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8. Final Destination 3 - Frankie Cheeks

Frankie Cheeks Final Destination 3
New Line Cinema

The biggest scumbag hunted by Death in the Final Destination franchise is this guy, hands down.

Frankie Cheeks (Sam Easton), who was meant to die in a rollercoaster crash but is saved by protagonist Wendy, is a revolting pervert who sexually harasses women at every opportunity, often filming them intrusively with his video camera. 

Even at the funeral of Ashley and Ashlyn, the movie's first two victims who die in a tanning bed accident, Frankie can't stop. First, he makes it all about him by claiming that they went to tan because he made them feel pressured to look good (in fact, they were repulsed by him!), and then, when fellow survivor Julie (Amanda Crew) tells him how ludicrous this is, he tries to forcibly kiss her on the mouth... at a funeral. 

As a character you love to hate, Frankie definitely works, and he feeds into the campy, darkly comedic tone that makes this sequel so ridiculously entertaining. Nonetheless, viewers will be desperate to see this guy go down, and the filmmakers thoughtfully gave him the goriest death of Final Destination 3 - the back of his head is sliced open by a car engine fan. 

In the Choose Your Fate special edition DVD release of Final Destination 3, which is akin to an early, less sophisticated Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, there is actually a version where Frankie does survive, but he's later seen being taken to prison for sexual harassment. Well, that's exactly what should've happened long before he tried to get on that rollercoaster. 

 
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