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Heida

I think this a great example of a movie that suffers from being made specifically in 3D for cinema (I didn't see this in the cinema but I saw 5 which was also in 3D and you can tell it is done so much better). It's generally considered the weakest one because of that, the bad CGI, the deaths which seem like they're for the shock factor more than any previous movie (though the tension and the fake-outs are just as good imo) and the characters are not as relatable/likeable. But I still enjoy it for what it is. 5 is SO good though! The race-car accident is similar to a real life disaster that occured in 1955; The Le Mans disaster in which a multi-car collision launched an engine block, hood and other wreckage into a packed crowd of spectators, killing 84 people. The deaths included spectators being cut in half by the flying hood and the engine block crushing a swathe through the crowd, plus an explosion and a fire. Hunt's death is loosely based on the real life deaths of Abigail Taylor and Valerie Lakey. The former was in June 2007 when a 6 year old girl named Abigail fell on a poorly maintained drain that didn't have the appropriate safety devices. The powerful suction ripped her small intestine from her body which was forcefully drawn out through the anus, leaving her with short bowel syndrome. Despite receiving the best medical care in the following 9 months, Abigail died in March 2008 due to a transplant-related cancer. You can read her tragic story here: https://abbeyshope.org/abbeys-story/. The latter was in 1993 when a 7 year old girl named Valerie was disemboweled and drowned after she became stuck against a faulty drain cover. Furthermore, the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (which took effect in December 2008) is named after a 7 year old girl who drowned due to the same in June 2002. Between January 1985 and March 2002 there were 147 confirmed and recorded swimming pool/spa suction-entrapment incidents of which 36 were fatal. Also, there is a video of a woman who was swallowed by a mall escalator, though it doesn't happen like it does in the movie. She had her child with her who survived. As with the previous movies, there are unused endings. In one, Nick gets Lori out of the cinema before the explosion kills Janet and the others but they get stuck on the escalator and Lori gets crushed. As Nick watches in horror, blood splatters against the screen and the movie ends, without the revelation of a premonition: https://youtu.be/F4JFBfL1U-4?si=jUmTU60ZLNXAX2BL. In the second ending, Nick realises he has to kill himself for the chain to end so he puts out the initial fire and then jumps out a window. He lands on a car (#180 of course) and the mall is evacuated in time before an explosion goes off. Janet and Lori think it is over when a car hits the crane with the A/C unit, crushing them both: https://youtu.be/roQWLuIh2k8?si=xHacoJGXIoE4lz4I. However, this alternate ending is a contradiction to the rules of deaths design; unless that person is next to die, any suicidal attempt will fail (two examples of this are Eugene in FD2 and George in this movie). This contradiction is the possible reason it wasn't chosen as the canon ending (and also because it's SO bad). When getting hit by the ambulance, George was trying to say "My wife said that Deja Vu is like God's way of telling you that you are in the right place at the right time", which Nick finishes at the end right before they die. Also, when coffee is spilled over the newspaper, there is a news article about three students dying after a car crashed into a storefront, hinting at the ending and The car that crashes at the speedway has the number 666 on it. While car 6 is in pit stop, the number 666 is shown (a number 6 on the car and two number 6 flags). Just before one of his premonitions Nick drops a book that opens to a page with an open hand, which is a symbol for death in Hinduism. The auditorium that Lori and Janet go into is 13. Just before one of his premonitions Nick drops a book that opens to a page with an open hand, which is a symbol for death in Hinduism. In every premonition that Nick has after the accident the words 'It's Here' appear somewhere. References and connections to previous movies you may have missed: When Nick reads an article about Samantha's death at the salon, a related story says a bus has crashed on HWY 180. Samantha's sons' jerseys have the numbers 9 and 20 - 9x20 = 180. The race track is called McKinley Speedway which was the name of the town, high school and character in the third movie. In the death scene with Samantha and the lawn mower, there is a newspaper stating the hair salon was called Lakeview—the same name as the hospital in FD2.