To think I wasted two hours sitting in the movie theater watching Five Nights at Freddy's, when all I needed was a few minutes inside the Five Nights at Freddy's haunted house at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights instead.
Filled with creepy puppets and giant animatronics created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the Five Nights at Freddy's haunted house is not just a love letter to the game - but to its fans. It's the total opposite of the lazy cash grab movie, with its "ploddingly predictable" scares. As we mentioned in our Five Nights at Freddy's review, the movie played it way too safe, keeping the violence and dread at arm's length for that coveted PG-13 sheen. Fans who craved terror from the film were served a Night at the Museum gore-lite puppet show, chalking Five Nights at Freddy's up as another disappointing video game movie.
