How Final Destination DNA found its way into Wish Upon

If you've ever been stuck behind a logging truck on the highway, you've probably thought of the "Final Destination" movies. As this series of elaborate sequences shows, Death can be really sneaky in how it decides to take you out. The influence of these films is unmistakable, as they often made you recheck your surroundings.

In a 2017 interview with Flickering Myth, Leonetti explained how he knew "Wish Upon" would likely draw comparisons to the "Final Destination" series. "The public knows something is going to happen," Leonetti said.

When you sit down to watch a "Final Destination" movie, it's less a question of if, and more a question of how and when. Leonetti knew his audience would feel the same with his film. The difference, however, was in the way "Wish Upon" planted its seeds, lulling them into a sense of false security:

"It's very different from something like Annabelle where it's supernatural. ['Wish Upon'] is quite clever [due to Barbara Marshall's script], and how we orchestrated all these inevitable offshoots of death and turn turn them into something special."