9 Horror Movies That Reward You For Paying Attention

3. The Final Destination Franchise Is The Gift That Keeps On Giving

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Not to focus on just one movie here - as that would be impossible - but the entire Final Destination franchise is such a hugely rewarding one for those horror hounds who pay the utmost of attention to what plays out on their screen.

As is ever the case, each Final Destination film starts with a person having a premonition of an immediate disaster taking place. Opting to make the necessary adjustment to avoid said disaster, this person and the rest of those who would've been impacted by this cataclysmic event then find themselves spending the rest of the picture trying to stay out of the grasp of the Grim Reaper - with them seen as souls that rightfully should be dead.

Part of the genius at play with the premise of the Final Destination series, is that it rewards you for scouring every inch of screen during each film's intended tragedy. For the most part, the order in which a person dies in the opening act vision will be the order that death comes a-calling later on - and there are often so many clues in that first act premonition as to just how these demises will play out, particularly from the third film onwards.

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