Clay McIntosh

I’ve watched this movie twice now, first time when it came out in theatres, and again recently, and I have to be honest, it was kinda disappointing. There’s a lot this movie did right in my opinion, for example how they handled the missing children and their backstories was very well done. However, when I first heard about the FNAF movie, I wanted it to be a full fledged horror movie. I wanted them to make this movie actually scary, with eerie scenes, good jump scares, and even a little gore. Now I know the fnaf games never had gore, but the more you learn about the lore, the more dark and sinister all of it becomes. Children being lured into the back and stuffed into spring lock suits? Sounds like something that should be R rated… not PG 13. And I know children like the FNAF games, and that’s what makes up most of their audience, but the kids who grew up with the games when they came out (myself included) are all young adults now. Would’ve been such an amazing treat to the OG fans who grew up with these games and found them legit scary, to come back to the franchise and watch an R rated movie bringing the horrifying FNAF games to life. Instead we get a watered down version in order to slap the PG 13 rating on it in order to expand their audience and bring in more money. So that’s why this movie was somewhat of a let down. I still thought it was good, and I enjoyed watching it, but it’s just not quite what I wanted to see from a FNAF movie, and for that reason it left a sour taste in my mouth. Also side note, I didn’t like the casting decision for William Afton. We know that this guy has lured children and brutally stuffed them into spring lock suits… he’s pure evil and sinister… so when I imagine him, I think of the Grandpa from don’t breath, because that guy looks scary… who I don’t think of is Shaggy from Scooby Doo. Matthew is a nice guy, but the reality is some people will just always be tied down to a specific character they once portrayed, and for Matthew, it’ll always be shaggy. So William Afton was a huge let down for that reason, he just gave me cartoon villain vibes instead of twisted old guy that has brutally murdered children.