I’m sure if you’re super into the lore then this will be a great movie for you but man, it was so boring for me. The exposition ratio is way too high, it really could have used more animatronic screen time and action instead of the frequent dream sequences.

I think the opinions here are valid but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie more than I thought I would. It wasn’t all that it could have been but I got into it and stayed interested and found it entertaining.

Spoilers if you don’t really know some basic but important FNAF lore.

The scream knife wipe Easter egg was fun, other than that, I was a bit disappointed overall. It felt like only two of the nights were scary, nights three and four were just thrown away. I was disappointed the most by the reveal of the suits being haunted by the kids, what could have been a scary reveal was a throw away scene where one character says “of course I know it’s this, duh” and they move on.

To start, I was never the biggest fan, and I fell off of the game theories and lore speculation around the time the third game came out. I already knew going in I wasn’t going to catch all the references or lore. That being said, I was expecting there to at least be a coherent, if simple, story.

Without getting into spoilers, I thought the movie was bad, mostly because of the final act. The film has a simple premise (which isn’t a bad thing), but still felt the need to throw curveballs with zero explanation. Several characters were frustratingly driven by nothing other than the urge to move the plot forward, only having motivation when the plot demands them to reveal it out of nowhere. The animatronics themselves had no unique characteristics or quirks to them (except Foxy, but only barely), and were all basically interchangeable. I thought the movie was maybe average, at least until the final act severely brought it down for me.

I think the film was fine, nothing too special. I don’t really feel the urge to watch it again to see what I missed, though I will probably watch analysis videos made about it. Wish it was scarier, I enjoyed the part where they killed the invaders, even if it was a bit cheesy. Could have used more violence in that form, or at least some sense of dread while Mike was sleeping. I found myself not really caring if that makes sense.

Not a huge fan of the fort building scene either. Didn’t really expect to see goofy animatronic construction simulator.

Overall, watch if you’re a fan. Not really a horror film though.