by Jeff & Patrick June 17, 2009
Lost
Before helming this summer's reboot of Star Trek, Lost mastermind J.J. Abrams was the patron saint of sudden bus accidents. Abrams is known for creating drama through mystery and the unknown, but sometimes all the drama in the world can't do the job of something with more than four wheels abruptly flattening someone.
Identity
Like a slasher film with a Michael Bay budget, Identity stuck respectable actors like Jon Cusack and Ray Liota in a rainy motel, and then took sadistic pleasure in killing them off one by automobile-liquefied one.
Fringe
Though J.J. Abrams waited only three episodes before weaving a suprise bus accident into his latest series, he at least managed to give it a unique spin. In this one, the victim isn't surprised by his new role as a human goo splatter.
Final Destination
As the Final Destination franchise slaughtered its way through sequel after sequel, its trademark deaths became laughably complex and elaborate -- a far cry from the first installment, when all it took for the Grim Reaper to dispose of whiny teenagers was 12 tons of rolling steel and a victim with poor peripheral vision.
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