20 Recent Movie Plot Twists NOBODY Saw Coming
15. Erik Isn't A Blood Relative - Final Destination Bloodlines
If you thought the Final Destination franchise couldn't come up with a better twist than the previous film's "it's actually a prequel!" surprise, the team behind Final Destination Bloodlines tried their level-best to get one over on audiences once again.
After protagonist Stefani's (Kaitlyn Santa Juana) uncle Howard (Alex Zahara) dies, the next family member in Death's firing line is assumed to be Howard's eldest son Erik (Richard Harmon).
However, just when it seems like Erik is going to be brutally killed off at the tattoo parlour where he works, he actually manages to survive, and it's instead his sister Julia (Anna Lore) who perishes next courtesy of a trash compactor.
As the traumatised and confused family tries to make sense of it, Erik's mother Brenda (April Telek) breaks the news that Erik was actually the product of an affair and not Howard's biological son.
As such, Erik was never on Death's list to begin with, seemingly making him "safe."
It was one hell of a clever way to flip the script, even if Erik still ended up suffering a death-by-MRI-machine when he tried to stop Death claiming his half-brother Bobby (Owen Joyner).