Well, well, well, Blumhouse’s “Five Nights at Freddy’s” is both set for a release date and just in time for Halloween!
On October 27, 2023, “Five Nights at Freddy’s” will premiere in both theaters and on Peacock. Most studios are moving away from date-released movies because streaming is in decline and people are finally returning to theaters after COVID, but Universal Pictures still feels like feeding wild animals — this is a bad ideaas we’ve noted before — so viewers will have the choice of watching this movie on the big screen or from the comfort of their own homes.
Based on the video game of the same name that has terrified players since its debut in 2014, the film will star Josh Hutcherson (“The Hunger Games”) as the new night watchman at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. , who realizes that the animatronics are creepy, shabby. may not want to stay in one place when the lights are off and the kids are gone.
Hutcherson has the participation of Matthew Lillard (“Scream”, “Scooby-Doo”), Elizabeth Lail (“You, Mack & Rita”), Kat Conner Sterling (“We Have A Ghost”), Piper Rubio (“Unstable”) and Mary Stuart Masterson (“Benny”) & June”).
I assure you, this movie is very real
Original game creator Scott Cawthorn was heavily involved with the film version, overseeing production as co-writer and producer. He shares screenwriting duties with directors Emma Tammi (“Blood Moon”) and Seth Cuddeback (“Mateo”). And, of course, all of this is under Blumhouse’s supervision.
What’s most interesting, however, is that Jim Henson’s Creature Shop brings terrifying deadly animatronics to life. You won’t go to Henson’s legacy studio if you’re just going to paint their work with CGI vines, so I’m excited to see how many realistic effects end up in the film.
If any horror movie deserves some solid realism, it’s the Dollar Store’s hilarious Chuck E. Cheese animatronic in the first place. Just imagine the tension rising when poor Josh Hutcherson finds himself staring at a security screen and Freddy, Bonnie, Foxy, and Chica crawling slowly down the hallway toward him. That put a smile on my face.
The game remains hugely popular with kids, and the film adaptation has a good chance of being the perfect gateway movie to introduce a new generation into the world of horror. I guess we’ll find out if that happens this October.
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