Overview: The newest chapter in New Line Cinema’s bloody successful franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice.

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

On June 17th, “Final Destination Bloodlines” will be available Digitally at home on participating digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, and more.

On July 22nd, “Final Destination Bloodlines” will be available to own on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD from online and physical retailers. “Final Destination Bloodlines” will also continue to be available in high definition and standard definition from participating digital retailers.

4K UHD Blu-ray Verdict: Warner Bros. Entertainment is expanding their 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray catalog offerings this month with the release of the hotly anticipated Final Destination: Bloodlines (4K Ultra HD + Digital) in the expansive 4K Ultra HD video format this June 10th, 2025.

For my money, this Final Destination: Bloodlines (4K Ultra HD + Digital) sharpness takes a fairly large step forward from others in their 4K Ultra HD catalog and even comes with HDR (High Dynamic Range) for the complete 4K Ultra HD experience, of course.

So, what we have is Final Destination: Bloodlines presented to us as a one-disc with a sheet for a Digital HD Copy. Other stand out points you should know are: Codec: HEVC / H.265, Resolution: Native 4K (2160p), HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10 and Aspect ratio: 2.39:1.

Featuring Dolby Vision and HDR10 for brighter, deeper, and way more lifelike colors, as with most all 4K UHDs, everything that we watch features these qualities - but somehow, this film gloriously shines within them all.

Noticeably crisp with the overall clarity receiving an obvious boost here on this release, what is more is that it is enjoyably noticeable. For as well as some new nuances to the somewhat drab palette courtesy of Dolby Vision, we also get to witness sudden bright pops of color, which makes the eyes draw in, for sure.

Synonymous with excessively gory and painstaking death sequences, Final Destination: Bloodlines more than delivers on this aspect of the franchise. It has the most lethal opening disaster, as well as the longest list of those who have cheated death. Yet, its most important and memorable scene doesn’t have any blood at all; it is the inclusion of Tony Todd as William Bludworth.

Due to Death’s lack of physical form, Bludworth serves as the only true recurring character of the franchise (not including Clear Rivers (Ali Larter), who is seen in the first two movies). Todd’s presence always added to the sense of dread, as those who received premonitions normally visited him for a sense of reassurance, only to feel closer to death.

His past performances in the horror genre give him the resilient aura that counters the usual flustered appearance of the protagonists. However, his appearance in Final Destination: Bloodlines feels much more reflective and melancholic, especially since it ended up being his last ever film role.

Overall, this is a very strong 4K HDR Blu-ray presentation, and, for the most part, the audio track remains fairly similar to its DTS-HD counterpart; with much of the action occupying the surrounds with outstanding directionality and placement where effects flawlessly pan between the sides and rears.

As for the film itself, well, no one will ever quite forget the first moments of Final Destination (2000), the cult classic supernatural horror film that launched the now-25-year-old film franchise in which its protagonists try to cheat Death (that’s Death with a capital D) and wind up failing epically! It was dark, it was grim (like the Reaper), it was intense with Hitchcockian-style suspense, it was extremely gory and around the time of the second sequel Final Destination 3 in 2006, it had started to become darkly humorous!

I have long suspected that the Final Destination films are really dark-freaking-comedies masquerading as blood-soaked supernatural horror flicks, since as time has gone on with this series the gruesome accidents and mishaps that befall the series’ protagonists have steadily become grimly hilarious. I’ve even gone on to theorize that Death itself is actually the HERO here, as the human characters are simply living on borrowed time. As they say, there is no escaping the inevitable.

This last trait is what has suffused the three films that have followed it, including its latest, 2025’s "Final Destination: Bloodlines, which aims to inject new life - so to speak - into the franchise since the last entry, 2011’s Final Destination 5, which literally circled back around to the beginning.

Final Destination: Bloodlines has done the wise thing and not re-booted the series (like so many other film franchises have done lately) but instead passingly acknowledges the films of the past to provide some sense of continuity to the earlier films and thus is, in short, not a cheap cop-out for lazy filmmakers who have run out of ideas for the series. Nor is it a so-called legacy sequel, either, since only 14 years have passed since the aforementioned Final Destination 5.

Instead, Final Destination: Bloodlines takes the series in a slightly different direction while still acknowledging the films of the past. It takes the same basic premise of a poor soul having had a fateful premonition of a mass casualty event and averting the impending disaster by warning the pool of potential victims.

Said event still happens, anyway, and Death soon comes back looking for the survivors - with a vengeance. This time, the film looks at how one person, in this case college student Stefeni Reyes (Kaitlyn Santa Juana), must save her entire family from Death. The precise reasons for why Stefeni’s family is being targeted are laid out in its brilliantly constructed opening action sequence, but are also carefully (and thoughtfully), explained over the course of the picture; most films made in modern times would unwisely lay out the specifics all in one scene and thus eliminate any real suspenseful momentum the film has gained.

Co-directors Zack Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein have a competent grasp of the film’s story and characters. Regarding the latter, let’s be frank: No one goes to a Final Destination picture for characters; you only go to see the characters die in some delightfully gruesome and creative fashions!

But Final Destination: Bloodlines, due to its underlying thematic angle involving the plight of an entire family, does actually lend the picture a rare emotional bent that the series has notably lacked since the first Final Destination back in 2000. Oh, and it’s only the best sequel that the series has had to offer since Final Destination 2 (2003), in my humble opinion.

“Final Destination Bloodlines” Digital, 4K UHD and Blu-ray contain the following special features:
Death Becomes Them: On the Set of “Final Destination Bloodlines” – featurette
Catch up with the fresh new cast and dynamic directing duo of “Final Destinations Bloodlines” to hear about their experiences on set and what fun surprises they managed to sneak in for the fans
The Many Deaths of Bloodlines – featurette
From the collapse of the Skyview Restaurant to the world’s worst MRI, get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the most gruesome Final Destination deaths yet!
The Legacy of Bludworth – featurette
Tony Todd reflects on the decades-spanning legacy of his iconic character and re-examines Bludworth’s impact on the franchise now that all has been revealed
Director’s Commentary
Commentary by the film’s directors Adam Stein & Zach Lipovsky