I’ve been writing about video games, television and movies for Forbes for over 10 years, and you may have seen my reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. I cover all manner of console and PC games, but if it’s about looting or shooting, I’m definitely there. If I’m watching something, it’s usually science fiction, horror or superheroic.
We have a new video game adaptation in theaters and its review scores are looking a lot like those in the pre-Sonic, pre-Last of Us, pre-Arcane days. Five Nights at Freddy’s, a realization of the famed horror game, has debuted
To put that in context of the vast, and largely bleak, video game movie landscape, that puts Five Nights at Freddy’s lower than Warcraft, Prince of Persia and the infamous Super Maro Bros. movie from 1993. But it’s higher than about 30 other video game movies including a bunch of Resident Evil installments, Need for Speed, Assassin’s Creed, Doom and Hitman. And even in this new, higher quality era, it’s mostly TV shows that are starting to turn things around.
However, in this case, it likely does not matter much at all what Five Nights at Freddy’s review scores are, even less so than usual. The game isiconic among Gen Z that A) they will see it no matter what critics say, and B) it is likely that more than ever, critics are pretty unfamiliar with the game and won’t really have any idea of whether it will satisfy actual fans.This past week, box office fortune tellers have forecast that Five Nights may open with $50 million, or even higher.
One odd factor here is that Five Nights at Freddy’s is also landing on Peacock at the exact same time. This is no doubt an attempt to boost Peacock sign-ups among a younger crowd, though Peacock is such a non-factor in streaming I doubt this would harm Freddy’s box office haul much at all.
It is not shocking that critics don’t like Five Night’s at Freddy’s. But nor should it be shocking that the movie is about to make a lot of money if you know anything about the game and the size of its fanbase. And you shouldnot be shocked when a sequel or two is instantly greenlit after the film makes five times its budget in ten days.
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