FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S (2023) - Both The Fans and Critics are Wrong

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[@evie_zaza]

type shi

[@threeofjays6420]

No fnaf style of clothing?

[@WSendam]

Does nic come with it

[@liluu8903]

your funny

[@EduardoMartinez-rs3bu]

I see you were one of the many people who didn't even realize Golden Freddy was in the movie

[@ashurmom2969]

I watched this with my 15 year old daughter who is totally involved with FNAF, she loves it and I thought it was okay… the best part was her realizing that the bad guy was Matthew Lillard that she had seen as Stu in Scream and didn’t recognize him lol

[@ImJustSaijan]

My 10 old daughter HOUNDED me for this, and I got heads up from people at work, so we watched it opening weekend. It was allright. I played the first 3 games but yo, it was great to watch my daughters have a great time. And for once I've watched a movie before the Elvis review.

[@ImJustSaijan]

Oh yeah, didn't know Matt Lillard was gonna be in it, so that was a throwback bonus for me lol

[@Exel3nce]

Well, teens have terrible taste....

[@jessicawwu]

@LexiGenix i loved "my mom and dad are gonna be so mad at me"

[@jayday187]

I love how you can feel this generational gap in the comment alone. How the kid is super into FNAF compared to someone who seems to be more into Scream. Love seeing the future of humanity sharing what we loved when we were younger.

[@goopyaxolotl9849]

Fun fact there were plenty of darker scenes in this movie, but unfortunately got cut out of the movie because of movie ratings like, for instance, there was apparently going to be a scene where Vanessa as a child, would look at a dark room and hear screams of children as you can faintly see William Afton killing them

[@therandomcommenter6629]

The lack of those scenes is what ruined the movie

[@redpanda6497]

That would give her such a sad, traumatic reason to help William.

[@kirikiti5425]

Did I hear PG-13? You know the rating that people wanted? They could've though had if they found a way to make it gruesome without getting hit with a R rating.

[@ChildOfChaos07]

That would have been great.

[@kojiyaw]

This movie should get an R-rated uncut version

[@shelby6745]

Great review as always, but one critique is that we actually do know what happened to garret. He was killed by afton. That's it. Like not in a way that tied him to any of the animatronics, but apparently just as a murder in general. We know this because when we see the photo of Vanessa as a kid, she's holding garrets plane, presumably given to her by William as a gift. Then, when he's being attacked by afton, he says that he will kill him like he killed his brother.

[@kadenhorrocks7182]

We're not supposed to know what exactly happened to him yet, but people are speculating that he will possess the Puppet

[@dmitrivologoslav]

he literally says he killed him

[@morganmorrismedia]

Also, it would make more sense for Garret to be in the puppet animatronic and Mike's dad to represent Henry as that's the only way Aston would target garret people hate on the fan movie for one reasonable reason it wasn't a horror movie as it wasn't supposed to be it was a movie for the fans and most other things they say just make them sound dumb even though with other movies and TV shows they sound like they know what they are talking about

[@shibainu2528]

@@kadenhorrocks7182 Yeah, there are a few puzzle pieces to link what we already know in the games with what we see in the movie. Such as Garret being THE first one to get killed, particularly in an incident involving a car (Just like Charlotte), or the credits of the movie having 2 references to FNaF 2, the Puppet's music box, alongside the distorted voice spelling out words letter by letter. Specifically "Come find me", as if that message is directed towards not just the audience, but also Mike. At the very least, it's confirmed that Garret died, and *maybe* those hints are just red herrings to point the viewers in the wrong direction.

[@blueismylove3128]

​@@morganmorrismediaIf that was the case then they wouldn't have tried to put the little girl in the puppet.

[@oninomiru]

As somebody with PTSD, I can tell you that it is in fact possible to have the same dream every night for MONTHS in a row.

[@AMV_KINGDOM_mv]

I was wondering if anybody else realized how tone deaf this is .....like trauma good sir ....

[@dragonrider7101]

Not to mention that some people have a level of control over their dreams. Mike explains that he uses the poster as well as the nature sounds to induce the dream. The pills aren't to affect the dream, but just to help him sleep in general.

[@TheEKdude]

Yup, I’ve dealt with ptsd before 😐

[@bruhdespacito8324]

​@AMV_KINGDOM_mv fr like I thought the characters were ery human, like the stuff ab Vanessa she was traumatised by her dad and was terrified by her father a literal child murderer. I liked the characters alot tbh

[@Meow_Tse-Tung]

It's 10 years though, not a few months. PTSD is obviously a real and serious thing, but he didn't say it wasn't real or serious. He just said it's unrealistic for the character in the movie to behave and dream like that for a decade while still retaining every detail over that whole time period. The script could have been better if they put more thought into the motivations behind the main character instead of relying on a repeated dream sequence.

[@iwillgohomenow]

I think this movie was definitely meant to purposefully leave heaps of possibilities and doors open for the second film. My biggest wish for the second film is that they dive into the 80s more with William afton (and show more of his relationship with vanessa) if it’s a sequal (which it most likely will be) they could definitely use heaps of flashbacks.

[@iwillgohomenow]

Also the kills, I really hope we see more, especially since the toys are more aggressive than the OGS, they have such a big opportunity to make them brutal.

[@wingsoficarus1139]

I have a feeling that they might go in the same order the games did.

[@kayden232ou]

Yeah same. The next movie is either gonna be fantastically good or just the same as the last one.

[@Exel3nce]

How tho. Nothing in there except for the names were part of the source material

[@scargamer0022]

The second movie is most likely gonna be a prequel like the game

[@thebluePumpking]

To keep it short: It was an okay movie. Way too mild to be a good FNAF or horror movie BUT those costumes and location are amazing! I would give it a 6/10

[@AlexMartinez-nj9io]

That’s high. I would give it a 4/10.

[@redpanda6497]

@@AlexMartinez-nj9io I think it's a 5/10.

[@Sinsmoke_]

Its a 7/10(but for me its 10/10)

[@Sinsmoke_]

​@@AlexMartinez-nj9ionah

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

I would give it 7/10 for not horror enough and not following the video game lore

[@patricksimpson1157]

I've seen an older Elvis popping up a lot lately. Very distinguished. That's a guy who's opinion I trust.

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

Hopefully we'll get to see more bald Elvis like on the Hitman video😅

[@thejaded]

@@BuryTheLight-tds Bald Elvis?? Can I unsee this?? 😆

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

@@thejaded I wish he stayed bald throughout the whole Hitman video but he was apparently uncomfortable which is understandable😅

[@dracoinsanity]

Only my own personal take, but I'm not really digging the 'older Elvis' dancing man that keeps popping up. I just find it annoying and it kinda takes away from the videos just a little bit for me. It feels like an unnecessary addition to the more recent videos.

[@TroublesomeJunction]

Even as a diehard fnaf fan this is the BEST review I’ve seen over the movie. Compliments what it does right and doesn’t sugarcoat the genuine flaws. Hats off👑👑

[@brandoncole5533]

Yea its refreshing to hear someone not sugar coat it's bad points

[@chompyplants1017]

Holy, I love your videos, troublesome junction.

[@theofficialbeak]

no

[@notamobilesprout4175]

Imma be honest even as a fan of the game, it was just alright for me. Felt a little rushed, and plenty of suspenseful moments missed for me. Still kinda fun to watch.

[@Exel3nce]

Sadly thats its biggest flaw. It's so incredibly dull and boring

[@midnightaurora9483]

Agreed

[@exarius3386]

​@@Exel3ncethis, in it's entirety

[@dylansharp8471]

@@exarius3386 As if.

[@thejaded]

Valid opinion

[@f8ded]

0:04 i’ll admit, that’s a fucking sick transition

[@awesometwitchy]

I'm pretty sure that the scene with the hand reaching out of the animatronic's mouth is a reference to multiple fan-made creepy-pasta videos, most notably "audio_recognition.mp4 [FNaF/VHS]" which still gives me chills every time I revisit it. It's a great concept when it's the ghostly-pale hand of a murder victim who believes that they can still be rescued, but when it's a fleshy hand belonging to a giggling child with murderous intent... yeah, I agree that it's corny.

[@TheMountainMan-wz8xf]

I think it was stupid as fuck that she was bit in half. Like, I loved this movie, but that was dumb.

[@DaCookieGamer]

Watch the short film "the hug" it has the hand coming out of an animatronic just like in the fnaf movie

[@awesometwitchy]

@@user-ve3zs4nv8h That's fair, the kids could have conflicting feelings that cause them to lash out violently or crave sadistic entertainment even if they're ultimately victims. As you said, the suits could also have personalities that combined with theirs. When I said "believe they can be rescued", I more so meant that they hated hurting people and wanted to be saved from their curse; that they were reaching their hands out as one would if they were trapped under rubble after an earthquake. I also tend to view them as spirits who grew up in animatronic suits rather than being perpetually adolescent. Generally speaking, I've always enjoyed the more tragic implications of the FNAF story more than it's horror and thrills, and even though I haven't seen the movie it seems that Scott and Blumhouse didn't want to go in that direction; probably because it would be depressing.

[@thejaded]

Ain't corny if you like it bro

[@awesometwitchy]

@@thejaded Hey, don’t let me rain on your parade. If you enjoyed it then more power to you :)

[@Andiandru]

8/10 They should've not have wasted William's Afton catch phrase in the first movie. Granted that everyone was aware of it, but a new watcher wouldn't understand it

[@Spider-Fan_Collections]

The only other evidence that Steve raglan noticed about Mike was if you look at the car there was no license plate which means Garrets kidnapping was premeditated but it could have also been a detail that Mike missed and isn’t featured in his dreams. Edit: Thank you’ll so much for the likes!

[@reptile1687]

they often say numbers and letters are absent from memories

[@ashurmom2969]

Yes I thought so too

[@Crabgar]

The main reason he relives that scene over and over is that he believes he DID see the license plate and the information is therefore somewhere in his head. It's pretty likely that the car in fact did not even have one, which makes it even sadder.

[@Exel3nce]

Or it's just worthless to speculate cause dreams are part of this nonsense

[@npcimknot958]

What I thought would be intersting is.. William kidnapped garret as revenge.. but that plane actually belonged to Venessa. Implying that henry might have kidnapped some of williams kids… and William was doing the same out of revenge. Makes things way more complicated. Hahah.. but thought it would be even more f up if garrets plane actaully was always Venessa’s,or.. Venessa’s youngest brother that was killed by the bite.

[@HandsomeLongshanks]

It wasn't an 87% because it was a great movie. It's an 87% because it hit every visual marker it needed to. It looked SO good. Everything made it look and feel like Fnaf come to life. The story, on the other hand, was a bit rough.

[@Dark-ql7kn]

If the next films get an 87, then something is going on

[@christianaguiare544]

Anyone else notice something a bit……familiar with that score? 👀

[@whatdadogdoin634]

le gasp* WAS THAT 87????

[@HandsomeLongshanks]

Yes, guys, I'm really saying the 87% score is representative of this being the bite of 87.

[@JustDonny]

It's worth noting that when William first read Mike's name he stuttered at the last name and had a noticeable pause. I think there's for sure more to him than just a random security guard

[@meghanmacdonald7758]

I understood that to be he knew Garret’s last name was Schmidt. Cause he says ‘First I killed your brother, now I get to kill you’ later in the movie. So when he sees Schmidt, he realizes Garret was Mike’s brother.

[@JustDonny]

@@meghanmacdonald7758 I still think theres more to it than a random kill. Why would William travel all the way to Nebraska to kill one child. Theres surely a deeper reason. I think Mike and Garetts father is Henry Emily

[@Vulnresati]

It was because he remembered the last name

[@Andreamom001]

Yeah, there’s more…he’s the brother of William’s murder victim, and he recognized the name.

[@npcimknot958]

I always thought Schmidt is just a fake name henry Emily used for his kids and himself after he ran away from William. Mike is 100% williams son.. but i think his memories are distorted.. i think this lore.. henry Emily kidnapped mike as retaliation..

[@lorelk8782]

As a person with a childhood trauma I gotta say that it can be very realistic to have the same vivid dream for nights and nights on end, Elvis.. It's unpleasant to say the least, especially when you wake up from it, finally manage to go back to sleep and the shit starts anew. So far no pills have helped with it either.

[@goosebumpsemiliano9104]

Whether people think the movie is good or bad, you have to admit, this year was THE YEAR for FNAF.

[@Ligggggggy]

I agree I wasn’t expecting it to be good and tbh it rlly wasn’t but I’m hype for help wanted 2

[@goosebumpsemiliano9104]

@@Ligggggggy I can't wait for the third one. The 3rd game location is by far the most unsettling.

[@DopesickDonald]

No, no it wasn’t.

[@dropkick3024]

​@@DopesickDonaldFnaf Movie, Fnaf Security Breach Ruin, Fnaf Help Wanted 2 do I need to go on?

[@DopesickDonald]

@@dropkick3024 never heard of any of it. Must not be too important, like this movie.

[@amaraphoenix3542]

Are we not gonna talk about that immaculate transition from Shaggy to Springtrap in the beginning?

[@Dylanisgay911]

Five Nights at Freddy's by The Living Tombstone is actually the first FNAF song and without it the FNAF fandom probably wouldn't have been as big.

[@Exel3nce]

Why the hell would be a song such a big reason for the growth of a franchise

[@Dylanisgay911]

@@Exel3nce the song became massive. A good chunk of people probably heard it not knowing what the hell FNAF was and got into it because of it. And we probably wouldn't have so many good FNAF songs if we never got that one it was responsible for them blowing up in popularity and becoming more mainstream.

[@desa8706]

this song is so good

[@homespace1268]

There are probably hundreds of good FNAF songs and music videos to choose from. I think that one song was used just for sentimental reasons.

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

​@@Exel3nceEver heard of Baka Mitai?

[@aaronsmith1702]

I saw the fnaf movie with my son and we really enjoyed it. An R-rating could have made it creepier or more intense but I understand they were targeting younger teens as well as longtime fans; it didn't ruin the experience for me and an okay PG horror movie gives me something I can actually watch with my kids... that's the most important thing in my opinion. Also a few counter points I thought I'd bring up: 1. What Mike was doing is loosely based on the concept of lucid dreaming, where you can control and interact with your dreams in a very deliberate way. I have done this on a few occasions, and they say you can train yourself to become better at it over time. So it's really not that far fetched, nor is it unreasonable to think that a desperate person would cling to any hope they could. 2. I don't understand why people seem to think trauma just magically disappears over the course of a few years or even decades. I know people who had just 1 horrible experience and it has lasted a lifetime of pain. I know it's just a movie, but I think our perception of how people deal with trauma and the timeline for recovery is incredibly skewed. My uncle drank and did drugs until it claimed his life, and it was all because he lost his older brother when they were young. 3. Why wouldn't Afton know the last name of his first victim? It probably made news coverage and clearly there is some connection between the families even if they don't spell it out blatantly (I assume Mike's dad worked with Afton and it will be a plot point of the 2nd movie). 4. Age gaps between siblings isn't that uncommon, my brother and I are 12 years apart and my wife's sister is almost 13 years older than her. My parents are in their 50's now and my bro is in his early 20s, so the gap between Mike's sister and him isn't really all that unbelievable. Especially if you consider the idea that his parents may have had another child in an attempt to try and fill the void of his brother, happens more than you think. 5. That cupcake was hilarious!

[@-_deploy_-]

Exactly, people nowadays only understand what is EXPLICITLY said to them. Also this guy didn't even notice that it wasn't Freddy that showed up at Abby's house, it was Golden Freddy

[@yummybummy6947]

hell, there’s a 17 year age gap between myself who’s the oldest and my baby brother

[@Chad-bq9zg]

It is theorized that mikes dad is actually Henry, who was Aftons buddy, and co owner of the restaurant. It is even shown in the movie that someone that looks like his dad is shown working on one of the animatronics in the background.

[@Depressed_Dandelion]

​@@yummybummy6947 my cousin turned 20 this year and his mother just found out she's pregnant again

[@samoria7530]

Yeah I’m 16 years older than my brother. It’s not all that weird

[@rachael5025]

i think the cop character really brought the story down. her showing up for multiple nights didnt make sense. her getting involved in mikes personal life after only knowing him for a few hours was too pushy and mike never pushed back. they could have made mike say he let her be weird and confusing and pushy with him bc shes a cop or something. if some lady showed up on my first? second? night at a job id have politely asked her to leave so i could do my job. they truly tried to make her seem like a good person underneath all the deaths she caused with her father but thats not a good person thats an annoying cop.

[@bigzeezy1733]

Lol facts it's like the msheu thing where the male lead is actually a co lead and the woman is the main lead while adding nothing to the plot, added in changes for shock factor, which failed miserably, and gave her the final 1v1 against afton. This was crazy I was hyped for the movie but it's just low tier to mid at best. Definitely over hyped. Knowhere as good as it could have been. Makes me wonder if she's gonna become e vanny and take over for afton at the end of trilogy or she is gonna be in coma till 3rd movie and come save the day. I hope they add to her character and make her interesting if they keep her. Gonna need more actual horror in the next ones. I think personally that the games got dark asf and the movies need to do the same. He'll make em 3 hours tops if possible. This movie was long and short asf at the same time. 4/10 for me but hope it gets better I got faith.

[@drawingdragon]

My thoughts exactly. Honestly 99% of my criticisms of the film disappear if Vanessa's character just... wasn't in it. The actress was great, she was cast perfectly - its just that the character genuinely served no purpose but to be a generic female lead who somehow knows all the exposition and does the whole horror trope "You gotta get out of here but I'm not gonna tell you why because spooky!" She didn't singlehandedly wreck the film for me, still enjoyed it, but it would have improved massively without that extra character is all I'm saying.

[@Andreamom001]

Yeah, and one minute she’s building a fort and giggling with his sister, the next she’s yelling at him and telling him she’ll shoot him if he brings his sister there. Huh? Was there a missing scene? Is she bipolar?

[@homespace1268]

Why is Vanessa, a character that is in game 8, in the first movie? They portray Mike as a stupid, violent, unhinged loser. They portray Vanessa as a bossy miss-know-it-all (Aka a Mary Sue). She has to show up and explain everything because Mike (and the audience) can't figure anything out for themselves. Only Vanessa is smart...she knows the backstory of the pizzeria and how to control the animatronics. It's very annoying and she should not even be in the first movie as in the actual games she is a very minor character that doesn't come in until way later.

[@nobleneonshadows4439]

To explain a bit better for the people in this reply section, this lore is completely different than the games. Similar to spider man and there being multiple universes. As for Vanessa, she’s a stand in for the Afton kids. They’re trying to keep the story simple by combining characters. As for her being a “marry sue” um… no??? She literally gets stabbed lol. She’s an established character in the games and serves an actual purpose in the movie. She’s used to her father’s shit and is basically used to people like Mike but when she meets him and his family she actually wants to help but can’t because her dad will LITERALLY kill her.💀so she drops hints to him.

[@lol_derminecraftsuchti6714]

I think Garret will be a lot more important in the 2nd movie, thats already in pre-production. Scott said in a twitter post that he will listen to fan and critics and probably makes the 2nd one scarier. A lot of Plot that happens in the 1st movie will probably be explained in the 2nd. And Vanesaa got Brainwashed by William Afton, to do things she does not want to do. And also, i always come back is a iconic Line of William Afton, because he always does come back. Its just one of the most known and iconic voice lines in the franchise

[@sevaciii]

I think the only reason William recognized Mike's last name is because his business partner is Henry (who is Mike's dad in this timeline). William had contempt for Henry which is why he killed Henry's youngest son Garrett, who is presumably the replacement for Charlotte (the first kid to ever be murdered by William, also Henry's daughter)

[@s4ndr3x98]

This is a theory btw. But I think it might be true.

[@sevaciii]

@@s4ndr3x98 what isnt a theory atp this franchise is a mess

[@s4ndr3x98]

@@sevaciii yes

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

​@@sevaciiino wonder Matpat was in the movie

[@nova_nite9586]

Wouldn’t really make sense for Henry to be Mike’s dad, cuz Mike would’ve known about Freddy’s before getting the job offer

[@ereboi1483]

The theory is that his brother is the puppet and Mike's father is a stand in for Henry Emily. They're definitely getting a sequel, so it's a safe play to leave questions

[@Ike_of_pyke]

The suits are amazing ...my gf is a huge fan so she was pointing out how things were different and taking from the book

[@MegaGoaty3895]

you’re lucky. cherish the hell out of that :>

[@gabem.397]

I don't think the criticism of Mike still being grief stricken was all that fair, he explains in the movie that he also lost his parents because they couldn't get over the grief. He has a difficult time supporting himself and his sister because he basically has no family left except his crazy aunt. I don't think this movie was perfect or anything but for what it was I thought they did a good job. This movie is way more entertaining than most horror movies coming out today, and better written. The set was great, the animatronics were practical, and I honestly thought Josh Hutcherson did a great job, he really sold his character well and his passion made me like Mike a lot more than I think I would have if someone else took the reins. The plot has its issues but I was really drawn in by Mike as a character and I think the movie would've been way better if it focused on him more. The fort scene was stupid and Vanessa made no sense but I don't think these parts of the the movie made it unbearable to watch. I think that the movie would've felt way more solid if it didn't try to pander so much to children, like I was 11 when the first game came out and I never really figured that the robots were really INTELLIGENT y'know, like possessed sure but I figured that they just acted violently because they were in a more base form, like unintelligent robots with unbridled rage or something. These robots though lose all their mystery and intrigue when they build that stupid fort, and after that scene this movie loses all of its steam and just goes down hill. If this movie had more serious moments like more character development for Mike and his sister, and moments that were similar to the games with cryptic storytelling I think it could've been a great movie, but I think my mental rating is like a 65 -70 (I kind of liked it sue me). Should've been rated R but that would never happen.

[@RedPigSpartan]

Well said

[@gabem.397]

@@RedPigSpartan thank you, also cool pfp

[@IntheBay85]

Aww, your wife "Meaning more to you than anything in the world" is adorable. Well done sir, You are doing it right 😊

[@brynniefresh9746]

well matthew lillard signed on for three movies so i think they already wrote three movies into an arc with the lore they wanted to involve…like maybe they didn’t fully write three movies yet but i think they know they are doing for the three movies it that makes sense…so I wouldn’t be surprised if they had already made plans for the second one so they could pop out one every year around Halloween? it’s also blumhouse who love low budget horror 😂 but i think there’s a good chance the second movie will delve into the backstory with the pizzeria and William Afton, Garrett, the puppet, and a bunch of other stuff, so I’m really interested to see what they do

[@Kevexists]

I do wish we had gotten out R rated Gorey horrific fnaf movie but ultimately I’m happy with the book game lore hybrid we got

[@blueismylove3128]

Yeah. I wish they catered towards the older FNAF fans who grew up with the games and had just made a gore-fest hard horror movie. Removing the FNAF aspect of the movie, I would classify it as a horror entrance, which is mainly for kids just getting into the horror genre. It was cute, and I think I liked it a bit more than Elvis, but overall I agree with him that it was mid, and agreed with all the things he said were stupid about the movie. Anyway, if I could change one thing about the movie, keeping it PG13, then I'd just take out the dream part of it. Something about seeing the dead kids faces and having them speak casually ruined the mood. That or I'd blur their faces, dehumanizing them in sense and in turn making them moreso connected to their animatic selves, plus it would have been creepy.

[@NCozy]

I don't think gore is what the movie needed tbh. I think the movie could've easily been scarier even without it, but I don't think they were even trying to be. A lot of that is just the inconsistent tone, I don't mind the fort scene but a scene like that should be in the beginning of the movie when the stakes are low and not when we've already seen them kill people. They never tried to play into the claustrophobia or the setting for the horror. There's a scene where they trash the place and I was thinking to myself ok they're upping the stakes now he has to survive in the pizzeria but there's broken glass everywhere and it's all messed up but he cleans it up immediately and the scene right after completely deescalated any tension they built up to that point.

[@jborrego2406]

Sad Winnie the Pooh has more Gore lol

[@redpanda6497]

@@blueismylove3128 I don't want it to be a gorefest. I just want it to be darker and creepier.

[@octodaddy877]

FNAF isn't that kind of franchise. Scott never intended for FNAF to be super gory and violent (no matter what the VHS tapes do) and I don't know why people are expecting the movie to be that.

[@izenheimreborn6390]

My biggest wishes for Fnaf would have been if they leaned into more of the slasher elements of the movie. Of the whole movie, we get 2 sequences (both incredibly short) of the animatronics and Afton actually posing a threat. The sequences where they were just messing around with the animatronics felt quite dumb and the dream sequences were useless. I wish Matthew Lillard was given more room to shine. He's a great actor with long and early ties to horror in Scream and Scoobie Doo. After I learned that the Ghostface and Springtrap now share the same actors, it made me want a Scream-like chase sequence near the end where Michael and William actually duke it out, nodding to the Fnaf franchise with plenty of jumpscares, and towards Scream with more than just him wiping the knife, maybe add a couple of classic Stu quotes to bring a bit of comedic relief to the chase sequence

[@octodaddy877]

True, but there's a potential issue with that: The animatronics can't show themselves to be a threat too early otherwise Mike (and any other reasonable person) would quit the job immediately, unlike in the games where the player coming back each night doesn't have to be logically explained. However, I agree that there should have been more sequences with the animatronics being creepy and threatening. I loved the sequence with the vandals. FNAF always thrived more on atmosphere and creepiness than jumpscares (the jumpscares tended to be just a punishment following a tense moment), which I think that sequence demonstrated perfectly. Perhaps they could have extended the last night in the pizzeria to include more hiding from the animatronics and stuff like that. I think there are a lot of scenes that ended up getting cut (I find it hard to believe they didn't even TRY including a Toreador March or Freddy laugh moment) so maybe that has something to do with it.

[@JustDonny]

I do think it was funny that the people meant to destroy the place came in during the day.. how would that get the night guard fired? He wasn't there..

[@drawingdragon]

I was telling my sister this when we watched it together lol. Like bro this plan is the absolute worst-

[@bezoticallyyours83]

They'd think he'd forgotten to lock up. I'm sure if even a regular employee closed up for the night and it got vandalized, that employee might take the blame, unless proven that the vandal found another way inside.

[@Emone11701]

Regarding the films story and themes, Scott played a major part in the films story development. The books also don’t match the games (exactly), but themes and characters carry over in different ways in this franchise than in most. Scott sometimes gives a 1-to-1 character a completely different name or design based on how he wants his message conveyed, so it not following the video games 1 for 1 is pretty on point for how the story has been told in this series.

[@Evelyn_Rose1151]

I wouldn’t consider myself a die hard fnaf fan but the movie made me really happy when I watched it. I don’t really know why. So 10/10 for that

[@Exel3nce]

The hell you smokin

[@digital.lake.enjoyer]

fun

[@Dankmemes76122]

@@Exel3ncecan people not be happy watching a movie

[@thejaded]

@@Dankmemes76122 Apparently not.. Holy shit, we all geeks to different things.. 😅

[@JayOne718]

​@@Dankmemes76122 omfg just because people don't like or are questioning a point someone made DOESN'T mean they're not allowed to have that point ffs. Stop being a child

[@SuperBlueGamer9000]

Finally someone who knows the movie had more potential to be scary if it was rated R

[@chaossmith3864]

Not only would that not happen because of the franchise (although my word stuff like The Man in Room 1280 and Springtrap MPreg exist in books aimed at kids) but also because many horror movies tend to be PG13 to be able to get a bigger audience.

[@cornpop838]

Fnafs main audience is literally children so it wouldn’t happen

[@loganredding1621]

Except you don’t need to be R rated to be scary. If you think something is only scary if it has a bunch of gore in it then you have a really shallow view on horror. Hell, the original 4 FNAF games did fine without any gore. All that it needed was a good atmosphere, jump scares, and disturbing topics

[@AnNatie]

​@@loganredding1621Jump scares is the laziest form of "Horror"...

[@N.I.A23]

Most of the money this film made was from people who learned yesterday how not to pee themselves tho.

[@jacobpage8028]

You know, mikes brother could have been stuffed into a balloon boy suit, and is using a mini balloon boy figurine to try to comunicate to his brother. It would expalin a lot.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

I don't think you can stuff even the smallest of kids into a figurine.

[@magicaljagical647]

I think FNAF would make for a cool setting for a mystery movie or a detective story, where someone investigates the events at the Fazbear locations while the company is trying cover it all up.

[@Cosmicninja747]

When Afton says, I always come back, that's his signature line that started back in the FNAF 3 trailer. Also he doesn't actually die in the movie either, just like in the games, he barely clings onto life in the suit for thirty years until the events of FNAF 3. While it was goofy to actually see, it is faithful to the games.

[@corndogfilms]

Damn i totally thought he died and possessed the suit

[@skelloguy]

Pretty sure he just dies and possesses the suit

[@Exel3nce]

It's not faithful, that's the point. They throw stuff at you at random.

[@blueismylove3128]

That makes sense, but that's why it's stupid. Nothing else was faithful to the game, so why make this, unless it's a setup for a sequel.

[@klaibefhuoaiuwehjklbdfsnxnik]

@@Exel3nceno, it’s pretty faithful to the source material.

[@pikojupiter4083]

If I could change anything about the movie I would say a couple more jumpscares, be a little bit more horror, but for the fort building scene it shows that the animatronics aren't mindless killing machines, just twisted souls that never really had a chance at living their lives. Would it have been better without it? Possibly but it shoes the nature of them not being killing machines.

[@chaisonpeyton]

I don’t think this matters, but in the FNAF game series, William is British. But he’s seemingly American in the movie; I don’t hear an accent.

[@blueismylove3128]

That was the first thing I noticed in the beginning too. Not something I particularly cared about but it would have been nice 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@matijasostojic4288]

Is he british? Like was that a actual in game thing or just something in the books because i swear I've never heard him be called british. Unless his last name is british and people assume he would have a accent.

[@blueismylove3128]

@@matijasostojic4288 People don't assume, he quite literally has an accent. It's a game thing, I guess. The first thing I can think to point you to is the intro to the intro to Sister Location where William is explaining all the things Circus Baby can do.

[@devofficialchannel]

I mean it ain't too far off if William naturalised as an American and lost the accent. That happens for anyone that immigrates to the USA. (Though the film makes no mention of Afton's British background)

[@cabinet4740]

Personally, I think alot of issues with the movie could've been solved with a longer runtime, then they would have more room to develop Vanessa, William, and Garrett and allow them to explore more of the games story

[@og_nexus5576]

I stopped playing the games after the 4th one because I was too old for it, and at that point in time the internet decided it was cringe to play the games. When the movie was finally guaranteed to happen and the trailer dropped; I decided to visit my childhood and watch it. I had fun, I've always been a fan of practical effects over digital and the best part was easily the animatronics themselves. And yeah, Springtrap's scene was great; 14 yr old me would never have guessed that I'd ever see the Springlock scene in live action, on the big screen. I wouldn't give the movie a 10/10, but I had a good time and I enjoyed the highlights of the movie.

[@Exel3nce]

There are highlights?

[@MintyBlueNobody]

@@Exel3nce brother you are in the replies of every single positive comment on this video trying to bog people down and announcing your superior opinion. you are getting your panties in a twist about people liking a movie. get a hobby

[@thejaded]

@@MintyBlueNobody Probably just a kid innit. Let him be told bro

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

Was there really a point where playing popular video games was considered "cringe"?

[@simonweaver8846]

​@@BuryTheLight-tdsFortnite's peak, the beginning of Minecraft's first death, Roblox across its entire lifespan, the popular thing is always gonna be labeled "cringe"

[@plexyglass429]

I 100% agree. If they had used the actual lore it would've been a hell of alot better. The OG story is really fucked up and cool, scott accidentally wrote some really cool narritive beats

[@whitefang2312]

I disagree with that personally. It’s very hard for people to agree on the lore, like if Elizabeth died first or Evan, if Evan is even named Evan, things like that. It would piss some people off and confuse most other people. Doing their own story with their own established rules is the best they could’ve done imo

[@plexyglass429]

@@whitefang2312 Scott wrote the lore. He could've at least made something definite. Its not like this was a fanmade project. The basic idea of the children being murdered and the older brother attempting to rectify his mistakes all those years ago is commonly accepted

[@dragonrider7101]

@@plexyglass429 Scott also wrote many FNAF books which don't follow game lore. This movie was just doing that same thing. I believe the idea was to make a cohesive story that could be enjoyed by anyone, even if they didn't play the games, while keeping the game lore ambiguous like it always has been.

[@freddyfzd]

​@@whitefang2312scott wrote the lore, if people don't like the story well they could stop being a fan as I say if you make your own story and like it well keep on going with it.

[@AlexMartinez-nj9io]

@@whitefang2312 The lore back then with the first three games tried to stay grounded and it was pretty good, although it was still very loosely connected. Nowadays though, it makes no sense.

[@ZeroOverOne]

I was really shocked when Shaggy showed up at the end and used his Super Mega Ultra Powers and obliterated the cupcake. Great scene.

[@leonardocoutomaciel4997]

One thing I can say for certain is that those who think the movie is 10/10 are just in a delusion to make themselves believe the movie is attending to all expectations and is everything they wanted, which is not true

[@jskywalker58]

they waited so long for a fnaf film there in denial of there anything beign wrong with it, that's why they keep getting butthurt whenever anyone complained about the red eyes

[@TheJonkler1]

@@jskywalker58 Cuz complaining about a movie for having red eyes is a below 50lvl IQ thing.

[@dylansharp8471]

@@jskywalker58 False.

[@jskywalker58]

@@TheJonkler1 your proving my point

[@faeb.9618]

the most insane thing is watching these people complain that the fnaf movie was "left out" of the game awards nominations for videogame adaptation, then watch them go "it's probably because it came out too late" "yeah surely they'll make up for it and put it in next year" like... sorry but no

[@DingusBingusMingus]

Umm, guys? Is this Freddy Fazbear’s?

[@WSendam]

No this is Patrick

[@LeahtheReds]

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

[@SpencerFinley]

I think having Vanessa be related to Afton was a not so good writing choice considering Afton only had one daughter in the lore and she died at a young age. I also just hated Vanessa's writing for her dialogue in general *shrug* I hope that this testing the waters first movie leads us to some really great sequels

[@realestsienna]

aren’t they following the lore in one of the books? idk

[@SpencerFinley]

@@realestsienna I believe that's the case, yeah, but unfortunately I haven't read them cuz ive heard they aren't the greatest. That's my own goofy fault lol

[@capnMAN]

Elvis: i was sad to learn that this wasn't the Micheal who killed his brother but the security guard st the first five nights at Freddy's game! Fans: ... Should we tell him? Other fans: *No* let him leave in peace!

[@RealRoboKnight]

💀

[@L16htW4rr10r]

After I reread your comment, I realize the irony in that... X,D

[@Crabgar]

Honestly that was my favourite part of fnaf's story. The son that may have caused his father to become a monster, trying to atone for them both. Both walking corpses (you could easily leave out the scooping though), he wants to find him and end all they've caused. Not to mention the Henry speech. But when the first movie is just "Ghost children can't remember own murder for some reason and a random drawing on a wall dictates ther complete obedience", it leaves some red flags for the story as a whole.

[@msjkramey]

Can you explain?

[@adolfpotatoler7624]

​@@msjkrameyMike Schmidt is a fake name for Michael afton (in the games) Michael made a fake name so people wouldn't suspect that he's Williams son

[@nigh6374]

The moment he asks abby, what are the animatronics and she says "Ghosts" and he just goes "oh, make sense" is funny af

[@worthybutter2004]

Yeah, some of the dialogue doesn’t make sense.

[@morganmorrismedia]

The reason he had the same dream was because he was forcing himself to and took pills he thought if he did he could remember a plate or a face that would show him who took his brother

[@morganmorrismedia]

To revenge his brother

[@drawingdragon]

Man fr was like "how he having the same dream every night?" Despite that being one of the major plot points of the movie and explained like 3 different times 💀

[@78jujubs]

If you're looking for an actual horror fnaf experience, check out the fnaf vhs videos, they're terrifying. So something of note, Mike Schmitt in the games is actually Mike going back to the pizzerias in an attempt to free his brother's spirit (his intentions is still highly debated). Another thing, the families are inversed. So in the games and books The Afton family has three kids and the Emilys (Afton's business' partner) have one. In the movie Afton has 1 child and the Emilys have three. That's why Mike isn't exactly the same Mike from the games. It wasn't Freddy took Abby to the restaurant, it was Golden Freddy who can teleport for...reasons. The reason Garret isn't in the movie is because he'll most likely be in the next movie. The only dead child associated with a car is the puppet, who also was revealed in the second game. IMO Vanessa and the child custody stuff was lame or just badly handled, but the movie was fun.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Yeah the vhs tapes are great

[@flyingorange2482]

Nah, vhs tapes try too hard to be scary It just makes It funny

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

@@flyingorange2482 true

[@KironX1]

As someone who has experienced trauma decades ago, It NEVER goes away. At least not without some serious help, which most people can’t get here or afford. Also, what is a Matt Patt?

[@msjkramey]

He's a youtuber that has a few channels like Game Theory and Film Theory where he analyzes pop culture

[@Harlequeer]

He didn't say trauma goes away but having the same dream every night for several years is unlikely. I've got PTSD and I've had bad dreams with similar events but playing out the exact same way? Is not likely.

[@gagedarnell7988]

I absolutely can say that they were killed because they were wrecking things. Just like in real life with your home when someone walks into your house and start wrecking things you respond immediately which is what happened with the group. However, the security guard was more like an uninvited house guest who won’t leave. You’ll try to get him out non-violently but if he keeps coming back or won’t leave you’ll eventually escalate things.

[@natsuki1160]

12:24 he said the thing!!

[@canolathra6865]

4:27 Remember, the entirety of the script for this movie was either created or signed off on by Scott. Since you didn't play any games past 4 or read any of the books/novels, you might not know it, but Scott has created alternate timelines and continuities for pretty much every new medium. The 3D games (help wanted through ruin)? Different continuity (at least slightly). The novels? Completely different timeline. The goosebumps-style books? Almost all of the short stories are not directly canon, set in a world where names/events are different, but still related to the original story. So the movie having a different story from the games is par for the course for Scott.

[@KSH_COMICS]

1:12 I mean, wasn’t it confirmed by Jason Blum that it was made strictly for the fans tho?

[@redcombo105]

Yes. And Emma Tammi. And Scott Cawthon.

[@andris-jo]

The lore part - I think that everyone involved with the story production and Scott himself as well agreed that the movies should exist in their own seperate timeline to the games and books so they only keep some of the more major plot points and characters. As far as the protagonist being Mike, I disagree with the notion that he is "just the fnaf 1 security guard" as even in the actual lore it's implied that Mike Schmidt was possibly Michael Afton. In case of the movies though there are clear hints dropped that Mike isn't just a random security guard given a backstory, but he could possibly be a son of Henry Emily as the events that transpire are very similar to the books, which this movie used as inspiration. William kills Henry's child, who by some small hints dropped in the movie could be the puppet, Henry's relationship goes into turmoil, his wife dies (in the movie I guess she leaves) Henry goes insane with grief, creating a sentient doll animatronic who in this case could possibly be Abby as it would explain her seeing the spirits of the children as she herself is a manifestation of remnant and how she was born while supposedly Henry's marriage was falling apart. The only character I would outwardly question would be Vanessa being William's daughter but it could possibly explain events of Help Wanted and SB further down the movie timeline.

[@InternetFanatic]

Although the execution is mid, I’m fond of the fact that the FNAF Movie tried to do its own thing while mixing up elements of very significant parts of the medias -Mike could’ve have had more extensions to him as a character like more natural buildup of him believing the hauntings and why he chooses to have his dream Hopefully some of problems of the first movie get addressed in the second movie like what happened Garret who is most likely going to be the Puppet 10:55 Did he watch the Bang of 87’ memes

[@MrHenrry98]

Thank you, it's literally what i was saying about the movie fron the second the credits rolled I was genuinely dumbfounded at how many people liked it without a second thought

[@JustDonny]

Afton is 100% aware that he'll be possessing his suit. And he isn't dead, at least not fully. Golden Freddy is keeping him alive, though in agony.

[@DarthZ01]

yeah and "i always come back" basically became his catchphrase after fnaf 3 so its weird elvis seemed to have no knowledge of that line and just thought it was dumb dialogue.

[@mrjigejig]

I would like to know how does he know that? Did it happen to him before??? He hasn’t became springtrap yet and has no knowledge he’s immortal. That’s just dumb dude.

[@mrjigejig]

@@DarthZ01yeah because he hasn’t been resurrected yet. Why the hell would he say “I always come back” before dying? He doesn’t know he’s immortal yet.

[@goofyahh7044]

I think the critics underrated it, so the fandom took it upon themselves to counteract the critics so they overrate it. The same happened with Super Mario.

[@Wizardjones69]

So the fnaf movie is the movie of all time?

[@goofyahh7044]

@@Wizardjones69 absolutely

[@sebastianmireles6163]

nah critics got it right. All the components of a great movie are just not there. Let alone a story💀

[@Wizardjones69]

@@sebastianmireles6163 im pretty sure of this movie dont be called fnaf, and dont have fnaf characters, no one would watch the movie, this movie os kinda morbius from the video game movies

[@jskywalker58]

as a fan i found the film kind of disappointing its mainly because of the source material changes, we don't get to see mike in the office trying to defend himself from the animatronics and the office itself doesn't even resemble the one from the game. also while not outright comfirmed, its heavily implied in the games that mike and michael are the same person and it really makes me wonder why the movie didn't went with that, it would have given mike a bigger connection to both freddy's and the antagonist. the animatronics lack the threatening and creepy presence they have in the games and before anyone uses the "there possessed by kids excuse" in case you forgotten there possessed by kids in the games too but that didn't stop them from being scary, i didn't really like that they become so friendly early on it really took away the suspense, that fort building scene felt like an unintentional middle finger to anyone who was hoping this was gonna be a genuine horror film. and vanessa is afton's daughter? yeah okay i guess were just gonna ignore his 3 actual children from the games. some might think this is nitpicking but this is just how i feel if you like it that perfectly fine but personally this isn't what i wanted from a fnaf film, it lacks the scary tone of the games and feels more like a horror comedy, though i guess that should have been expected since after 4th game the franchises started to tone tone down the creepiness most likely out of fear of scaring away the younger fans i honestly prefer some of the fanmade fnaf films over this cause while not perfect i feel like they did a better job capturing the tone of the games.

[@homespace1268]

I agree with you. Let me give you an analogy...if you look at Star Wars...they gave us 2 whole movies just telling Anakin's story...so by the time he is locked into the Darth Vader suit it's really emotional because we knew who Anakin was...and now we see him become the villain Darth Vader... it's actually the most intense scene in Star Wars. In the FNAF movie we meet a career counselor and then they spend the rest of the movie on other things and people...then career counselor gets locked in the suit. The majority of the first movie should have told Afton's story and laid out the basics of him, Henry, their families and the death of kids in the pizza place. For those who are not FNAF fans...they know nothing of Afton by the time he is locked into the suit. Terrible story telling when you compare it to the brilliance of George Lucas. And Afton is their villain...they decided to just skip over his story for characters we don't care about...Vanessa, the aunt for example. That's very frustrating that they didn't want to spend any time on their most important character.

[@adolfpotatoler7624]

They robbed us, they took away the potential father-son conversation between Michael and William that we saw at the end of Sister Location

[@grathem9789]

As a long time veteran fnaf fan i was HUDGEY disappointed with the movie even if it was supposedly made for fans. For one the movie's pacing is boring and time wasting we spend to much time with mike dealing with his brother's abduction for the first hour to the point where you just dont care, then when he lands a job at the pizzeria he meets with Vanessa who serves no purpose apart from explaining what is going on and what is the premise for the audience, then we see mike having dreams with ghost children again and again eventually saying that if mike wants garret back they will need Abby FOR WHAT REASON i dont know and mike AGREES WITH IT!? initially like thats out of character for someone who loved his sister. Then there is this aunt and lawyer plot to get mike fired by breaking into the pizzeria which doesn't do anything since the burglars are all killed and leads to a predictable jumpscare so nothing come out of that plotline then the animatronics try to stuff abby into a suit but then Mike tases chica and the others meaning he had a taser all this time!? Then after tasing the other animatronics they have a ....... slumber party? I thought this was a horror film but f**k it. Then its revealed at the end that william killed the children which comes out of nowhere and is not fully developed even, and that Vanessa is his child and then she is stabbed (but survives somehow) then the animatroinics encircle William as he gets springlocked the Corny dialogue comes in with "i created you" and "i always come back" as he dies and the end. The plot is a piece of garbage all for fan references and easter eggs which makes sense since this was made for the fans but i feel like this is a poor decision because its labelled as a horror film meaning that many horror fans and the general audiences are going to expect a horror experience only to find more of a horror film made for kids and fans than a actual horror film. And that will effect the sequel since critics and other people will be less likely to see it after the first film which could've been avoided if they had tried to appeal to a much wider audience. And that fact people defend this film saying "its for the fans" is a bullshit one because its a excuse for the poor writing since they know fans will defend it as long that there is fan references or that they are die-hard fans and will defend it regardless cause the franchise has a HUDGE fanbase and that its not fair for newcomers or people outside the fandom, are they not allowed to watch or get a experience out of the movie? And financially its a poor decision like why only appeal to a small demographic of fans when there is a whole other demographics like horror fans, movie people, newcomers and the general audience and earn more at the box office because since people outside the fandom are likely to not go and pay to see the sequel along with the poor reception from critics the small demographic of fans might not work out in the long run. The RATING- there is very little gore and tension in the movie, while the games are pg-13 with implied horror the lore is not and that could've been utilised to build up the tension and horror that would made the audience care about these characters but instead it goes for a campy, thriller comedy appealing to children than adults and making the actual horror not there, this had potential if it was Rated R and that would've given the team more creative freedom but even then if it is PG-13 instead of trying to work around that rating and getting away with gore and other crazy scenes they use it as a crutch not a work-around The characters are underdeveloped and overplayed, Matthew Lillard was perfect as william afton but he doesnt appear for about 80% of the movie and we dont get a reason why he does the things he does or why he has a daughter or why he abducted mike's brother specifically, Vanessa gets barely anything at all apart at the end when she is williams father which comes out of nowhere and only used to explain whats going on and Mike conflict of his brother and his dreams are ok at first but get boring as its the same sequence over and over as he so called 'character arc' is him sleeping throughout most of the runtime . I know it appears like i hate the movie but what i will say is that the sets and animatronics look amazing, it really does capture the feeling of FNAF 1 even if the writing was awful, the acting was pretty solid especially from Josh And Mathew and the references and KZbinr cameos are of course good. but overall i feel immensely disappointed because this had potential to be great but instead we got this (still gonna watch the sequel) 4.5/10 Edit: i have only watched the movie once yesterday so my recollection of the plot might not be 100% accurate but i stand by what i said but its just my opinion and the events in my plot summary are out of order and its all over the place but i say its 95% accurate still but out of order

[@Zatweeb]

12:24 honestly I agree, it has been so long. Since last he’s seen his brother, lost to that monster. The man behind the slaughter…

[@zarthy4169]

Since he was killed He’s been taking these stupid pills So he could ponder The whereabouts of his brother

[@Goomgy]

"I always come back" is literally a line Afton says from the games...

[@Wizardjones69]

I loved that line in the movie when they say: *mike, lets spring this trap!*

[@afriendofepicproportions]

That transition at the beginning was cold af 🥶

[@Tibainium]

As a horror movie it should have been a lot scarier. I'm surprised that they did very little with the camera thing from the first FNAF game and have the animatronics move towards the office with Mike having to survive. Also I found the movie to be too long.

[@convictedmelon2037]

Ermm... Actually, Michael Afton and Michael Schmidt are the same person, he just uses his mother's maiden name when he applies for the job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria to avoid attention by having the same last name as a local serial killer 🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@jskywalker58]

i wonder why the movie didn't went with that, it would have given mike a bigger connection to both freddy's and the antagonist

[@cartoonishidealism582]

FNAF lore is a sandpit trap

[@adolfpotatoler7624]

Honestly I'm kinda sad that now there's no chance for us to see the conversation Michael had with William at the end of Sister Location

[@pokeboy2584]

17:38 that’s William Aftons singnature slogan which you just called dumb

[@elauktan816]

Bruh 💀

[@Krazz-pb5xi]

I mean, a lot of people think Garret IS in one of the animatronics, just not one that's in this location, which would be why they don't show up in the dream sequences

[@drawingdragon]

Pretty much the only criticism of yours that I 100% agree with and yelled "THANK YOU!" at my screen over was "Vanessa sucks but the film wants us to think she's a morally good person for some reason." Vanessa genuinely didn't even need to be in the film. As a character she just doesn't quite fit, and the majority of annoying chatacter tropes (character who knows all the lore about the monster for no reason, character who wont tell you why the heck its dangerous but instead insists on being vague and spooky instead of actually helpful, etc) were used on her. She's a weird hybrid of "exposition giver" and "idk we need a female lead" and just ends up feeling out of place and bringing the flow of the story to a grind. Even presenting her as more morally grey like her actual game counterpart would have justified her character a little more (sequel stuff, maybe) but as she is right now, I just can't stand the "I am 100% capable of helping but I just don't because something something daddy issues." No shade to the actress though, she did a great job and was perfectly cast to mimic the in game Vanessa. Just think the character was utilized poorly

[@homespace1268]

Every actor in the movie did a great job...the movie has no bad acting in it. They did their jobs. The problem is in the writing of the story and editing if they removed stuff fans would have loved to give us the boring stuff and building the fort which was just dumb. Vanessa first appears in Security Breach which I believe is game 8. She doesn't belong in the first movie and maybe could have shown up in the third movie. Definitely put in there to be the bossy "Mary Sue"...

[@Jay_Davis]

I very much enjoyed this movie. The one part that drove me nuts is what happened with the Aunt’s body after they stopped Afton???? She’s just chilling on the floor in his house when they get back. Like, someone is going to look for her and the last place she was known to be is Mike’s house, a man who is known to hate her and is trying to keep custody of his sister. He would be suspect #1. I wish they had instead wrote it as she was knocked out, and when she woke up the next morning they just told her she ate something bad and passed out or something. They kind of just gloss over her death in the scene at the end where they’re eating breakfast lol

[@catelynh1020]

I wouldn't be surprised if golden freddy moved her body and cleaned up (we know the cleanup can be pretty good based off them only leaving a little blood after killing multiple people) when he disappeared from beside abby. And abby was totally willing to have her out of their lives, so lied to mike that she left early which is why she got the cab to come visit him. Mike would have called and left an angry voicemail since she wouldn't pick up, kind of like how he called the babysitter multiple times not knowing she was dead, then gone on with their lives thinking she maybe gave up trying to get abby. A missing persons report wouldn't happen for a bit since it was telegraphed that she likely lives alone and has only been seen with people she pays to have around her, so there's no one to immediately call out her disappearance.

[@swaggychips737]

The phrase “I always come back” is what Afton says in the games when he dies

[@slaebae3434]

I was so disappointed that on Mike's first day, I was waiting for phone guy to call him but instead he watches some old VHS tape. Really let me down :(

[@matthewmorris3932]

the movie is mixing the lore of the books and games which is the reason why some characters are swapped and lore has been altered in the movie lore mike might be henry’s son instead of William. it’s like henry and William switched family’s in the movie lore

[@matthewmorris3932]

like mike might be*

[@matthewmorris3932]

ALSO! as you could see in the picture of william and vanessa, william killed mikes little brother and gave vanessa his airplane toy he had ALSO! He might be the marionette in the movie lore given the whole switching family’s thing going on

[@USDS_TikTok_Mike]

So one thing about the movie I think you glossed over is the part about how Mike has the same dream every night and you claimed that it isn't realistic because nobody has the same dream every night. But in the beginning it shows him reading a book about the practice of dreamscaping and shows him listening to forest sounds. He talks to the cop lady about how he uses "familiar sounds" and sleeping pills to help him get to the same dream every night. Those are called dream anchors and also some people use totems. Familiar items and sounds to make the brain more aware and have more control of the dream and it has very real science behind it. As someone who used to practice lucid dreaming I could have any dream I wanted any night I wanted as I was in full control. I did it for years. Your critiques of the mocie are mostly valid, ive never played FNAF and thought the movie was pretty average. It was decent, worth a watch.. but I just wanted to point out that the one particular critique you had about the dream sequences was inaccurate.

[@ThePurpleCatofChaos]

Thanks for including that carrot meme. I never seen that one before and it made my day, thanks. (I literally paused the video to type this. I am enjoying your video so far)

[@Some-Random_Dude]

That transition from Shaggy to Springtrap was smooth

[@sp4ky91]

I think the original point of the movie was pure fanservice and maybe rebooting the story of the series. Fnaf jumpscares became not scary a long time ago so nobody expected it to be scary and the series was known for it's dark lore rather than gore. Purely for the fans rather than being a good film (also the development hell for the movie). I definitely agree with you with your story criticisms tho.

[@games_on_phone89]

it's not a good strategy to make a movie purely for the fans

[@aprilhippie8752]

I remember watching this in theatres and the majority of the audience were actually teenagers and they surprisingly knew a lot about the lore and were completely geeking out at all the Easter eggs and references. (Kept murmuring to each other when they noticed them.) I was quite shocked never would've thought so many teenagers would've gotten into a game that came out like 9 years ago. It was quite enjoyable seeing how into it they were more than me actually and I've been following the games and lore since it first dropped. They went crazy when they say Matpats cameo but didn't know who Cory was 😅 and even shouted out" WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87 "when Mike's babysitter was chomped by Freddy

[@salmonsarmale7241]

I love your content, man. I've stumbled upon your channel via the people ruin everything series and would constantly binge your work, alongside the videos that covered drama. You got even better with your movie reviews, and in general, had a great evolution in content. While i dont end up binging your work as much because of less free time, i still enjoy it whenever a new video pops up on my homepage. Keep it up, you're dope

[@dannyiel0618]

A lot of plot holes that are mentioned by many most likely be answered in the second and third movies. Due to the success of the first and Lillard signing something that doses something that leads to a three movie deal so we will see more installments.

[@mercuri0ff]

I really love the editing on this! I usually listen to your vids while working, but for this one I kept it to actually watch, so I wouldn't miss any funny or cool editing.

[@mmmorgan2259]

Like your wife, I knew nothing about the games prior to watching it and I really enjoyed the movie. I also did a deep dive into the lore afterwards 😂

[@marywinchester1322]

Yeah, that's the number one problem I have with this film....no true scares. The second being little backstory about FNAF/Bite of 87. This film should have taken place 97% of the time at Freddy's and 3% day time. Hopefully they can do better with a sequel.

[@sparksdebarks]

I enjoyed the movie a lot, but i think what i enjoyed most about it is the open questions that we were left with. Theorising is a lot of fun and it made me go down the whole FNAF rabbithole once again. I'm really excited about whats to come, but if i'd just rate the movie itself, it would probably be a 7/10 for me. Lets hope for more horror, all in all i'm pretty excited to see whats next.

[@Nothing-gnihtoN]

Fun fact: The FNAF movie supposedly was made to be *Rated R* and the original script for the movie did actually contain some gore scenes one of which is "1st nightguard's face ripped open by an unseen animatronic, then he were lures onto the _torture suits_ + flesh and blood spew out as spinning blades grinds the night guard's face" (intro) So, they're rethinking their decision of the initially _Rated R_ FNAF movie and make it rated Pg 13 to make it more accessible to everyone In the end, they had to retake some of the scenes in order to keep it under Pg 13 guidelines

[@Cybershroom]

I am not a huge fan, I took my friend to the cinema to watch it together and we pleasantly enjoyed it, my only complaint was that it felt like they played it a bit too safe on the gore and the scares, like holy shit did they hold back on everything which could have worked in this films favor. All in all, I'm just glad that it didn't become a trainwreck.

[@wintermoon7003]

I have a pair of 45 year old twins, a brother who's 33 and a little brother who just turned 20. My brothers look like they could be his father and our dad looks like he could be his grandfather. In fact, him and my mom were both called grandparents even when they were out alone with him, without the rest of us. My little brother was an accident. He was a long lasting Disneyland souvenir! I even remember when we were told that our mom was pregnant! He even has a niece older than him and a nephew 5 years younger than him.

[@jacobpage8028]

They let mike live because he didnt do anything to make them hurt him. The people breaking in were damaging the pizzeria, so the animatronics killed them.

[@msjkramey]

What about the old security guard?

[@jacobpage8028]

@@msjkramey that was possibly with springtraps endorsement. Another possibility is they didn't kill Mike because they know him from Abby's drawings, so he was already like a friend.

[@drawingdragon]

​@msjkramey We have no idea what the old security guard was up to. It's possible he was totally innocent and Afton just gave the spirits the signal to finally strike; I mean they were going to kill Mike by the end of the film so it's not like they were living in harmony with him indefinitely, they probably would've killed him too eventually. If I had to guess, the vandals probably just triggered a much more immediate threat response than some guy sleeping in a camera room and leaving them alone until Afton sends them to kill again.

[@lorddrayvon1426]

To be fair, the idea of Mike Schmidt and Michael Afton being the same person has basis. In I believe Pizzareia Simulator, it's more or less stated he was the one around for FNAF 1 and he assumed an alias for some reason. Weird thing to adapt here though. Also, was weird to realise William Afton is played by both Shaggy and Stu Macher.

[@JoyOfCreativeService]

Great video as always! I didn't agree with you on everything, but you were very fair, and I can't complain about that. I do have one small thing I wanna say, which is that when "Freddy" shows up to get Abby from the house, that's actually Golden Freddy, who is, as usual, a quantum being, for whatever reason. A lot of people seemed to miss that, even fans like a few of my friends, so I do think that they should've made him a little more yellow, just so we understood. Upon watching the end of the video, I also want to say that I think the movie would have been better if the kids changed Mike's dreams to be in the pizzeria, leading him to be confused and angry at them like he was, and we got to see a bit more of the history of the pizzeria through these dreams, with the last one taking place back in the field, where they offer Mike the deal again.

[@mylam658]

They really should have made him more yellow. Clearly the freakin Sans eye isn't enough to differentiate him from Freddy if we have to keep telling people. 💀

[@Bl1xxxxy]

This guy says THE FNAF MOVIE WAS MIIIIIIIID Then he says NOW BUY MY MERCH ANGRY CHILDREN!

[@canolathra6865]

11:47 Mike has been spending months, maybe even years, using a combination of lucid dreaming training, self-hypnosis, and drugs, to ensure he gets the same dream every night. This is all laid out in the movie, if you were paying attention.

[@mylam658]

The whole "you have to be a fan to enjoy it" mentality is BS, because I myself have been a fan since FNAF 1, and I STILL think the movie is incredibly flawed.

[@Big-Blue-Monkey]

13:06 im pretty sure the kids were just appearing in mikes dreams so they could act weaker than they actually are and gain his trust so they can take abby

[@wxxb.mp4]

The spring lock trap quote “I always come back” was used for the fans :) it’s probably the most remembered Springtrap quote we have! I was so happy when they used it!

[@misscatiecat1965]

8:18 made me laugh way too hard, I had to rewind it 3 times cause it was so good.

[@letsreallytalk9482]

My daughter and I watched this together and we both were like “Why didn’t they just stick to the lore?” I mean they could flush it out more. Maybe go back in time when they first created the Pizza joint and then the bite of 87 happened and how it changed Afton. I mean at least it would have been a much better film than this. And yes rated R because they can’t do as much at pg 13. I guess maybe the smaller kids couldn’t see it but it would be a much better horror film that way or at least make it creepier if they are going to keep it pg 13. Just my take

[@giin97]

I thought it was pretty clear in the movie, Abby has some special needs issues. She's autistic or something, and also she's been talking to these ghosts for years, they're her only friends. Her ghost friends that she loves and trusts taking control of a robot to play with her isn't something I would expect her to find scary in the least.