Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie: Is it safe for Children?

After multiple delays over the years, the Five Nights at Freddy’s Movie is finally releasing in October 2023. Following the 2015 release of the Five Nights at Freddy’s horror game, it inspired various projects, including a fan-made film with a PG-13 age rating due to its jump scares and horror elements. The Five Nights at Freddy’s movie has a safe rating for children.

The official film Five Nights at Freddy’s has been in production since 2015, but it kept facing delays. After moving from the arms of various directors and production companies, the film finally began filming in February 2023. As per the recent updates, filmmakers are aiming for an October 2023 release that they teased with its trailer.

Official poster of Five Nights at Freddy’s (Image via Twitter)The horror video game Five Nights at Freddy’s featured many jumpscares in its detail-oriented complex and intriguing plot. The upcoming film is reportedly going to release for a larger market. It will mainly focus on teenagers despite never being their original intended audience. Five Nights at Freddy’s, as per its age rating, is safe for older children, but parents’ discretion is advised.

Update: The film is rated PG-13 for strong violent content, bloody images and language.

• The movie will release on the game’s tenth anniversary. Its trailer promises the film is a faithful adaptation of the video game. According to the original plot, a security guard arrives to work at a pizza place. He discovers the place is haunted and begins his fight for survival.
• The players must keep an eye on several security monitors in a room. They can only view one monitor at a time and keep an eye on the suspicious animatronics in the store. The animatronics don’t move while the player keeps an eye on them, but if they fail, the animatronic suddenly appears in the room and kills the guard.

It’s time to clock-in. Watch the official #FiveNightsAtFreddys teaser now. In Theaters and streaming on Peacock October 27. pic.twitter.com/NAm8XWmysz

— Five Nights at Freddy's (@FNAFMovie) May 17, 2023

• The FNaF movie promises a hefty dose of nostalgia for the original players. It follows a troubled security guard who arrives to work his night shift at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. On his first night of duty, the guard realizes that his shift at Freddy’s wouldn’t be as easy to survive as he thought. The film will also explore the premise of the game’s sequel and answer many questions.

The cast of Five Nights at Freddy’s movie

Matthew Lillard (as William Afton) in the trailer for Blumhouse's 'FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S' movie!#fnaf #fnafmovie #fivenightsatfreddys pic.twitter.com/MDFYZyxgNx

— JonnyBlox (@JonnyBlox) May 17, 2023

The much-awaited Universal Studio horror film Five Nights at Freddy’s stars Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games) as Mike Schmidt, the security guard. Meanwhile, Matthew Lillard (Scream) and Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot) will also appear as the story’s antagonists.

• Previously, Warner Bros. studios expressed their interest in producing the film along with Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment (The Ring), Seth Grahame-Smith, and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith Productions (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies).
• The project didn’t lead to fruition, and series creator Scott Cawthon announced restarting its production from square one in 2017. He has remained attached to the film throughout, and now the film will release in theaters on October 27, with a simultaneous release on NBC/Universal’s streaming service Peacock.