Bloodlines’ CinemaCon Footage Simply Blew My Thoughts

April 1, 2025

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Warner Bros. had all the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on pins and needles tonight throughout their CinemaCon presentation, throughout which they showcased an exhilarating sneak peek of the upcoming Remaining Vacation spot: Bloodlines. The title marks a significant comeback for the fan-favorite franchise, serving because the sixth general installment within the movie collection and the primary to come back in practically 15 years since 2011’s Remaining Vacation spot 5. The hype for this movie has been large, and the primary 20 minutes tease an explosive storyline that can maintain audiences on the sting of their seats for what is going to go down because the longest movie within the collection — to this point. Starring a forged that features Brec Bassinger (DC’s Stargirl), Kaitlyn Santa Juana (The Friendship Recreation), Teo Briones (Chucky), Owen Patrick Joyner (100 Issues to Do Earlier than Excessive College), and the late Tony Todd (Candyman), the expertise backing the movie utterly keep it up its legacy.

As an enormous horror buff whose early connection to the style was molded by Devon Sawa, Ali Larter and the remainder of the faces behind 2000’s Remaining Vacation spot, it was great to catch the primary 20 minutes of the brand new cringe-inducing flick. Right here’s what I noticed.

Two brothers stroll by means of a hospital in hopes of dishonest demise by killing themselves after which coming again. Reasonably than taking the lifetime of one other, they resolve flatlining is your best option. Utilizing one of many brother’s peanut allergic reactions to assist with the soiled work, they head to the merchandising machine to get a peanut butter cup. The scene will get tense when the machine is caught, however they get their snack and are on their method. Sadly, the nightmare is simply starting for them after they discover themselves locked within the MRI room with loads of metallic on their particular person — together with a septum ring. The brother with the allergy takes a chew of his scrumptious demise deal with however panics and unintentionally throws his physique into the pc which journeys the MRI machine. The opposite brother’s piercings come flying out of each route earlier than he finds himself pushed into the MRI machine by a wheelchair — torn aside from the stress. Trying to find his EPI pen, the opposite brother reaches it simply in time solely to be killed by a spring from the merchandising machine.

The Way forward for ‘Remaining Vacation spot’

In whole, the Remaining Vacation spot franchise has earned $667 million on the international field workplace, a quantity that can proceed to develop when Bloodlines terrorizes audiences on Could 16. Ought to the film carry out nicely, it’s all however assured that the story will proceed down the road with a seventh installment — hopefully arriving on a speedier timeline than the break between 5 and 6. And, ought to one other group attempt to outdance demise, a well-known face would possibly even return to the fold.

The ultimate moments of the primary Remaining Vacation spot left issues open-ended with Alex (Sawa) and Clear (Larter) seeming to have made it out alive. This is able to all change in 2003’s Remaining Vacation spot 2, when Clear dies on display in an explosion, and we uncover that Alex suffered an off-screen demise. Nonetheless, as any horror buff will know if it wasn’t proven, it very nicely could not have occurred. Open to the thought of constructing his method again into the fold, Sawa beforehand teased that he would “for positive return… if that [opportunity] ever got here up.”

With the arrival of Remaining Vacation spot: Bloodlines, now could be the time for followers to brush up on their historical past and binge the primary 5 movies. Keep tuned to Collider for extra to come back from CinemaCon.