Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

Directed by

Emma Tammi

Genre

horror film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 5,083 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A troubled security guard takes a night job at a rundown pizzeria. He discovers the building's animatronic mascots are possessed by the ghosts of murdered children.

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What happens

Five Nights at Freddy's is a 2023 American supernatural horror film based on the video game series of the same name created by Scott Cawthon. It was directed by Emma Tammi, written by Cawthon, Tammi and Seth Cuddeback, and produced by Jason Blum and Cawthon. The film stars Josh Hutcherson as a troubled security guard who starts a job at a condemned pizzeria, where he discovers that its animatronic mascots are possessed by the spirits of children who were murdered by a serial killer (portrayed by Matthew Lillard) years prior. It additionally features Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, and Mary Stuart Masterson in supporting roles. Development of a Five Nights at Freddy's film adaptation began in April 2015 under Warner Bros. Pictures. Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg were set to produce it, with Gil Kenan announced as director and co-writer. After multiple production delays, further development on the film was transferred from Warner Bros. to Blum's Blumhouse Productions in March 2017 and Kenan resigned as director from the project that May. Chris Columbus was hired to direct and write the film in February 2018—which was subjected to further re-writing—ultimately leaving the project and being replaced by Tammi in October 2022. Principal photography occurred from February to April 2023 in New Orleans and surrounding communities, with Jim Henson's Creature Shop creating the animatronics. Five Nights at Freddy's was simultaneously released for streaming on Peacock and theatrically in the United States on October 27, 2023, by Universal Pictures. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, though it was better received by audiences and fans of the source material, and was a commercial success, grossing $297 million on a budget of $20 million, becoming Blumhouse's highest grossing film until it was overtaken by Obsession (2025). A sequel, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, based on the second video game, was released in 2025, with most of the crew returning (including Tammi and Cawthon) and most of the main cast reprising their roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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