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Finally got around to watching the FNaF movie last night!

I'll be honest--I was very hesitant going into it. Granted, the trend lately seems to be that mainstream studios are finally starting to understand what it takes to make a successful video game adaptation, but it's a very delicate balance and it's hard to maintain it.

But I was so pleasantly surprised!

In particular, I can't understate just how incredible a creative decision it was to use practical effects for the animatronics. The Jim Henson studio nailed Freddy and the gang's designs, and they were so very charming and intimidating at the same time with just the right amount of derp to add to the characters instead of pulling you out of the experience.

In researching reviews and criticisms people had for the film, I would have to agree--it's not a good horror movie, but it is an incredible FNaF movie. But instead of rehashing old arguments I would like to add to it in the sense that I think I know why it's a "bad" horror movie and a good FNaF movie:

The movie is a ghost story.

In truth, this is what FNaF is at its core--a ghost story.

That is why it resonated with the fanbase (the intended audience) and the critics disliked it, because they had a fundamental misunderstanding of what FNaF is. It's true that a ghost story is a sub genre of horror, but the horror in ghost stories don't rely on gore and body horror like slasher films but instead the tragedy of terrible circumstances that leaves an irremovable stain on the living world. Needless to say, animatronics possessed by the violently m!rdered children in the location fulfills that genre qualifier.

In short: the movie was awesome. I'm happy to add the FNaF Movie to my growing list of "Successful Video Game Adaptations."

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Finally got around to watching the FNaF movie last night!

I'll be honest--I was very hesitant going into it. Granted, the trend lately seems to be that mainstream studios are finally starting to understand what it takes to make a successful video game adaptation, but it's a very delicate balance and it's hard to maintain it.

But I was so pleasantly surprised!

In particular, I can't understate just how incredible a creative decision it was to use practical effects for the animatronics. The Jim Henson studio nailed Freddy and the gang's designs, and they were so very charming and intimidating at the same time with just the right amount of derp to add to the characters instead of pulling you out of the experience.

In researching reviews and criticisms people had for the film, I would have to agree--it's not a good horror movie, but it is an incredible FNaF movie. But instead of rehashing old arguments I would like to add to it in the sense that I think I know why it's a "bad" horror movie and a good FNaF movie:

The movie is a ghost story.

In truth, this is what FNaF is at its core--a ghost story.

That is why it resonated with the fanbase (the intended audience) and the critics disliked it, because they had a fundamental misunderstanding of what FNaF is. It's true that a ghost story is a sub genre of horror, but the horror in ghost stories don't rely on gore and body horror like slasher films but instead the tragedy of terrible circumstances that leaves an irremovable stain on the living world. Needless to say, animatronics possessed by the violently m!rdered children in the location fulfills that genre qualifier.

In short: the movie was awesome. I'm happy to add the FNaF Movie to my growing list of "Successful Video Game Adaptations."