You Didn’t Know This Iconic 2000s Horror Was Written as an X-Files Episode
Mulder and Scully could never…
We bet you have seen at least one episode of David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson’s iconic sci-fi series. The X-Files is truly one of the most rewatchable shows in TV history that left a lasting legacy full of inspiration for sci-fi, thriller and horror filmmakers.
Few genre veterans know that there is a horror that was meant to become an episode of this paranormal series, but it didn’t happen eventually. Instead, what happened is that it set up the whole franchise and became the 2000s trademark movie, still loved by fans.
The plot of the original film revolves around Alex, a teenager who is one step from boarding a plane to Paris with a school trip. Suddenly, he experiences a premonition that tells him the plane will crash soon after leaving the ground, and it really does.
Alex is saved, as well as six other people whom he convinces to disembark, but no one is allowed to cheat death in such a way. Therefore, the survivors are doomed to die one by one, falling victims to the inevitable grip of fate.
Even if you’re not a horror fan, you have probably guessed we’re talking about Final Destination that became a loud sensation back in 2000 and later gained a cult following.
The truth is that the screenwriter Jeffrey Reddick once heard a story about a woman who was assured by her mother not to take a flight back home as it’d crash, and so it did.
He decided to write it as a spec script for The X-Files and to sell it to a TV agent, but the latter suggested Reddick to rewrite the story as a full-length movie instead.
Whoever this agent was, he was certainly right. The concept of Final Destination works impeccably, starting from the suspenseful introduction scene at the airport to the very part with mysterious killings and the protagonists’ attempts to stay alive.
Unlike The X-Files, the horror displays much gore and unhinged details, and it adds to its ability to creep you out even today, when its visual effects seem a little bit outdated.
It’s high time to check out this classic horror, as Final Destination is available on Netflix .