Hey, everyone.
Lately, I've been a bit underwhelmed by the direction taken by the franchise because back then, the first two FDs meshed thriller and horror perfectly.
But as the series progressed, the tone became a bit more cheesy, less grounded and not scarier and frakier that it used to be.
Horror movies are supposed to be bloody, dark, menacing and feeling that you would gouge your eyes out after watching them and not laugh at the dumb ways people die in the most recent entries.
The next entry should really that a David Fincher turn with an HBO aesthetic and really return to the darkest parts of the franchise.
I want characters I can rely upon and elicit genuine sorrow and sympathy while being disgusted by their impending doom and a clear development of each survivor.
I believe Final Destination should follow the same route as Six Feet Under, deaths wise.
Car accident, bisection by an elevator...whatever.
Just make it dark. Make it creepy.
Less sudden deaths. Less crushing.
But things more outside of the box like being buried alive inadvertenly, a capsizing, a fall down the stairs, a train accident, a tree falling, a sudden collapse, drowning...make it good and make it natural unlike that horrible CGI that's been overused and lacked quality as the series progressed.
Even Yellowjackets and Lost did a better job killing off characters in a grim fashion.
But more plausible scenarios and a much more tense, much more serious and much more HBO-like aesthetics like Chernobyl, Industry or even Broadchurch.
Casting wise, a bit more seasoned actors able to cry on demand, be versatile in their game and portray characters we'll never forget would make for a good entry.
They should up the ante and go towards a Fincher, Boon Jong Ho, even Kubrick type of cinematography even though I don't need an Oscar winner to direct and make the product appealing to everyone but by giving it a sense of gravitas, a sense of levity and a sense of existential dread that seems to lack more and more.
Thoughts ?