Christopher Hastings

I am currently in the middle of listening to the Five Night’s at Freddy’s series on audiobook and since I am on a waitlist for the second book, and despite the fact that I’ve seen the movie, I decided to give The Official Movie Novel a shot.

My love for FNAF started out with me wanting to find something to bond with my boys on. Neither of them are bookworms like myself, but when my youngest came home with The Silver Eyes and was excited to read it I knew I needed to see what this franchise was all about, and what has intrigued me from the get-go was the FNAF lore. Being a child of the 80’s I grew up going to Showbiz Pizza and one thing I remember being forced to do was watch the animatronic show. I remember peering up at the creepy gyrating creatures and wondering if there were people inside that were making them move or if they were possessed. I never told anyone my fears because I wanted to appear brave but I’d be lying if I said I haven’t had multiple nightmares about those creatures in my lifetime, which is why FNAF pierces something so deep within me.

I saw the movie opening day and it was great. Sure there are some cheesy parts, but overall it was well made, the acting is good, and the animatronics look amazing. There are a few jump scares, which are great, but when you’re reading the novel they get lost in the narrative, which is disappointing. Granted, you can’t necessarily put jump scares in word form, but I do wish the audiobook version could’ve had something included that would’ve made these scenes creepier.

Though I have seen the movie, I still enjoyed listening to the audiobook. I felt like I was watching the movie in my minds eyes but at a much slower pace, which was actually pretty cool. It follows the movie verbatim so if it’s important to see the movie with no spoilers then I would highly suggest seeing the movie before reading the book. The creators did a great job on the movie, and this concept as a whole, and I cannot wait for the movie’s sequel, which is rumored to be in production as of the writing of this review.… (meer)