3D Moments That Made These Horror Movies More Hilarious Than Terrifying – /Film

You can't cheat death ... but you can make it look even more eye-popping."The Final Destination" is the franchise's first foray into 3D effects, and it sadly doesn't quite nail it. Sure, there's some fun to be had with its pop-out visuals, especially during the McKinley Speedway scenes, but the problem here is that the effects largely undermine the film's tension. In fact, I'd say they do away with it completely. Instead, the 3D scenes give the film a campy, schlocky quality that the series had previously avoided, if only by a narrow margin.

Producer Craig Perry said that he wanted the 3D to add depth to the film rather than just being used for the sake of it, because "having something pop out at the audience every four minutes gets boring." Unfortunately, that's exactly what happened, with all manner of objects and flying body parts shooting out of the screen with tired regularity.

The film's worst offender? That Speedway scene. It begins when a race car crash causes a tire to bounce into the spectator's stand zooming right past the audience's eye line, of course. But that's just the beginning. We get several minutes of exploding cars, sharp objects, and visceral splatter, all in glorious 3D. While upping the ante when it comes to the gore, it just feels over the top. Throw in those 3D effects and some straight-to-DVD quality visuals, and it becomes a lesson in how not to use 3D in a horror film.

Although "Final Destination 5" continued to use 3D effects, it was a much better film. The sequel veered away from "The Final Destination's" campy antics, returning to the franchise's signature style of heightened suspense. Death was back, in 3D, and it never looked better.

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