CAN YOU SURVIVE?

Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) takes a job as a night guard at an abandoned pizzeria where much of the inventory is intact, including several animatronic mascots that still seem to be alive.

Scott Cawthon, who created the game that inspired this horror flick, was deeply involved in the adaptation that became one of those movies that audiences enjoyed and critics dismissed.

It’s a strange story with far too few scares, but the mascots have the right sinister touch and Mary Stuart Masterson is fun as a sneering villain.

2023-U.S. 109 min. Color. Directed by Emma Tammi. Cast: Josh Hutcherson (Mike Schmidt), Elizabeth Lail (Vanessa), Piper Rubio (Abby), Matthew Lillard, Mary Stuart Masterson, Kat Conner Sterling. 

Trivia: Followed by Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025).