Five Nights at Freddy's (released 10/27/23)

Let’s be real, these murderous machines just want a friend to play with. Full disclosure, I have enough background thanks to youtubers that I didn’t feel completely out the loop. Speaking of youtubers, Matpat of film/game/food/style theory made a cameo and it was fantastic. Obviously took you out the movie for a second but the theory man himself having a cameo was well deserved. The characters were all enjoyable in this. The aunt is the freakin’ worst but that was by design. The big twist at the end isn’t as surprising if you pay attention early on. I thought it was a great movie. Blumhouse really does a great job of making silly horror which is what you need for a Chuck E. Cheese rip-off. If you aren't satiated enough by the violence in this, watch The Banana Splits. It is a similar concept and much more gory. Though this does have more character development so if you want a decent enough story, stick to FNAF. This was a great horror addition. In the fun category, I rank it pretty high. In the scary/gory category, it could use some work. This may have been better as R-rated but I get they wanted to stick to the not-very-gory game roots. I overall do recommend this film.

Story - 17%

Characters - 17%

Pacing - 18%

Spectacle - 18%

Entertainment - 18%

Total score: 88%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here