“Welcome to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. A magical place for kids and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life,” said Phone Guy, who is known within the Five Nights at Freddy’s community as Scott, since he’s voiced by the video game’s creator Scott Cawthon.
The popular video game “Five Nights at Freddy’s” was turned into a movie and released to theaters Oct. 27, with a rating of PG-13. The movie was tailored to those who enjoyed playing the video game due to the amount of easter eggs, cameos and how close the plot was to the game.
The movie follows a troubled man Mike Schmidt, portrayed by Josh Hutcherson, trying his best to take care of his younger sister Abby, portrayed by Piper Rubio, when he finds a job as a security guard gig at an abandoned pizzeria known as Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. While working at the pizzeria, he soon finds out that the late shift at the pizzeria isn’t as easy as he thought.
The film’s aura felt eerie as you would see dream scenes when Schmidt would sleep while working trying to find out what happened to his brother Garrett when he was younger.
The film displayed Garrett being kidnapped while Schmidt was told to watch over him by his mother. However, Mike couldn’t find Garrett until it was too late as he watched in horror as Garrett was driven off by an unknown person who would later be identified toward the end.
The movie had incredible cinematography throughout as it would entice the audience to want to know what would happen next. The director, Emma Tammi, showcased the video game on the silver screen very well and true to the story that Cawthon had in the game.
For those who played the video game, an interesting fact about this movie would be that the creator of the game, Scott Cawthon, was a writer and a producer for this movie so he had a major role in how this film would be displayed in theaters.
The movie was also made by Blumhouse Productions, an American film and television production company known for horror movies such as Get Out, The Black Phone, 2018’s Halloween, and more. They are known for creating great horror movies and this film wasn’t any different.
The acting was also good as Hutcherson played his parts incredibly. Also, Elizabeth Lail’s depiction of Vanessa, a police officer who helps Schmidt get through the night, was played well. However, Matthew Lillard’s acting in this film was the star as he would play William Afton, also known as “The Purple Guy,” when he first was introduced in the video game.
The movie had a $20 million budget and with the incredible box office showings, it was well worth it. The movie is now the highest-grossing opening weekend for Blumhouse at $78 million, surpassing 2018’s Halloween which got $76.22 million. It had the biggest opening weekend of the year for a horror film, overtaking “Scream VI.” It also had the second-largest debut of all time for a video game adaptation, behind “The Super Mario Bros. Movie.” Globally, it was the highest-grossing Blumhouse opening, ahead of “Halloween.” It was a resounding success at the box office weekend.
The only thing that I would say that the movie did a bad job of is the number of jump scares it had as the video game was huge on this aspect.
Overall, this movie was an incredible watch that displayed the movie how it should be, an eerie, scary experience that would leave the audience with nostalgic feelings. I would give this movie a strong eight and a-half out of 10-star review.
