Death is the recurring force that causes the characters' deaths in the Final Destination film franchise.
The series follows people who escape a disaster after one character receives a premonition, only to find that the survivors are later killed in elaborate accidents. The films personify the force behind the pattern simply as Death rather than giving it a human identity or a conventional monster form.
The first film, Final Destination, was released in 2000. Its premise grew from an unused idea for an episode of The X-Files. Each sequel develops the same basic concept while introducing new disasters, survivor groups, and chains of apparently ordinary events.
Some viewers call the force fate, but the franchise repeatedly uses the idea of Death correcting the survivors' escape from a planned disaster. The exact mechanics remain mysterious, which helps the series focus on suspense and elaborate cause-and-effect set pieces.