Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Review: This Boilerplate Sequel Should Be More Funny and More Frightening

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 review: This boilerplate sequel should be more funny and more frightening

It’s an oft-observed rule in horror that when a character is described as having been left for dead, the sentence’s key words are “left for” – as countless resurrections of Halloween’s Michael Myers and Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees will testify.Doors are conveniently left ajar for further instalments, should the filmmakers and/or their financiers believe there’s a big enough market, and in the case of this second visit to the freakish Freddy…

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: The Animatronic Killers Are Back, and So Is the Slapdash Filmmaking, in the Lousy Sequel to 2023’s Monster Hit

The animatronic killers are back, and so is the slapdash filmmaking.

‘Five Nights At Freddy’s 2’ review: Maniacal mascots remain star ...

Josh Hutcherson returns to do battle with the evil animatronics in follow-up to the surprise 2023 box office hit

Five Nights At Freddy's 2 Review: Scott Cawthon's Convoluted Lore Is The Sequel's Scariest Villain

Incredible animatronics and well-placed jump scares can't save Five Nights at Freddy's 2," which plays like a movie written by Reddit fan theories.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Review: Nostalgia, Chaos, and Killer Animatronics Power a Rocky Ride

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 delivers bigger scares and a surprising lore expansion, even as messy writing holds it back. Read our review.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Review – The Second Trip to Freddy’s is Bigger, Bolder, and Scarier

The Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise holds a weird, special place in my heart. I watched the series evolve from a simple indie point-and-click jump scare game into a dense internet subculture. As one of the few critics who sincerely loved the first film, it comes as no surprise that I found Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 to be delightful. With better scares and more surprises, Scott Cawthon stays true to FNaF loyalists while improving remarkably all…