FNAF the movie was bad. But the one thing that is annoying me is I cannot find anyone else in the world commenting about how Aunt Judy is killed by Golden Freddy in the family living room (btw, they can just leave the pizzeria now), and then at the end of the film they all go home and eat breakfast the next morning. No comment on the corpse rotting in their living room.
It's just a massive oversight on the part of the filmmakers. It ties in nicely with the lack of scares and chills, the bewildering plot line, and massive under-utilization of some of the game's own tropes. IDK what they were trying to do with this movie, but that was some of the tamest "horror" I've ever seen in my life. And the only reason that is remarkable is because the game series it is based on is much scarier.
So, my concluding remark is that the movie is bad whether you are familiar with FNAF or if it is your first exposure to the franchise.
Like, the theater I was at had a full audience of rowdy teens, so they were suitably entertained
Me, I was just like "Okay, why are you yelling about this taxi driver" and then I looked it up and he's some YouTuber
And this is what film is going to be for a while, Glup Shitto-style "I recognize this!" garbage
I watched it at home with my girlfriend. FNAF is pretty dead to us by now because of how awful the latest releases of the games have been, now with this turd cherry of a film on top. But we first experienced it together in college when it was a novel thing. There really wasn't anything like it before, which made it exciting and fresh at the time. But that goodwill with the series has been spoiled, and it's very tired and lazy now.
I wouldn't be surprised if teenagers have lower standards, though.