Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 review: “We have waited two years for a Five Nights at Freddy’s 1.5”

Despite shaping up to be one of the most exciting upcoming video game movies of the year, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 has sadly become the latest 2025 horror blunder from Blumhouse. As with Megan 2.0, the Five Nights at Freddy’s sequel tries its best to upgrade the first movie in any way possible. But in doing so, FNAF 2 crams in way too many characters, animatronics, and storylines in a relatively short 1 hour and 45 minute runtime. Throughout the movie, we hear a bunch of different villains say, “I want to see what is going on inside of your head.” However, the only thing going on inside your head will be a voice asking what this jumbled sequel is trying to achieve.

Directed by Emma Tammi, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 welcomes back Josh Hutcherson as ex-Freddy Fazbear security guard Mike Schmidt, who is trying to move on from the events of the first movie by attempting to renovate a house and lazily pursuing a relationship with Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail). All whilst ignoring the fact that his little sister, Abby (Piper Rubio), is still deeply obsessed with the restaurant, which seems to have stunted her character development entirely. However, as hard as Mike tries to ignore it, Freddy Fazbear is everywhere as, in the past year, the town has become Freddy-crazy, spurring on the first annual Faz Festival.