After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.
Writing
Death as an invisible slasher with a sick sense of irony.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI death scenes that required actual engineering.
Direction
James Wong turned airline safety videos into existential dread.
Director
James Wong
Devon Sawa
Alex Browning
Ali Larter
Clear Rivers
Kerr Smith
Carter Horton
Kristen Cloke
Valerie Lewton
Daniel Roebuck
Agent Weine
Roger Guenveur Smith
Agent Schreck
Chad Donella
Tod Waggner
Seann William Scott
Billy Hitchcock
Tony Todd
Bludworth
Amanda Detmer
Terry Chaney
Brendan Fehr
George Waggner
Lisa Marie Caruk
Christa Marsh
Christine Chatelain
Blake Dreyer
Barbara Tyson
Barbara Browning
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The plane explosion was filmed with a 40-foot miniature and remains one of the most expensive shots in the movie.
This film essentially invented the 'cheating death' horror subgenre and made everyone side-eye log trucks forever.
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