… “The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only…”

Chris Thom

I haven't seen those yet. Are they good?

Chris Thom

Maybe the Popcorn Bed Room is a safe place so that means more reaction vids for us.

Larry Darrell

Never noticed that about the names. Cool! Cassie needs to see Val Lewton’s, Cat People (1942) someday.

Larry Darrell

+1 for Defending Your Life (1991). That could be a good November film.

Mike Lemon

"You may be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later, you dance with the Reaper!"- Death >and there’s no escape for any of us. Well, unless the Reaper doesn't want you. He's rejected me at least 6 times, so as far as I know, I'm immortal.

Mark T

Cassie, your Devon Sawa was my Ali Larter 😁

Just Plain Bob

The first one is superb. After that they’re pretty craptastic.

Wes

1st one is great. 2nd is meh, 3rd is terrible, the 4th was pretty good but not at the same level as the 1st. (Imho)

ROBERT CLARK

I'm so happy you picked this film for your Halloween movie picks this year. I remember watching this film for the first time and I couldn't believe the number of times I jumped. Please check out Final Destination 2, 5 and Bloodlines!!!

Just Plain Bob

The floating head movie poster spelled the end of true art in one sheets. They were cheap (in cost and appearance), simple to produce and let all the little teeny boppers see which of their favorite WB stars/catalogue models were in the film on offer. I can only hope there’s a level in hell for the Hollywood executives that championed this kind of marketing. An art form (painted one sheets) died, in part, because of these new garbage posters.

Just Plain Bob

As do I. I’ve seen the remake (Nastassja Kinski was gorgeous and ample reason for fifteen year old me to want to see it) but never the original. An embarrassing gap in the education of a self described horror fan.

Grad

Poor Tod actor. More screen time than Terry but still didn't make the poster.

Gray

Hope this wasn't another late watch as you'd wake the neighbours up with that scream lol. It really is an unwinnable war. It seems like death always has your number in this film. I haven't seen the sequels other than a certain driving scene, so I'd be up for more come next October.

cbbred

I can fully see how! Please try Final Destination 2, was the first I saw and one of those better sequels than the first IMO. I hear you, lot of hugs from those around you on the 'what if'?

Walter

I have never seen this before because I thought it looked silly, so this was my first time. And yeah, it was silly.

Clay F

FD2 Please don't react to FD2 unless it wins a poll next October. Final Destination 2 (2003) = IMDb 6.2 (212,000 users), Metacritic 38%, RT 52%, RT Audience 58% (250,000+ ratings), Letterboxd 2.9/5. Scream 3 Same goes for Scream 3. React to Scream 3 only if it wins a poll next October. Many fans of the Scream franchise don't even like Scream 3. Sequels 10 Cloverfield Lane, Doctor Sleep, Split, and 28 Weeks Later are more worthy of a coveted reaction slot imo. SBNTS Sequel Poll 1. Scream 2 - 588 *2. 10 Cloverfield Lane - 552 *3. Doctor Sleep - 482 4. Blade 2 - 432 *5. Split - 405 *6. 28 Weeks Later - 343 7. Halloween 2 - 306 8. Underworld 2 - 268 9. Alien 3 - 232 10. Tremors 2 - 210 11. Nightmare on Elm Street 2 - 153 12. Poltergeist 2 - 132

Duke Pootentooter

"Curse of the Cat People" (1944) is also very good, but it is not really a horror movie. It is more of a psychological drama about dealing with grief.

Obie Brown

The aircraft sequence is so well done and clever, it hooks you for the entire film. The Final Destination films vary in quality, but I think Cassie will have fun with many of them.

Stick Figure Studios

"Therefore, send not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." -John Donne

Michael Labs

If this helps the anxiety any... In Greek mythology, Hades (Death) is the most even-keeled, sane, mature, and reasonable of the Gods. All the others are selfish, lustful, arrogant, or just plain NuTs... I also like the forgotten representation of Death in "The Twilight Zone" by a very young Robert Redford... could be comforting to see if one could find it.

Aaron Ritchie

I was hoping you’d recognize Ali Larter (from Legally Blonde) but alas it didn’t happen.

Just Plain Bob

“We are all gonna die soon and there's no sequel.” -Ricky Gervais

Shawn Kildal

She's also now on the new Billy Bob Thornton show LANDMAN

Chris Thom

Brad Pitt portrayal in Meet Joe Black almost made him seem tired and depressed. But very even tempered.

Chris Thom

WB...exactly. Lol. Trying to remember which network had Party of Five back in the day.

Coleton B.

Why the unnecessary mild spoiler? Why not allow her to go into what you're mentioning blind, as she repeatedly asks us to allow her to do? I strongly suggest you edit the details out of your post

Larry Darrell

Dang, I just read what I wrote again, and I can’t find a single word that would paint a picture in anyone’s head, unless you’ve seen it. I thought it was the vaguest of words, that would peak an interest. But, since you asked so, so “politely.” (As didn’t ask at all.) Sure I’ll remove it. I gonna guess that you’re reading downward, and by the time I finish writing this, you will have also “politely” asked the other patron down below, who was very, very not discreet or vague, to also edit his post. Was I right?

Clay F

Yes, react to FD2 and/or Scream 3 -- if they win a poll.

Tyler Lathrop

I lost it when she turned her fan off lol

Tyler Lathrop

That’s a great idea! Stay away from that haunted room with curtains and fans! 😂

Tyler Lathrop

That 1 percent is going to have her spooked!

Chris Thom

Oh man I'd totally forgot about the Meet Joe Black 2 moment there with the bus. Feel guilty about laughing about that but the timing was a bit hilarious. A new kind of jump scare for the channel. The ending was perfect.

TechPriest

FD2 traumatized an entire generation of young adults about a very specific niche thing. Millions of people aged 15-25 when that movie released still to this day have a visceral reaction to that topic. It's worth watching for cultural awareness if for no other reason.

Chris Thom

I don't know if Scream 3 is the best of them, but I would still vote for it. The new setting for it with the studio and whatnot was a nice switch-up. Other fun elements in it too.

Chris Thom

I find that weirdly comforting.

Chris Thom

Don't think I've seen that many of these, but really loved the opening with the theme park. Really well shot and acted.

Chris Thom

Would be curious to hear your thoughts on The Cabin in the Woods and what all that meant. Did you comment under that one?

DSM The Editor

A terrific little teen-horror film and still my favorite of the series. The sequels get campier and wackier, so I still vibe with this film's genuine sense of dread, and makes a lot of sense that the movie actually began life as an X-Files script.

DSM The Editor

Id vote for Scream 3 as well, Cassie might even do well with it since it's by far the least violent film of the series thanks to all the changes in light of the Columbine tragedy, but I enjoy the trade-off that it cranks up the humor; one of the many Parker Posey scene stealing movies.

Annie519

A fun fact, there was actually a love scene between Alex and Clear but it was deleted due to changing the ending. The original didn't do well with test audience. Originally Alex died by the electrocution and Clear ends up giving birth and due to bringing new life that changed the design and she was no long effected by deaths pattern.

Clay F

1st watch. I thought bathroom humor and annoying teens early in movie were low points. But I really liked dream sequence of plane cabin coming apart early on – that was well done. I thought train track scene, though cliché, was good. Some of the stuff seemed original or creative. Though really never understood what was happening – even if grasping the rotation logic. Devon Sawa (who is not in FD2) did well. I liked the movie better than expected. Horror is not my favorite genre. As for sequels, I vote FD2 over Scream 3, Blade 2, Halloween 2, Underworld 2, and Poltergeist 2. Yet, I would vote 10 Cloverfield Lane, Doctor Sleep, Split, and 28 Weeks Later over FD2.

Stick Figure Studios

I loved CABIN IN THE WOODS and I'm sure I left a comment on that reaction, but I didn't remember what it was, so I went back and looked. Here's what I said: 'Well, color me surprised. I thought you'd hate this movie, but since you said in your outro that you "think you liked it," I once again have to admit that I underestimated you. I really need to stop doing that. I saw this one in the theater myself and I thought it was a very smart, very witty and at times very funny satire of horror films. You are right that the ancient angry gods are definitely a metaphor for scary movie audiences whose bloodlust must be appeased by human sacrifice in their entertainment. A very clever idea. The cameo of Sigourney Weaver at the end is just the cherry on top as she is one of the all-time great "final girls" in cinema.'

Clay F

Possibility of Scream 3 reaction next October? 1. The channel could make an executive decision for a reaction to Scream 3 next October for YT views. But Scream 2 having only 49k views after 9 days somewhat deflates that. 2. Cassie could choose Scream 3 as her PPOTM next October, but I think she would instead go with FD2 or a not too scary movie? 3. Scream 3 could win a poll next October -- if included in a poll.

Clarence Newman

Further to my earlier post about our fear of kicking the bucket, I've been thinking more about the power of negativity over positivity. It's amazing really. Every day on this planet, there are approximately 100,000 flights, of which about 60-70% are in the air at any one time. That's 2.1 million flights a year, carrying approximately 4.4 billion passengers. In 2024 there were 244 on-board fatalities, most of those resulting from a total of 9 plane crashes. That's one crash every 233,333 flights or one death every 1.8 billion passengers. (I had to use a calculator on that and it went all 1.803e7 on me, so if Sheldon Cooper's in the house, please check my figures.) Yet we're still afraid of flying. Now consider how likely we think it is to win Pick-a-Flick with odds of less than 400-1.

Mister Lou

"and isn't there like seven of these? So they.. like get to think of more freak accidents and make you scared of everything?!" Yup! Let's Go!

Stick Figure Studios

As much as I love this movie, I actually prefer the original ending because I think it's more poignant. It's intended message is that you don't have to be afraid of death and that the only way to really "cheat" it is to perpetuate life. That's actually kind of deep, but unfortunately, that concept was too high-minded for intended demographic of this genre (teenagers), so we got the elaborate spectacular Paris street with the huge swinging deathtrap sign. Fine. Whatever. Paris before swine I guess.

Stick Figure Studios

Yeah, the original is still the best. The sequels lab now heavily into the outrageousness of the death scenes, big they're still fun.

Stick Figure Studios

You may notice that the movie has no talking or important actions for about 30 seconds after that death. It's because test screening audiences were going nuts laughing after screaming so loudly they didn't hear the subsequent dialogue. They went back and re-edited it (extending the big with the alka-seltzer) so that nobody would miss the relevant lines.

Stick Figure Studios

I love how you often lay out the various scenarios, Clay, of what could happen on this channel to result in a particular movie getting watched or not watched before sometimes giving your own personal preference and/or prediction of what you think will/won't actually occur (not unlike the Devon Sawa/Alex character in the movie). ;-)

Stick Figure Studios

It's a very imaginative concept because the killers in these kinda of horror movies (Michael Myers, Freddy Kruger, Jason Vorhers, etc) have already been more metaphors for death than actual chargers anyway. All FINAL DESTINATION stuff was take subtext and make it text.

Clarence Newman

One of the best moments in horror movie history. And Cassie's impression of an agitated chimpanzee just made it better.

Clarence Newman

Wow, the Jumpscare category at the Poppies is going to be loaded next year. Cassie's coming up with a new classic every film.

Chris Thom

That's interesting because the quick reaction and lack of dialogue really makes it seem like it was intended to be funny. But yeah they probably needed to let that moment breath for a hot second. Still wondering if the Meet Joe Black one with Pitt bouncing off the cars was supposed to be humorous at all. There were definitely some laughing emojis at that during the vid premiere.

Clarence Newman

There's certainly something humorous in a piece of over-the-top ultra-violence, especially if its sudden and unexpected. Your system deals with it by laughing uncontrollably. Though a teeny bit more light-hearted in tone, 2:05 of this video is a perfect example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGdCBNgrlug

Chris Thom

Frying pan hits do look a lot funnier in media than they probably feel in real life.

Joe J

Why else watch her October reactions? We want to see her bounce around some. Are we bad people? LOL

Chris Thom

She really is such a target audience for so many movies. Could totally imagine a studio paying her to be a test audience member and take surveys and whatnot.

Just Plain Bob

All of which means…the odds are about to catch up with us. Woe to those that have to fly anytime soon. The odds are turning…God help us all.

Darren Harrison

Cassie...the actress you were trying to place was Ali Larter. When this movie was released in 2000 she was easily the most well-known of the cast, having already appeared in a number of movies in the late 1990s (e.g., "Varsity Blues", "Drive Me Crazy" etc) and TV shows (e.g., "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Dawson's Creek", "Chicago Hope" etc)

Darren Harrison

When this movie was released in 2000 she was easily the most well-known of the cast, having already appeared in a number of movies in the late 1990s (e.g., "Varsity Blues", "Drive Me Crazy" etc) and TV shows (e.g., "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Dawson's Creek", "Chicago Hope" etc). She reprised her role in the sequel, FD2

Chris Thom

Varsity Blues! That's the one. Couldn't place it.

David

Not sure which version of the movie this is but the Youtube TV version is constantly getting off with the time. I'll catch it on the YT version!

Clarence Newman

Knowing my luck, Bob, you'll win Pick-a-flick the day my plane goes into the ground like a dart.

Just Plain Bob

It’s immature of me to keep joking about planes crashing, I know. But I discovered that I found jokes (particularly my own) about air travel safety to be quite funny around the same time I found out that my brother is a nervous flyer. I also hate flying, but because of fears of missing connecting flights, the stuffiness of the cabin before take off, etc. I always found the flying itself to be quite fun (like a kid, I prefer window seating so I can look at the pretty clouds). But winding my brother up whenever he has to fly just fills me with glee.

Clarence Newman

As long as it's World's Fastest Indian, I will rest in peace.

Just Plain Bob

Hear that, Cassie? It’s Clarence’s dying wish. You can’t deny him that.

Clarence Newman

Hey, if I pop my clogs, there's only one film Cassie's eulogizing me with!

MikeLL

That was a fine reaction, one of the very best horror reactions I've seen on this channel. I guess because it wasn't that scary, lol! But it had been so long since I've seen this, that I must have forgotten this would be the first place I had seen Ali Larter. She was great in this. Great reaction!

Clarence Newman

Clay. I was at a loss at what film to watch tonight (Wifey vetoed anything scary), so we took a chance on Freeway with Reese Witherspoon. Great recommendation, mate. Reese is superb.

Clay F

I am glad. When I watched Freeway (1996) on VHS in 1996-1997 time frame, I had no idea who Reese Witherspoon was. Never seen her before. I was blown away by her acting.

Mike Lemon

If it is just a timing issue (not extra scenes or the like), play the fast one at 96% and everything should be fine.

Shawn Kildal

Devon Sawa was in a movie I saw recently called HUNTER HUNTER (2020) which was really good. Kinda surprised it hasn't been mentioned more.

Clay F

Gets good reviews. I may have to check that out.

Clay F

Ali Larter was good in this, and she is a looker.

Chris Retzlaff

Please continue these but just 2, 5, and 6 It s actually a pretty good story

Richard Maurer

Strangely enough, the older I get, the more people in my life I lose, the less these movies (horror in general, FD movies in particular ) affect me. Death is inevitable, no point in worrying about something you can’t change.

Richard Maurer

The second one’s not bad, three and four went rapidly downhill. Haven’t seen any after four.

Shawn Kildal

Believe it or not, it would be Cassie's first Meryl Streep movie reaction should she do it.

Richard Maurer

Clarence - you’re missing the point ( not unusual, I know). The teens being so annoying makes the viewer feel less guilty about enjoying the movie. And if you think these “kids” are bad, you need to watch some of the 80’s horror sequels, especially the Ft13th sequels. You’ll be actively cheering on Jason by the end of the movie.

Richard Maurer

Death - the great common denominator. From the greatest to the least, we all have it in common. And no amount of worry can change that.

Just Plain Bob

Chris, you mean to say you DIDN’T remember the whipped cream bikini scene? It’s really the only reason to watch the movie but BOY HOWDY, what a reason!

Just Plain Bob

Clarence, “agitated chimpanzee” is a demeaning term to use to describe the woman that brought us all together to enjoy these movies. It’s also an accurate description and funny as hell. So I’m stealing it and telling people that I thought it up on my own.

Richard Maurer

Bob- first time I watched this and they mentioned the FBI guy’s name was Schreck, wasn’t sure if they were just using schreck for it’s German translation (fear;terror), or for Max Schreck. Then I heard the teachers name was Val Lewton and I knew they were doing tributes. I thought it was a nice touch.

Richard Maurer

It’s the new baby shark, but slightly less annoying. Or maybe more annoying. Time will tell.

Richard Maurer

Horror films are like comedies in that, even among their fans, they’re very polarizing - one person’s hilarious is another’s boredom. I mean, I hate the Scream series with a passion, but I don’t hold against other fans for enjoying it. Horror is just very subjective, what’s good to one person can completely bore the next person.

Richard Maurer

Like most good horror movies that have multiple sequels, you can stop with first one, the sequels just tarnish the original’s legacy.

Richard Maurer

Actually, for Scream 3, please don’t put it on a poll. 2 bad Scream movies were enough, let’s not make the same mistake 3 times.

Richard Maurer

Clarence - while Cassie’s reaction was great, “one of the best moments in horror movie history” ? No. Not even close. Don’t force me to call you a casual again.

Clay F

So three times is not a charm.

Richard Maurer

A asteroid could hit the planet tomorrow, wiping us all out. Kidding, things like that never really happen. I mean except that one time 65 million years ago. And all the many other times. But I’m sure it will never happen again, RIGHT?

Richard Maurer

Cassie, another excellent reaction even if it is to a just okay film, but it’s a poll (almost) winner, so what can you do? Not a favorite film of mine, but it’s okay, better than most mainstream horror films anyway.

Rick Williams

Great reaction, Cassie. This movie really messes with your mind. It was good to watch this movie again. It has been a long time. Sleep well Cassie. Hopefully no nightmares.

Oisin Clissmann

I don't know where you live, but I watched it on Prime in Canada and it was perfectly synced up.

Chris Thom

Yeah the one on Amazon was waaay off. It was edited for TV I think.

Chris Thom

Def coming back to me. Been a long while since I revisited this era of movies. 1997-2002. Except for Scream 2 every October, and I saw Adaptation the other day. Jawbreaker (2000) could be fun on the channel.

Darren Harrison

After the 1980s, the late 1990s is the era I revisit most.

Chris Thom

The ones I've seen the most are probably As Good As it Gets, Matrix, Being John Malkovich, American Beauty, Devil's Advocate, Halloween H20 and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Haven't seen Dawson's Creek since it aired. Have you watched that recently? Was considering starting it again and wondering if it holds up.

Adon Delgado

That movie you were describing in the beginning of the video with John Cusack and ghosts is 1408. Another good one to react to. Stephen King adaptation.

Chris Thom

Oh that would be PERFECT for this channel in October.

Just Plain Bob

65 million years since an extinction level impact? Sounds like we’re overdue.

The Film Effect

This is great, but I’m eager to see your reaction to Nosferatu 2024!

Clarence Newman

That's still not as long as I've been waiting for the next Game of Thrones reaction.

Clarence Newman

Oh I agree. It's no match for that time Christopher Lee's fingers started to moult, but it's a pretty good also-ran.

Clarence Newman

For years, I thought the pretty blonde girl in Jaws 2 was played by Ali Larter. My attention to detail has since improved.

Clarence Newman

Aye. And the writers go a step further with films like Cape Fear and Amityville Horror 2. In Cape Fear, the Bowden family are so annoying, you don't really mind that they're getting terrorised. In Amityville 2 (starring Paulie from the Rocky films)....oh my God! That family is so obnoxious, you literally root for the house.

Just Plain Bob

No, that was the lovely Ann Dusenberry. We were engaged at the time, even though I was only ten and she was 25 and we had technically never met. She was one of those lovely young actresses of the early 80s that seemed poised for stardom and then…nothing happened. She somehow never made that leap. I blame Hollywood producers for failing to recognize her talent as well as breaking up our “relationship.” Of course, you could argue that, if I really loved her, I’d have ignored the restraining orders. But I didn’t want to seem pushy.

Mojo One Thousand

When this popped up on the schedule, I had a feeling we may be revisiting Cassie's girlhood crush on Devon Sawa. It came up in the "Now and then" reaction, with a slightly younger Sawa. However, I am pretty sure I would have remembered the phrase "sexual awakening" if it had come up. Amanda Detmer's character's jump scare death is another contender for the Poppies... although the movie telegraphs it a little bit as she blindly backs into the road. "Hey that guy"... I think thr word your looking for is "Stifler"... Seann William Scott suffered a similar fate to a bunch of the other folks that are "American Pie" alums... getting typecast. Although I still would like to see Cassie's reaction to "Role Models" with Scott and Paul Rudd. Also, we may need to revisiting "Chekov's gun" with Cassie, although I had seen this (it was more than 20 years ago so didn't remember largely chunks), the sheet-metal they kept focusing on was going to be involved at some point, eventually in Scott's character's demise. Ali Larter probably seemed familar as she an "it" girl there for minute in th late 90s early 2000s. I am pretty sure "Varsity Blues" was the first thing I saw her in, as the popular cheerleader to Amy Smart's girl next-door.

Richard Maurer

Which isn’t nearly as long as I’ve been waiting for GoT to finish.

Clarence Newman

That would seem crazy to me, Bob, if it wasn't for the fact that I was in a serious relationship with Barbara Mandrell around the same time.

Richard Maurer

It’s a pretty decent jump scare, but not the best I’ve seen. And certainly not one of the “best horror movie scenes ever”, Captain Hyperbole.

Just Plain Bob

And it’s currently on sale at Amazon for only $4.99.

Richard Maurer

You’ll need to elaborate on the exact interpretation of your incongruous missive

Richard Maurer

Clarence was in a serious relationship with a baboon.

Stick Figure Studios

Indeed. A partial list of the things I am now slightly afraid to do after watching these films (although some of them I must admit I was already afraid to do) is *SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THE REST OF THE SERIES* fly in a plane, take the elevator, use an escalator, drive on a freeway (particularly behind a log truck), visit the dentist, go to the bathroom, swim in a public pool, lie in a tanning bed (though I was never going to do that anyway), attend a NASCAR event, ride a rollercoaster, cross a bridge, work out at a gym, drive through a car wash, go to a carnival, be in a hospital, go to a drive-thru, use a fire escape, take the subway, turn on the garbage disposal or get Chinese acupuncture therapy (which, again, I wouldn't have done in the first place).

Clarence Newman

Hey! Keep my childhood crush's name out of your mouth!

DAVID COSTELLO

The creepy mortician is Tony Todd, also known as the star of "Candyman", another one that should be seen. He is always formidable.

Johnny Bullis

Hey Cass.. Im sorry.. Devon Sawa was your what? LMAO.. did you really say that out loud?