The premise of “Final Destination” is delightfully simple: If you somehow manage to cheat death, the grim reaper will claim your soul through a series of lethal, Rube Goldberg-esque traps. But like so many other long-running horror franchises, the rules that guide the “Final Destination” universe have become increasingly complicated over time.

The director of the Final Destination Bloodlines movie got candid about working with one of the OG cast members, who passed away last year.

We broke down what they were most excited about in the Final Destination franchise, what Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts had to do with it all, and, most importantly, some of the ways they took Bloodlines from a sequel that could have been easily dismissed—and turned it into what we think is the series’ best yet.