10 Horror Movies That Lied About Their Premise

10. Final Destination 5 Was Not A Sequel

What we all saw in Final Destination 5 was very much what we were expecting in terms of the Grim Reaper hunting down those who'd earlier managed to avoid perishing as a bridge collapsed. Where the film lied, though, is that it was really a prequel to the original Final Destination rather than the straight-up sequel it was billed as.

As a franchise, Final Destination is a fun concept that's wielded a mixed bag of results where it pertains to the quality of the five films to date. It is without any small semblance of hyperbole, though, to say that the final minutes' prequel twist of FD5 was utterly masterful.

With Death seemingly thwarted as Final Destination 5 starts to wrap up, survivors Sam and Molly take a vacation to Paris as they look to put their recent traumas behind them. There, the penny wonderfully drops that the plane these lovebirds have entered is the one and the same Volée Airlines Flight 180 that explodes at the start of the original Final Destination picture.

Were horror fans lied to? Absolutely. Were audiences left with their jaws agape? Undoubtedly. That is why this fifth FD entry will always be so fondly thought of by so many.