Five Nights at Freddy's
Five Nights at Freddy's
A troubled security guard begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. During his five nights on the job, he realizes that something is wrong with the pizzeria and pretty soon finds the truth about its animatronics.
Ashton Cole reviewedJune 10, 2025
The movie fails to prioritize the gritty game lore and jumpscares that made the series famous in the very first place. It presents too little world building to newcomers to clarify what's going on, and certainly shows long-time fans litt!e that's new beyond the Freddy torture chair that opens the film. The only jumpscares are presented as gags, and the movie lacks the original game's tension and creepy sound design. There's no sense of a broader universe beyond the one Freddy's location that appears in the film, and newcomers would be left to believe that William Afton and William Afton alone is the sole founder of Fazbear Entertainment. There are no references to iconic series' incidents like the Bite of '83 or '87, and rather than contextualizing the game's much pondered over mysteries, the movie instead creates an altogether separate timeline that long-time fans just don't care quite as much about.
In short, it's not the worst movie ever by any means, but it is a rather dull film, especially to rewatch.