ABIGAIL JACOBSON
Asst. News Editor
I’m pretty sure we all have heard of the recent horror film, Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF), that came out on Oct. 27. You may have heard good reviews, bad reviews and other things as well.
The FNAF movie, in my opinion, was terrific! For a star rating, drum roll please… A 9 out of 10!
I grew up watching two of my favorite youtubers play the FNAF franchise. Those youtubers being iHasCupquake and CoryxKenshin.
Watching both of these youtubers play the first game to the most recent has been a rollercoaster.
So when I heard they were making a movie out of the first game, Five Nights at Freddy’s, I knew I just had to see it.
I was able to watch it via Peacock, an online streaming service.
Five Nights at Freddy’s was released on Oct. 27. It was directed by Emma Tammi and distributed by Universal Pictures.
For some background information on myself, I HATE horror movies. I will avoid them at all costs. But since I knew this one was about a game I grew up watching youtubers play, I knew I had to watch it.
Before I begin my review on this film, I will NOT put any spoilers in here! I don’t like spoilers so I’m sure nobody else does as well.
So I started watching it and I was intrigued with Michael Schmidt’s childhood and his relationship with his little sister Abby. (I’m probably gonna have nightmares since we share the same name).
Michael Schmidt was played by Josh Hutcherson, who played Peeta in The Hunger Games franchise and Abby Schmidt was played by Piper Rubio. There were a few other actors who played in this movie such as Elizabeth Lail, who played a local police officer named Vanessa Shelly, as well as MatPat (a youtuber) who played a waiter in a diner scene. (When he came on screen, I recognized him but didn’t realize who he was until a few minutes later).
It was funny seeing Matthew Lillard, who played a career counselor named Steve Raglan, in the movie. I grew up watching him, mainly in the live-action Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
Watching Schmidt work his shifts (while also falling asleep) gave me so much anxiety. Again, I’m not a big fan of horror movies so I had a lot of adrenaline going through my body.
While watching the movie, I was trying to remember the lore behind the FNAF series. For me, I’ve always had a little trouble processing the whole lore. So while the movie was playing, I kept asking myself “Who is that?” or “I don’t remember this person.”
There are a few scenes from the movie I would love to dive deeper into. However, I do not want to spoil anything for those who haven’t seen it yet!
Throughout some of the last few scenes (I won’t mention to avoid spoiling it), my mouth was agape. I was shocked. I literally gasped maybe fifteen times??
I remember there was a scene that made me and my boyfriend literally go “OH MY GOD.” It was insane.
When the movie had ended and we were rolling through the credits, I couldn’t stop thinking about the movie.
I thought it was well-done and the plot behind it was amazing, and I could easily find myself thinking ahead.
I believe the casting was amazing, especially casting Lillard and Hutcherson. I think the actors were incredible and really made it believable.
The set was incredible and it makes me want to go there (maybe when there aren’t animatronics running around).
All in all, the FNAF movie was everything I expected. The cast was awesome, the set was amazing and the plot was easy to follow and well thought out.
If you haven’t seen it yet, I encourage you to!
You should also watch it with a friend because if I didn’t watch it with my boyfriend, I would have to sleep with the light on for a while. For like months.