Five Nights at Freddy's - The scoop and digest

Series creator Scott Cawthon co-produces, co-writes screenplay and story, while Emma Tammi directs Blumhouse's first video game based film.

Josh Hutcherson - Mike

Piper Rubio - Abby

Elizabeth Lail - Vanessa

Matthew Lillard - Steve Raglan/William Afton

Mary Stuart Masterson - Aunt Jane

Summary

After beating the ever loving shit out of a father whom he mistook for a kidnapper, troubled security guard Mike is offered a job by his career counsellor Steve.

He initially refuses, but the threat of social services taking custody of his kid sister Abby and passing her over to Aunt Jane forces a change of heart.

As the nights wear on at Freddy Fazbear's, Mike's nightmares about his missing brother Garrett intensify and the truth about what happened at abandoned pizzeria is gradually revealed.

Mid-credits

An off-duty taxi driver is woken up and yelps when Balloon Boy is left on passenger seat.

End-credits

As wall of text draws to a close, William Afton's distorted voice spells out 'come find me'.

Let's eat!!!

Despite high production values, Jim Henson's Creature Shop and puppeteers doing a fantastic job with animatronics, we endure a dreary human drama.

15 certificate suggests a splatter fest, but kills taking place off-screen and/or in the shadows means there's hardly any gore.

Also, it's never creepy or scary, so completely drops the ball.

Even though Willy's Wonderland is a complete rip off, that was more fun.

Box office success ensures sequels are inevitable, but filmmakers need to listen and address criticisms.