 | This article may be written from a fan's point of view, rather than a neutral point of view. (May 2022) |
Final Destination is an American horror franchise consisting of six films, ten novels, and two comic books composed of six issues in total. Each medium features a protagonist who experiences a premonition of themself and several others dying in a catastrophic accident, only to escape the event with a handful of other characters moments before it turns into a reality. The survivors later die one by one in a series of elaborate and often gory scenarios that frequently resemble Rube Goldberg machines in their complexity.
Despite depicting homicide, the series is noteworthy amongst others in the horror genre in that the "villain" of the films is not the stereotypical slasher or monster but the entity Death itself (occasionally seen as a fleeting shadow or a gust of wind) which manipulates the environment in deadly ways with the intent of reclaiming the lives of the survivors.
The list of characters includes those who died in the protagonist's initial premonition and those who died among the survivors. Characters are listed in alphabetical order, and are arranged by chronological appearance. Unnecessary characters are excluded, for example, those who do not affect the story heavily. The status of the character indicates whether the character is alive, deceased, or if their fate is unknown.