By the time my friend and I put Final Destination 3 on I had had 5 shots of tequila. And honestly I didnt think they had done much to my system until I sat down and began watching

The film starts great. Tragic and violent rollercoaster accident on prom day!! Oh its just a vision a chick had? She manages to get like 7 ppl evacuated in her panic? Everyone else dies because she was right? Months later eople begin dying in the order they were seated in at the attraction in tragic accidents? The photos she took for the yearbook foreshadow their deaths? Wow! Cool!

Apparently this is the formula all movies in the saga take- and theres like 5 of them, and every issue the tragic accidents that kill the survivors off get more and more convoluted. I cant say anything because literally anything would spoil their deaths but theyre such hyperspecific casualties- my friend said the first one was like "oops. car crash!" but this one was insane?? I can give them props on how creative they got with it, thats for sure. But dude. Not a single second of that film was free of an intense feeling of dread

Im 75% it was only as impactful as it was bc i was kinda tipsy. I doubt anyone watching this sober would be as tense as i was during it all. Specially with how incredibly and tackily 2000s it is. Like- Youve got the two bimbo mean girls with their whale tails and giant slushies, the pervy older kid that's just. there for comedy relief I guess(bc sexual harassment funny), the token black guy, the emo couple..... like its really tacky. and I knew that. but i was still shitting bricks regardless.

Its hard for me to say whether it is actually scary or not because for me it REALLY was. I was tense as fuck from beginning to end but dudeee. its probably not that big a deal. Idk. Ill have to rewatch it sober someday i guess