Five Nights at Freddy’s 2is on the way, and while the film isn’t out yet, it is already fixing a major complaint with the original movie. While theFive Nights at Freddy’sdoes have its fans, the film received mostly mixed reviews, with many saying that it didn’t recapture the spirit of the original games. While the movie was heavy on lore, it didn’t feel like a true horror movie, andFive Nights at Freddy’s 2is attempting to fix this.

Despite the film’s critical failings,Five Nights at Freddy’swas a box-office success, meaning that a sequel was likely.Very few details about the story ofFive Nights at Freddy’s 2are known, although it is expected that the film will further delve into the lore of the franchise, hopefully introducing more newFive Nights at Freddy’sanimatronics. However, one major change regarding the sequel is already known.

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Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Being Scarier Than The First Movie Is Great

It Should Lean Into The Scares

Five Nights at Freddy’sstar Josh Hutcherson talked toEsquireabout several topics, with one of the most exciting ones being the upcomingFive Nights at Freddy’s 2. Firstly, Hutcherson discusses how the world of the movie franchise that they have created is “over-the-top and wacky,” which is in line with the video games. However, the more interesting part comes later, where Hutcherson explains thatFive Nights at Freddy’s 2is “gonna be scarier, too, actually.”

Every Video Game Character In The Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie

Five Nights at Freddy’s brought many of the horror series' most classic characters to life, with varying degrees of difference from the video games.

Five Nights at Freddy’sis a horror series, but unfortunately, the first movie wasn’t all that scary. Luckily, focusing more on the horror makesFive Nights at Freddy’s 2far more exciting. When it was released, the jumpscares in the original games were known for being absolutely terrifying, and the originalFive Nights at Freddy’smovie wasn’t able to recapture that magic.

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Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Sounds Like The Movie The Original Should’ve Been

It Needs To Focus More On Horror Than Lore

Since the heavy lore wasn’t introduced until the later games, many fans didn’t expect the story of the firstFive Nights at Freddy’smovie to literally go into the origins of theanimatronics and William Afton. However,Five Nights at Freddy’sdecided to rely on this more than its scares, which was a huge mistake. Almost nothing in the first movie was scary, and it doesn’t seem like the film was even trying to be.

I Really Hope Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 Fixes My Biggest Problem With The First Movie

As entertaining as Five Nights At Freddy’s was, I really hope the sequel will fix one of its biggest flaws, which became my biggest problem with it.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2using its scariness as its selling point, however, is much more accurate to what the franchise should be. IfFive Nights at Freddy’s 2manages to pull this off, then it will be what the first film should have been. However, it is impossible to say untilFive Nights at Freddy’s 2actually releases.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 poster

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

Cast

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 continues the suspenseful horror saga with Mike Schmidt, a former security guard, returning to fend off animatronic nightmares at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. As new challenges arise, survival becomes precarious in this chilling sequel, expected to expand the franchise’s eerie narrative and thrill its audience.