- "Carter, you Dick"
- ― Billy Hitchcock about Carter
Carter Horton is a main character in Final Destination and a survivor of Flight 180. He is the fifth survivor of the plane disaster to die.
Biography[]
He has very arrogant and hot-tempered personality, often picking fights with anyone, even Alex Browning and Billy Hitchcock.
He was a survivor of the Volée Airlines Flight 180 plane crash. He was a senior jock at Mt. Abraham High School and the rival of Alex Browning. Carter was among the students who board the plane.
When the survivors reunite, Alex explains that Death is claiming the lives of those who were meant to die on the plane. And after death Terry, After learning that he is next on Death's list, Carter, frustrated over having no control over his life, begins to drive recklessly through the street despite the others trying to stop him. He finally stalls his car on a railroad track, wanting to die on his own terms. Carter changes his mind at the last minute but finds himself trapped inside the car when the doors are locked and his seat belt jams. However, Alex manages to save him at the last second, just before his car is smashed by an oncoming train, and Death skips him.
Death[]
Six months later, Carter, Alex and Clear travel to Paris to celebrate their survival. While relaxing outside a French restaurant, Alex starts to see more omens foreshadowing his death and Carter playfully taunted Alex, claiming that he is next. After Alex leaves the table he is almost hit by a bus, but it swerves and crashes into a pole, that flies into the air and knocks a sign of its hinges. The sign comes swinging down towards Alex, but Carter shoves Alex out of the way at the last second, claiming that he was right to which Alex responds that Death just skipped him.
When Carter questions who is next, the sign swings back down towards Carter, crushing him and revealing that if Death skips someone it will eventually come back for them.
Carter was killed and crushed in a falling sign while in Paris moments after saving Alex from the same fate. He was the fifth survivor of Flight 180 to die. Although his death was off-screen it was confirmed in Final Destination 2.
Carter's death
As Carter steers to save Alex at the last second, a huge sign comes and crushes him from behind. He smashes Carter's head hard and crushes his whole back hard. Causing his spine and almost every bone in his body to break like shards of glass. Carter begins a tradition in the final destination saga by being the first person to be crushed to death. The character's crush becomes more crowded in Final Destination 2 with the death of Tim Carpenter, Ian McKinley in Final Destination 3, Jonathan Grove in Final Destination 4 and in Final Destination 5 Nathan Sears will complete the tradition so far.
Trivia[]
- Carter is portrayed by Kerr Smith who went on to star in My Bloody Valentine 3D and Pilgrim.