{"id":53147,"date":"2025-08-08T15:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/53147\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:06:10","slug":"final-destination-bloodlines-16-easter-eggs-references-inspirations-you-may-have-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/53147\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ – 16 Easter Eggs, References & Inspirations You May Have Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"

After scaring up a franchise record $257 million at the worldwide box office,\u00a0Final Destination Bloodlines\u00a0is now available on home video.<\/p>\n

The releases is accompanied by an audio commentary from\u00a0directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein. In addition to a variety of tidbits about the making of the film, they point out hidden Easter eggs, references, and inspirations.<\/p>\n

Here are 16 details you might have missed in Final Destination Bloodlines\u2026<\/p>\n

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1. Flight 180<\/p>\n

The number 180 is featured throughout the Final Destination franchise, dating back to the Flight 180 explosion in the original film.<\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s car, which he uses to drive Irene to the Skyview in the prologue, has the license plate FL8-18E, a reference to the doomed flight.<\/p>\n

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2. Circle Motif<\/p>\n

The film features a circle motif, with the shape involved in many of the deaths and incorporated into the production.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really worked with Rachel O\u2019Toole, our production designer, to put as many circles in the film as possible,\u201d said Lipovsky. \u201cCircles are involved in almost every death in the movie, and so there\u2019s a lot of circular designs throughout the whole film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a metaphor for how the movie is structured,\u201d Stein adds.<\/p>\n

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3. Titanic<\/p>\n

The man falling from the Skyview dance floor and hitting a beam on the way down is, as Lipovsky puts it, a \u201cnot-so-subtle homage to Titanic\u201d where a man fell from the sinking ship and hit the propeller.<\/p>\n

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4. Returning Stuntman<\/p>\n

Stunt performer Dustin Brooks, who played a student that died on Flight 180 in the original Final Destination and did stunts on several of the sequels, worked as a stunt coordinator on Bloodlines and appears as a Skyview patron engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was 17-years old when he was pulled out of the plane in Final Destination 1,\u201d Stein notes.<\/p>\n

Brooks recently received an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement for developing a naked burn gel, which he first conceived for the tanning bed deaths in Final Destination 3.<\/p>\n

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5. Society of the Snow<\/p>\n

The insert shot of a woman\u2019s leg breaking during the Skyview disaster was inspired by Society of the Snow, the film based on the true story of a rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes Mountains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the plane crashed, they did all these body parts snapping,\u201d Lipovsky explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stole that shot from them,\u201d Stein adds.<\/p>\n

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6. Mortal Kombat<\/p>\n

New Line Cinema was working on Mortal Kombat II at the same time as Bloodlines, making it easy to feature\u00a0Erik playing Mortal Kombat 1 in the film.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were making Mortal Kombat II at the same time we were making Final Destination Bloodlines,\u201d said Stein. \u201cSo when we need a violent video game cutaway, we thought Mortal Kombat would be the perfect thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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7. Shared License Plate<\/p>\n

Stefani\u2019s license plate is RFK 575, the same tag on the car belonging to Kerr Smith\u2019s character, Carter, in the original Final Destination.<\/p>\n

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8. It\u2019s Not You That I\u2019m Afraid Of<\/p>\n

While Darlene\u2019s mention of \u201cClear River Hospital\u201d is the most obvious homage to Clear Rivers, it\u2019s not the only nod to Ali Larter\u2019s Final Destination character.<\/p>\n

Stefani visiting her mother\u2019s compound parallels the scene in Final Destination 2 when the disaster survivors visit Clear in the mental institution. Both sequences feature the line, \u201cit\u2019s not you I\u2019m afraid of.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese scene\u2019s a bit of an homage to FD2 when they go to see Clear Rivers in the insane asylum, where they have to put their stuff away,\u201d says Lipovsky. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of an interesting set up. I\u2019ve always loved that sequence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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9. Jon Watts Grave<\/p>\n

Several real names on the graves in the cemetery scene were digitally changed to the names of crew members.<\/p>\n

One prominent gravestone reads Watts, a reference to Spider-Man director Jon Watts, who produced and conceived the story for Bloodlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shot this in a real cemetery, so we had to erase some of the actual names and put in special names that we put in there as homages,\u201d Lipovsky explains.<\/p>\n

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10. Theme Reprise<\/p>\n

The original Final Destination theme, composed by Shirley Walker for the 2000 film, is used twice in the film: once during the backyard barbecue scene and again in Bloodworth\u2019s final scene.<\/p>\n

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11. Death Foreshadowed<\/p>\n

Erik\u2019s demise via MRI machine is foreshadowed by a light-up magnet decoration on the wall of the tattoo shop where he narrowly escapes death.<\/p>\n

The parlor\u2019s street address, briefly seen on the front door, is 1969 \u2014 the year of the Skyview disaster.<\/p>\n

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12. Red Fish Delivery<\/p>\n

The delivery truck that almost hits Erik is Red Fish Delivery, a reference to red herring \u2014 a storytelling device that intentionally misleads the viewer, which takes its name from a fish.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knows what are called \u2018bus hits\u2019 in Final Destination, where someone walks into the road and gets mowed over\u201d Lipovsky explains. \u201cWe knew the audience, when we showed this shot, would know that he\u2019s about to get run over \u2014 because that\u2019s how it\u2019s always shot, just like this, but it misses him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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13. Poster Brought to Life<\/p>\n

The shot of metal pieces rupturing through the skull tattoo on Erik\u2019s stomach recreates the Final Definition 5 poster, which features a skull with rebar going through it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe designed the pieces of the wheelchair to go through in the exact pattern as that poster,\u201d Stein confirms.<\/p>\n

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14. Log Truck Misdirect<\/p>\n

An obvious nod to Final Destination 2, the logging truck that cuts off the RV as they leave the hospital is an intentional misdirect so viewers did not expect the deadly logs in the finale.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you work on an FD movie, the first thing people say to you is \u2018logging truck,’\u201d said Stein. \u201cIt\u2019s just one of the most iconic images from the entire franchise, so we always knew we wanted to have a logging truck and logs in the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues, \u201cThis was a really fun way to show the fans the logging truck and make you think \u2018Okay, that was their homage to the logging truck,\u2019 so they don\u2019t expect it again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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15. Jeffrey Reddick Tribute<\/p>\n

Dr. Reddick, the father of Charlie\u2019s prom date, is named in honor of Jeffrey Reddick, the writer of the original Final Destination.<\/p>\n

The character\u2019s daughter, Jenny, is named after an assistant who helped Lipovsky and Stein come up with ideas for the ending.<\/p>\n

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16. Mystery Easter Egg<\/p>\n

Lipovsky and Stein mention another Easter egg hidden in the Skyview lobby but opt not to point it out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a very deep Easter egg buried in this lobby somewhere that we\u2019re not gonna talk about,\u201d Stein teases. \u201cBut for the true FD detectives out there, you might be able to figure out the secret Easter Egg we put in the wide shot of the lobby.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVery deep,\u201d Lipovsky concurs. \u201cMaybe the deepest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Final Destination Bloodlines is available now on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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