The fourth instalment in the grisly horror franchise sticks rigidly to the established death-premonition formula, to the point where viewers might reasonably think they've mistakenly sat down in front of one of its predecessors. Clean-cut college boy Nick (Bobby Campo) has visions of gruesome destruction during a car race and drags his friends away from their seats seconds before twisted vehicles and explosions rain down on the spectators. Convinced that death is still stalking them, he spends the next hour or so of the film frantically warning other survivors that the Grim Reaper is on their trail. David R Ellis, who also directed the second film in the series, pulls off a bravura opening set piece, although his efforts to top the gore content of the previous movies ultimately leads to bouts of gratuitous stomach-churning nastiness that quickly become wearisome. However, those who like their horror in 3-D will be pleased to know this is the first of the franchise to get that eye-popping presentation.

A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.