Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (FNAF 2), the adaptation of the game with the same exact name, has seen wildly polarizing views in the past month since it released. Having finally watched it myself, let’s see what it has to offer.
The film opens with a flashback sequence at the original Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza restaurant. A girl named Charlotte Emily (Audrey Lynn Marie) is pulled by her best friend Vanessa Afton (child: Miriam Spumpkin, adult: Elizabeth Lail) to go have a piece of cake instead of sitting by the stage alone. While sitting there, Charlotte sees a boy being lured into the back rooms by William Afton (Matthew Lillard), the founder of the restaurant, in a yellow rabbit costume. Charlotte panics, attempting to alert any nearby parents of the situation, but she is ignored. As she decides to take matters into her own hands, Vanessa tries to stop her, but Charlotte enters the back rooms anyway. While she manages to rescue the boy by carrying him out of the backrooms, she collapses soon afterwards—having been stabbed by William three times in the back. She falls through the trapdoor onstage and is caught by the Marionette animatronic, which rises with a now deceased Charlotte in its arms. William is never caught and the restaurant closes down soon afterwards as a result.