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Five Nights at Freddy’s — Review: A Fun Time and Nothing More
by KJ Proulx
Five Nights at Freddy’s is a video game series that I have yet to play. I’ve always wanted to and I’ve heard great things, I just never got around to them. Based on the creepy images and a bit of gameplay I’ve seen, I was all in on them giving a live-action film a try. Well, it’s now playing in theatres and available at home and after watching it, while I did enjoy it, it’s a film that feels confused with itself. I don’t think it’s quite the movie even fans of the games are expecting it to be. Here are my thoughts on Five Nights at Freddy’s.
Mike (Josh Hutcherson), an older brother who is currently fighting for the custody of his younger sister, takes the midnight shift as a security guard at an old children’s arcade called Freddy Fazbear’s. After making friends with a police officer, Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail), she tells him about the creepy goings-on of this place. The animatronic robots that used to sing and dance on stage for children are now possessed. The reason they’re possessed is pretty twisted, so I’ll leave that for you to see for yourself. Here’s the thing though, I’m not sure how creepy this film really is.
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