‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ Review: PG13 Movie Based On The Popular Video Game Emphasizes Character Over Horror
deadline.comIn the new film version of the popular video game, Five Nights At Freddy’s, it is the Jim Henson Creature Shop and their talented puppeteers and character actors who are the real stars of this Blumhouse take on the game that the under 25 male set particularly warmed up to since its debut in 2014.
Whether they will be happy with this carefully constructed but safe PG13 movie that sacrifices hard-core horror for character development and that at times just drags along, time will tell.
In case you aren’t familiar with the game franchise which Scott Cawthorn created , Five Nights At Freddy’s is a phenomenon in the sector, having hatched nine different games to date, several spinoffs, a novel trilogy and an anthology series all for the love of Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy The Pirate, seven foot tall animatronic creatures who are capable of violence or love depending who is in the room with them.
The PG13 rating keeps the film from going into Chucky territory – still the crown jewel of the killer puppet subgenre – or even as far as M3GAN, the doll that turned to gold for Universal, which is releasing this one too.
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