Five Nights at Freddy's

Though a big success in cinemas, for me this is quite possibly the most useless mainstream horror film of the year. It is based on a famous game I've never played, but given the premise, I can't really imagine what it's about (I wonder if the game is as uninteresting as the film). Anyway, horror-wise, the film offers nothing appealing and I couldn't find anything to sympathize with. It's PG-13, so the gore, the only thing that could have livened it up a bit, is missing. Ironically, the jump-scares are also missing and there's no dark atmosphere either. The animatronics simply don't look scary or creepy, they look awkward, and this combination just can't work for me. Add to that uninteresting characters, a weak story and an unengaging pace, where I was really bored out of my mind. Really bad, (Cage's Wonderland at least had a great Cage and didn't lack gore). This is a horror movie for the kids (like budding future horror fans, OK), for horror veterans who have seen a thing or two it’s an ordeal 3/10. (04.11.2023)

I'll be honest, I don't really know how I feel about this film. I haven't seen such a strange mix of genres in a long time and I definitely won't see it again. We've got a pizza shop security guard, a resolution to his past with his kidnapped brother, several robotic killer characters possessed by the demons of dead children, and an embarrassingly predictable villain, actors with zero emotion or empathy for their roles, and to top it all off, there's a mix of dream realm, surreal action and present day, and it's all such a terribly strange mess that makes no sense, but which I paradoxically had a lot of fun with. Average. (27.10.2023)