The wave of popularity of the series of computer games Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF), which formed the basis of the cool film of the same name, continues.
The plot of the game Five Nights at Freddy’s
The game takes place in locations associated with the fictional pizzeria Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, named after its mascot, Freddy Fazbear the bear. In most of the proposed stories, the player plays the role of a night employee who has to defend himself from hostile animatronic characters living nearby. In this case, the player can use available means: surveillance cameras, lamps, doors and ventilation holes
The player must earn points through witty decisions and resourceful moves.
The plot of the film Five Nights at Freddy’s
In the film of the same name, which was based on the game, the main character is a security guard at an entertainment center, whose shifts turn into a nightmare when night falls. One night he falls asleep and dreams of children being kidnapped and he tries to save one of them. Waking up, he realizes that he was wounded, so the dream was much closer to reality than he thought. Also, the main character understands that he did not complete his mission, begun in a dream. And he begins to take sleeping pills, despite the fact that the nightmares become more severe and closer to reality.
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How the film and the computer game FNAF have something in common
The rights to the film adaptation of the computer game series Five Nights at Freddy’s were acquired back in 2015. Since then, the script for the future film has been rewritten several times, and at the same time the director of the film has also changed. As a result, Emma Tammy became the director. Filming went quickly. It was only in February 2023 that the first frame of the film was shot in New Orleans, and in the fall of the same year the film was already released on screens around the world.
The main role in the horror film was played by Josh Hutcherson, who previously starred in The Hunger Games, the TV series Future Man, the horror film Kill for a Like and other films.
The film includes events shown in the first game in the franchise.
Interesting facts about Five Nights at Freddy’s
- The film’s budget was $20 million. And its worldwide box office exceeded its budget 14 times and continues to grow.
- Game creator Scott Cawthon previously released the game Chipper & Sons Lumber Co., which was criticized for the fact that the main beaver character resembled a monster. In retaliation for such reviews, the developer decided to create something scary, radical and truly frightening. This is how the horror film FNAF appeared, which differed sharply from the developer’s previous Christian works.
- The franchise has produced 22 books, including graphic novels. A dozen more books are planned for release in the future. There will probably be new films based on the game.
- The franchise was included in the Guinness Book of Records for gamers as a series of games that had the largest number of sequels in a year.
- In Las Vegas there is a real attraction Five Nights at Freddy’s