“Five Nights at Freddy’s” is a 2023 Blumhouse horror movie based off the popular video game series with the same name. It stars Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy), Elizabeth Lail (You), and Matthew Lillard (Scooby-Doo).

A man, who is taking care of his sister, is struggling to make ends meet so he takes a job as a night security guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. An abandoned Chucky Cheese style pizzeria that was big in the 80’s, complete with a full animatronic band. The job seems simple enough, keep looters, and vagrants out. One big problem though, the animatronic band is possessed by the ghosts of dead children who have murderous intentions.

This looked like a movie that could go either way, but with murderous animatronics it definitely has a creepy vibe to it, so I figured I would check it out. I haven’t played any of the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” games, so I don’t really know the lore behind it. If so, I probably would have enjoyed it more. To me, it was pretty boring. It’s a lot of build up with very little return. The animatronics aren’t in it a whole lot till about the last 30 minutes or so, before that it’s a slow ride. The last 30 minutes does save it some, but not enough to give it a real high score. When the lights came on there was a huge ovation, I looked around and it was a theater full of kids 12 and younger. Take that as you will, but it’s probably more of a horror suited for teens. I give it a 6/10.