Film Review - Five Nights at Freddys 2 (2025)

Five Nights at Freddys 2 is the sequel to the 2023 movie Five Nights at Freddys and like this movie was based on the video game series, this movie sees Mike (Josh Hutcherson) try to move on with his life after the events of the first film but his little sister Abby (Piper Rubio) misses her friends at the old Freddys Pizzeria and wants them fixed so she tries to do so unaware it will only bring up ghosts from the past.

Five Nights at Freddys 2 is fine but also very very forgettable and after watching this movie I did find myself wishing these movies were better because the elements are here for a solid horror franchise: A mystery/backstory/characters and a clear villain and all of them in both movies have been wasted somewhat, the mystery and backstory feel at times overly complicated and uninteresting to watch while the cast are kinda there.

Hutcherson is good as he was in the first film but part of me did think “Peeta’s in trouble once again, can’t take some people anywhere can ya” while Elizabeth Lail is okay but shines best when she has scenes with Hutcherson as the two have good chemistry together, Piper Rubio is a good little actress but ends up becoming the standard kid that gets ignored in a Horror movie while Mackenna Grace (a newcomer to this series) has too little screen time.

What is great across both of these movies are the animatronic effects, they are superbly done here and whenever they come on screen there is a real weight and texture to them that is rarely seen with digital characters which can often look like something out of a computer game but here the practical creatures look great and if they were in better movies could’ve become very memorable horror characters like Freddy Krueger.

And so that was Five Nights at Freddys 2 and honestly if you liked the first film you’ll probably like this one otherwise I wouldn’t bother, its dull to sit through and forgettable after you leave the cinema, 2 out of 5.