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Final Destination: Bloodlines and the great American death cult

Why a franchise about how you can't cheat death is what we need right now.
The characters of Final Destination: Bloodlines stand in a cemetery. They are dressed in black and overlook a casket.
You attend a lot of funerals if you're in this family. (Credit: New Line Cinema)

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Emily St. James

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