Warning: if you had a near-death experience in the past few days, it's best mind of you, not to watch this!

Rating: 8/10 (28 February 2013)

In this John Hughes movie gone to hell, a French Class en route for Paris for an end of the year trip is ill-fated by the unpreventable plane crash, which will kill all aboard. But few are sparred from the flight, after teenager Alex Browning has a premonition of the deadly flight. They rejoice in their luck, but soon, Death soon sets out to collect the souls who evaded their ending, now they must figure out how to evade his gruesome agenda.
Inspired by an actual case, in which a Mother called her daughter, the day before her flight, saying that she had suffered a dream depicting the crash. Concerned for her mother, the daughter rescheduled her flight,and as fate would have it, the plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
I like to think of this movie like The Twilight Zone movie, just a hell of a lot more bloody! The Hitchcockian feel to it adds more pleasure to the film's experience. I will admit, I rarely watch horror films, mainly because over time, they've become an overdone, generic work after another, when I do watch something that meets the term horror, it's usually psychological or a murder mystery, take for instance "And Then There Were None". But, sometimes I will build up the bravery to sit through them, and most of the time, I am pleased with what I see. Luckily, this was one of the films that I enjoyed!
The best part of the film's franchise is the Rube Goldberg-esque death scenes, as the series progresses, these become more creatively done, in this feature, the most creative death was the one that took place at a restaurant. But this being the first film, I give it a pass! But, like most franchises,the greatness dies off.
I've heard through recent reviews that the 5th installment was actually the best, all ignorance to the 4th chapter, which was said to be the dullest out of the series, agreeably amongst all fans and critics. But, I have yet to see 4 and 5, as I have only seen 1 -3, as I am not too much of a horror fan! Out of all the films, I have to say that this has the best acting, directing, and writing.
I give the film an 8.5/10 ticket stub. The perfect Halloween film, just make sure for the love of God that there are no children in the room, and fare warning, if you had some near death experience in the past few days, this may not be of fare mind to you!