Five Nights at Freddy’s movie trailer explains way too much

5 Nights at Freddy’s is a foundational horror sport franchise that turned a viral hit due to its naturally creepy vibe, simple gameplay (the sequence was available on smartphones), and sensible, efficient use of soar scares. The franchise sometimes casts gamers as a safety guard at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a Chuck E. Cheese-style pizzeria/arcade with animatronic animals which can be, sadly, haunted and need to kill you.

The sequence gained longevity due to its elaborate backstory that whereas, on paper is fairly commonplace stuff — the animatronics are possessed due to a darkish secret — is revealed obliquely within the video games by way of messages you discover, or haunting 8-bit minigames that recreate terrible occasions with an harmless aesthetic.

This made 5 Nights at Freddy’s really feel each like a horror sport and a creepypasta artifact, and made gamers really feel like they had been each observing and taking part in a scary story. Sadly, none of this works practically as nicely when it’s all defined to you, and the trailer for the 5 Nights at Freddy’s film lays all that exposition on thick.

In contrast to the primary teaser, the complete 5 Nights at Freddy’s trailer explains a lot that it’s not precisely clear how scary the film is meant to be, or what sort of horror film viewers can count on — a goofy, over-the-top one, or one thing full of real frights. In reality, it’s in all probability a good suggestion to skip this trailer except you’re a morbidly curious superfan.

There’s nonetheless good purpose to be eager for the film: a haunted Chuck E. Cheese is a nice concept for a horror film, a lot in order that the low-budget Nicolas Cage movie Willy’s Wonderland beat 5 Nights at Freddy’s to the punch. It additionally had a significantly better trailer.

5 Nights at Freddy’s will premiere in theaters on Oct. 27.