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Movie Review: Video game-to-horror flick 'Five Nights at Freddy’s' misfires badly

This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Bonnie, Freddy Fazbear and Chica in a scene from "Five Nights at Freddy's." (Universal Pictures via AP)

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By Associated Press

October 26, 2023 at 2:06 PM UTC

Just in time for Halloween comes “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a video game adaptation with the potential treat of demented Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronic creatures running amok. But the trick turns out to be on us.

The movie — built from developer Scott Cawthon's video game about anthropomorphic robots killing people — poorly fits into this vehicle and the problems start with the creatures themselves.