Surprises too are often tied to expectation, or lack of it. The first film I saw in 2011 surprised me in part because it was the first film I saw in 2011 -- that is, a film shunted onto the whistling heath of the January release schedule.
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As William Bludworth, the coroner who's witnessed many a teenager attempt to cheat fate in Final Destination, Final Destination 2, and this Friday's 3-D sequel Final Destination 5, actor Tony Todd carries an eerie, prescient look in his eyes -- the look of a man who knows Death's secrets. Of course, Todd has plenty of experience himself toying with the agency of death in cinema, having starred in countless horror films, from the iconic Candyman series to the Night of the Living Dead remake to Adam Green's Hatchet and Hatchet II. So Movieline queried the horror icon: Which are the most memorable on-screen deaths he's either suffered, inflicted or witnessed over his 25-year career?
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Death continues to wreak fateful havoc in the lives of doomed young persons in next week's Final Destination 5 (Death doesn't like to be cheated... out of an opportunity to rake in more money!), but who knows what inventive, grotesque kills await? Play Movieline's "Guess the Death" and take a stab (ding!) at predicting how each of the film's cast members (including Emma Bell, Tony Todd, and David Koechner) will meet their maker, based on clues found in these five new stills.
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