‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’: Where a dud can be a dud

The animatronic animals at a kids’ pizza restaurant have hostile intentions in “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” (Universal Pictures)

Just in time for Halloween comes “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a video game adaptation with the potential treat of demented Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronic creatures running amok. But the trick turns out to be on us.

The concept — from developer Scott Cawthon’s video games about anthropomorphic robots killing people — poorly fits into this vehicle and the problems start with the creatures themselves.