Somehow, Final Destination is 25 years old. The film came out in March 2000, so we can no longer pretend that 25 years ago was 1990. Time may be slippery but no one can cheat Death in this film franchise, which is getting a sixth installment this year. But, did you know that Final Destination was born from an episodic spec script from The X-Files? Once again, one of the greatest shows of all-time is influencing other media.
In a Variety interview, writer Jeffrey Reddick dished on the connection between Final Destination and The X-Files. He got the idea from an article about a woman who had a premonition before boarding a plane. Like Alex Browning, she got off the plane before it took off. In her case, the plane crashed.
Here’s what he had to say:
“When I read the article, it just went into my head: what if she “cheated” death, and what would that look like if death decided to come after her? I wrote that idea as an X-Files [spec script] … so it was very serendipitous that we ended up having the film go to [The X-Files executive producers] James Wong and Glen Morgan, who were two of my favorite writers of all time.
As we know, James Wong directed Final Destination and Glen Morgan helped with the screenplay. Of course, the story would’ve been different if it became an X-Files episode. Those strange tales are from Mulder and Scully’s perspective. But, a story about supposedly cheating Death only to reap (ha!) the consequences seemed destined for straight up horror. In fact, Reddick’s X-Files story that became the first Final Destination film drew dark inspiration from a classic horror flick.
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“The original story was very A Nightmare on Elm Street-influenced, where Death played with their survivor’s guilt or some secrets that they had to drive them to suicide, which was pretty dark,” Reddick revealed.
In essence, it’s thanks to the TV show “The X-Files” and a genuinely unsettling premonition of a real woman that we have this entire franchise.
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2025-03-18 23:43