Final Destination 1-3: How to know when the horror movie you're watching is Canadian

When you see the names Kris Lemche and Alexz Johnson in the credits, that could be a tip off. Not as obvious as a Cronenberg film where you can expect to see Don Mckellar, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Callum Keith Rennie, Sandra Oh (who ruled in Last Night -an understated apocolypse movie directed by Don Mckellar with a David Cronenberg appearance-), and Robert Silverman.

Don't forget Mia Kirshner (Exotica, dir: Atom Egoyan) or Torri Higginson (The English Patient, Stargate Atlantis -costarring with David Hewlett from...that's right "Cube." It's like a Canadian mafia.

My point is, where there's a Canuck a Maple leaf production can't be far behind.

When I saw Final Destination 3 I just thought, Canadian. Let's see if the trilogy is.

FINAL DESTINATION 1-3: The concept is the same. A group of teens cheat death when one of their numbers has a vision of impending tragedy. Crisis is averted but death has a list and he returns for them one by one. Tony Todd makes appearances.

So, is the Final Destination Trilogy Canadian? The three things to look for is, who's the cast and crew, where was it shot, and where did the money come from?

There are movies, polygluts, that can involve three different countries (or more). Godard's "Contempt" made a little dig toward that.

Final Destination was directed by James Wong IV (orgins unknown).

The only Canadians in the film is Devon Sawa, Brendan Fehr, Chad Donella, Christine Chatelain, Barbara Tyson.

It was shot in British Columbia (all over the place). But where did the money come from?

Hard Line Pictures, New Line Pictures, and the team of Warren Zide (Michigan) and Craig Perry who seems to be country-less. The crew are all American.

Okay, I'll accept that. It's pretty much American. Maybe the franchise moved north for...

Final Destination 2:

David R Ellis (dir) is American.

Canadian Actors: A.J. Cook, Keegan Connor Tracy (the chick who died by airbag), Lynda Boyd, James Kirk, David Paetkau, Sarah Carter, Shaun Sipos and the list goes on. Way more Canadians here.

Location: No surprise, British Columbia.

Point of Interest: All of the news anchors featured in the movie are actual news anchors at local Vancouver-area stations (the film was shot in Vancouver).

Is the money Canadian? No.

Final Destination 3:

James Wong IV reclaims the helm as director.

Who are the Canadians? Kris Lemche (who rules, and check this out...'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead' ). You read that right. Also: Sam Easton, Alexz Johnson, Jesse Moss,
Gina Holden, Chelan Simmons, Maggie Ma, Crystal Lowe, Amanda Crew, and Patrick Gallagher.

Those are the actors.

The distributor for Canada is Alliance says nothing.

Could this just be a case of america making movies on the cheap in Canada and hiring local talent? No, I don't buy that.

There's going to be a Final Destination 4. In the meantime, I'm going to start going into what makes Canadian horror distinctly Canadian.