159. Final Destination

Laci and Matt are broadcasting to you from a cabin in the woods, where they're eating canned cat food with oven mitts, trying to dodge that pesky Grim Reaper. But the rats need their cheese, so here's a new episode about Final Destination (2000). (You're the rat, I guess.)   It's the movie that launched one of the great horror franchises. A franchise that Matt posits is Friday the 13th for the decade of the 2000s. This series has it all: Primitive cell phones! Internet research on big ole computers! And nu-metal, nu-metal, nu-metal.   And it all started here, with this movie that began life as an X-Files spec script and, even in its final form, has forgotten to take the X-Files out. That's not a bad thing.   Next week: Wayne's World (1992)   Bonus Video: We suggest scenarios we'd like to see in future FInal Destination sequels. Check it out on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.   Time stamps: 00:01:28 — Our personal histories with the FInal Destination franchise 00:13:00 — History segment: How Final Destination began as an X-Files spec script by Jeffrey Reddick, and instead was turned into a feature film helmed by X-Files writers James Wong and Glen Morgan  00:28:52 — In-depth movie discussion 01:28:25 — Final thoughts and star ratings   Sources: "Final Destination: the definitive oral history by the people who made it" by Ian Sandwell | Digital Spy (2022) - https://bit.ly/43cBq4w  "How Final Destination Went From Real-Life Premonition to Horror Phenomenon" by Jack Beresford | Den of Geek (2021) - https://bit.ly/4jPo0T4  Final Destination press kit (2000) - https://bit.ly/4kfcTmg  "Devon Sawa: 'I had to smoke pot in movies and be in a hip-hop video to get away from Casper'" by Rachel Brodsky | The Independent (2022) - https://bit.ly/3GQ3sLU      Artwork by Laci Roth.   Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).   Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode: "Winston-Salem" - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM "Snake Drama" - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg "The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet" - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ   1-Week Rental used to be Load Bearing Beams. Follow 1-Week Rental, a movie recommendation podcast! Twitter:  @1WeekRental | https://twitter.com/1weekrental @MattStokes9 | https://twitter.com/mattstokes9 @LRothConcepts | https://twitter.com/lrothconcepts Facebook:  @1weekrental | https://www.facebook.com/1weekrental/ Instagram:  @1weekrental | https://www.instagram.com/1weekrental/ TikTok:  @1weekrental | https://www.tiktok.com/@1weekrental @mattstokes9 | https://www.tiktok.com/@mattstokes9 Letterboxd:  @loadbearinglaci | https://letterboxd.com/loadbearinglaci/ @mattstokes9 | https://letterboxd.com/mattstokes9/ Bluesky:  @1weekrental | https://bsky.app/profile/1weekrental.bsky.social #moviepodcast