August 18 sees release of the FINAL DESTINATION COLLECTION but is it really anything new? In one word, no. In fact, it’s perhaps even less than the last boxset, FINAL DESTINATION THRILLOGY, which was released 3 years ago – because that was 4 discs and this is only 2. Just 2 discs? They must be double-sided, which would allow them to retain the content of the previous 4 discs. You just know another set will eventuate once the 4th film hits DVD. In the meantime this is just a sort of mass-market release to make the films available when the new film hits theatres.
Final Destination (2000)
His entire high-school class is going to Paris, but Alex Browning (Devon Sawa, Idle Hands) can’t seem to shake his fear of flying. Once aboard the plane, he has a violently disruptive premonition which gets him and five of his classmates including Clear Rivers (Ali Larter, Varsity Blues, House On Haunted Hill) and Carter Horton (Kerr Smith, TV’s “Dawson’s Creek”) kicked off the plane. As the students watch the plane depart, they witness the horrifying disaster that proves the deadly premonition true. Now having dodged death once, the terror begins in full as fate hunts them down one-by-one. Soon the five survivors will discover you can’t cheat death in this bone-chillingly-suspenseful film that critics call “A first class edge of your seat thriller!” -Paul Wunder, WBAI.
Final Destination 2 (2003)
It’s a matter of life and death when eight strangers narrowly escape a catastrophic freeway accident. Only a young girl’s premonition saved them all from a grisly end. But now that they have put a rift in death’s design, there is a price to pay – and it’s going to be painful. Packed with cutting-edge special effects, state-of-the-art gore and enough scares to send your heartbeat into overdrive, Final Destination 2 is a killer sequel to the smash-hit original. Fasten your seatbelts and prepare yourself for one horrifying ride… it may be your last!
Final Destination 3: 2 Disc Thrill Ride Edition (2006)
Strap yourself in for Final Destination 3, the most terrifying thrill ride ever! After Wendy and her friends survive a deadly roller coaster ride, they start being killed in even more gruesome ways. Wendy realizes that the nightmare isn’t over….Death has returned to finish the job. But can she convince the rest of her friends before it is too late?
I know it’s overplayed to make a duck joke when discussing NEW YORK RIPPER but where else can we make duck jokes? Too good an opportunity to pass up. 
Ever get indigestion? Just like Hobo Myers in full body shots looks like he’s had one too many cheeseburgers from dumpsters, many of us who run horror news sites have been realizing that Rob Zombie has been feeding us scraps. Almost every day there is something “new” to report on. Usually just a single image. And based off each single image or such, a separate news posts is generated by the major horror sites. This ensures H2 is kept in the spotlight but really, all these additional posts are a waste of bitspace. Zombie is just making the internet media work hard to constantly keep up with his bird droppings or bird crumbs (take your pick).
I tell you, the FINAL DESTINATION flicks are where the slasher film should have gone instead of torture porn – the ultimate death scenes made possible by an omnipotent killer (in this case, Death itself). Also this series gets away with using the exact same scenario for 4 films now (so I don’t have to post a synopsis, ha!). Here’s the trailer for THE FINAL DESTINATION, the 4th in the series due in August and playing in digital 3D unless your cinema is too cheap to upgrade their tech.