History Film / FinalDestination1

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** In addition to Death craftily "covering it's tracks" after Tod's death, Death seems to take physical form while orchestrating Ms. Lawton's death. See FreezeFrameBonus below.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Some early footage of Death as a visible entity survived editing and made it into the final film (filmed possibly before the writers had settled down on all Death's abilities, habits, and preferences). Ms. Lawton's death scene has two blink-and-you-miss it shots where it looks like Death has taken corporeal form – and is in her kitchen. After sparks from the computer set fire to the vodka trail, the flames seem to be led by a shadowy figure similar to the shadowy entity that stalked Tod. Near the shadow, pair of feet and legs can ''very'' briefly be seen walking to the kitchen. A second or two later, we ''very'' briefly see a figure dressed in black standing at the stove – just before the vodka bottle explodes.

** In addition to Death craftily “covering it’s tracks” after Tod’s death, Death seems to take physical form while orchestrating Ms. Lawton’s death. See FreezeFrameBonus: below.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Some early footage of Death as a visible entity survived editing and made it into the final film (filmed possibly before the writers had settled down on all Death’s abilities, habits, and preferences). Ms. Lawton’s death scene has two blink-and-you-miss it shots where it looks like Death has taken corporeal form – and is in her kitchen. After sparks from the computer set fire to the vodka trail, the flames seem to be led by a shadowy figure similar to the shadowy entity that stalked Tod. Near the shadow, pair of feet and legs can "very" briefly be seen walking to the kitchen. A second or two later, we "very" briefly see a figure dressed in black standing at the stove – just before the vodka bottle explodes.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Some early footage of Death as a visible entity survived editing and made it into the final film (filmed possibly before the writers had settled down on all Death’s abilities, habits, and preferences). Ms. Lawton’s death scene has two blink-and-you-miss it shots where it looks like Death has taken corporeal form – and is in her kitchen. After sparks from the computer set fire to the vodka trail, the flames seem to be led by a shadowy figure similar to the shadowy entity that stalked Tod. Near the shadow, pair of feet and legs can 'very' briefly be seen walking to the kitchen. A second or two later, we 'very' briefly see a figure dressed in black standing at the stove – just before the vodka bottle explodes.

* ShoutOut: The scene of the plane's actual explosion, seen by a female character staring out the airport windows, is an apparent homage to the classic ''Twilight Zone'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E53TwentyTwo Twenty-Two]]'': a story which, in itself, could be the inspiration for this film.

* CatchPhrase: "Carter, you dick!" may as well be Billy's.

* MeaningfulName: "Tod" means "Death" in German. Additionally, all the main characters share names with well-known horror directors.

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Billy Hitchcock]] loses half of his head due to a piece of metal from Carter's car being sent flying towards by a passing train.

* ShoutOut: The scene of the plane's actual explosion, seen by a female character staring out the airport windows, is an apparent homage to the classic ''Twilight Zone'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E53TwentyTwo Twenty-Two]]'': a story which, in itself, could be the inspiration for this film.
* ShoutOutThemeNaming: A lot of the protagonists are named after famous figures in classic horror movies. Alex's last name is Browning (after Tod Browning), Terri's is Chaney (after Creator/LonChaney), Tod's is Waggner (after ''[[Film/TheWolfMan1941 The Wolf Man]]'' director George Waggner), Billy's is Hitchcock (after Creator/AlfredHitchcock) and the French teacher Larry Murnau (after ''{{Film/Nosferatu}}'' director F.W. Murnau). Ms. Lewton's first name is Valerie, after director Creator/ValLewton - and she's called Val by the police. Tod has a brother named George, making him a full example too. Clear Rivers is the odd one out; she was just named after the director's assistant.

* YouCantFightFate: Bludworth breaks it down on the top quote.

-->'''Alex:''' I never moved. Christa asked me to change seats, but I never moved. I would have been up next to Tod. Fuck! Why didn't I remember that? I never moved, Clear's seat was in front of mine. She's next.