Film Review — Five Nights at Freddy’s

Emma Tammi embellishes the backstory to Scott Cawthon’s hit video game in a so-so translation to film

Credit: Universal

What I know about video games would fit on the back of a matchbox. However, my youngest son has childhood nostalgia attached to Scott Cawthon’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, and was most eager to see how he, director Emma Tammi, and co-writers Seth Cuddeback, Chris Lee Hill, and Tyler MacIntyre adapted this for the cinema screen. Alas, my so…