It was Friday night, I’d had a pretty rough Wednesday and Thursday, and I didn’t really feel like going out. So as the woman and I were perusing through the movies-on-demand I caught “Final Destination 3.” I remembered I’d heard the movie specifically referenced 3 or 4 times in the past, with “It totally doesn’t suck” as the accolade and sole reason I should watch it.  So we bit! (spoilers ahead)

I’m so glad that we did. This movie is good! Trust me, there is no genre of horror film I despise more than the I Know What You Did Last Summer/Urban Legend/Jeepers Creepers/Final Destination/Saw (fuckkkk) soft-core, dipshit horror movies that were so prevalent in the late 90′s and early 00′s. None of these were scary, none were gory in the right ways, and in my head they’re all one long 10 hour shitstorm. Obviously nobody managed to tell director James Wong this, because he cranked out a winner with Final Destination 3.

I recall having seen Final Destination I when it came out and thinking it was a borderline retarded attempt at horror, so I naturally ignored numbers 2 and 3. However this movie seems to have picked up some speed in the 2 years since its release based upon positive word-of-mouth. Words such as “man it’s actually good,” “it doesn’t suck,” and “I know it’s fucking unbelievable just trust me.” Now I’m doing the same. Spread the love.

I’m not going to go into any scene reviews or plot summaries since you probably already know what these movies are about. I’ll just say the pacing is right (fast), the filler is at the correct level (minimal), and the death scenes are absurdly graphic and hilarious. There are also boobs. 

That’s not a boob, but it is a dead person. Also neat. 

If you still aren’t convinced after that argument, or even if you are but don’t mind knowing some of the good parts before they happen, check out this list of finishing moves:

• Truck engine through the brain
• Nailgun to the head
• Burned alive in a tanning bed
• Skull crushed with a weight machine

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