Did Chuck Palahniuk's 'Guts' Inspire A Scene In The 'New Final Destination' Movie?
I'm not sure what took me so long to post something about this. People have been discussing it on our message board, and it's popping up all over our Twitter page. In the new 3D horror movie The Final Destination, there is a scene where one of the characters gets his ass stuck to a pool drain. Obviously, this is very reminiscent of the infamous story Chuck Palahniuk wrote for his 2005 short story novel Haunted, entitled Guts.
Now, I have not yet seen The Final Destination, but I seriously want to. I have friends who have checked it out that say it's goofy yes, but thoroughly entertaining and delivers on all its 3D gags. Yet, even though I haven't seen it, you may be surprised to hear that I actually worked on it in some capacity -- if you count doing a 4 month internship for the production company that produced it, manning the desk and screwing up phone banking, then yes... I guess I worked on it. Lol.
During that time, I read the script through a few drafts and incarnations. So unless they changed something last minute... I know how this scene turns out... and it might surprise you. But I won't say anymore, as I don't want to give any SPOILERS.
Suffice to say, you should go see this movie. The script was a blast, and more people should be encouraged to make good 3D horror films (not to mention, be inspired by the likes of Chucky P.)
*The above picture, by the way, was taken from Abram Saur Online.
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I love Chucks story, but goddamn, I dont know if I want to see that stuff coming at me in 3D.
Yeah, I saw it just recently. He got sucked down onto the drain, and all I could think was, "No... They are not doing 'Guts'..." but of course they totally did, and I ended up just laughing anyway. Looked kinda cheesy. But 'Guts' didn't shock me the first time around, so this wouldn't have, either.
I heard about this story, the pool drain one, back when I was in elementary school. I think its been a bit of an urban legend for a long time, at least before 'Guts', so I don't think that's what they were doing.
However, the popularity of 'Guts' may have prompted them to be more comfortable using it, but I'm 99% sure that Chuck didn't come up with that story completely, and as such, they weren't copying him.
hey dennis....I'm pretty sure Guts is in Stranger than Fiction. Not Haunted. Maybe you need to reread both of those?
hey dennis....I'm pretty sure Guts is in Stranger than Fiction. Not Haunted. Maybe you need to reread both of those?
No, I think you do. Guts is in Haunted.
Guts is most assuredly in Haunted. It's the first story in it.
Haha, no.
EDIT_
Everybody wanted to tell him, YEAH!
he dared question my webmaster's veracity!
he dared question my webmaster's veracity!
Damn right, that's blasphemy! He best beg for mercy or face the banhammer! (If he hasn't yet)!
Dennis, I believe you meant to say the short story "Guts" by Dan Brown.
why would anyone re-read haunted.
I reread it, 'cause I really like it.
Maybe I answered something that wasn't a question, there's no question mark.
i saw this exact subject on 20/20 a while back ... there are some pools out there that can actually suck you down and slurp out your intestines like spaghetti..but i think this has only happend to people with really out dated pools... so this can actually happen
why would anyone re-read haunted.
youre a laurf out lourd
hey dennis....I'm pretty sure Guts is in Stranger than Fiction. Not Haunted. Maybe you need to reread both of those?
Hey, Dennis, I'm pretty sure Chuck Palahniuk didn't write Fight Club. He took his ideas from Mad Daego!