Horror Movie Review/Comparison
I have watched both Five Nights at Freddy's and Willy's Wonderland quite a few times each. And here is what I have to say about them both.
Five Nights At Freddy's: For a movie with a high budget, and decent casting you would expect a lot more. This is a movie that in my opinion only did as well as it did because of the cult following the games had garnered over the years. There was a correct way to do the movie, and then there was the way the movie was released. Now, don't get me wrong, the movie wasn't awful. But for a movie based off of a horror video game, it felt like too much time was spent on the custody battle, and troubling past of Mike to really get to the good stuff. But when you should have gotten the good stuff, it was almost censored to a serious degree because they wanted to market this movie to families and young teens. That's fine. But personally, if mentioning murdered children isn't crossing any lines, then a little extra gore wouldn't be either, right? Well that is what you'd think but that isn't what happened. Overall it was a lackluster movie with very few jump scares. If children were enjoying the movie more than the game, I don't really think we could call it a horror movie, no?
Willy's Wonderland: Same premise as FNAF but the movie came out a couple years before the "box office hit" FNAF. Here's the difference. Willy's was done correctly. They took the idea and gave it a full on horror makeover. Animatronics from an abandoned children's pizza entertainment center were possessed by souls of the cannibalistic killer and his colleagues. There is a group of teens who are determined to destroy the one happy memory they all had as young children. When first meeting the group of teens, my first thoughts were, these are a bunch of no name kids. I had no real expectations at this point because Nicolas Cage's character does not speak. But I was pleasantly surprised. The acting wasn't horrible. Each individual character had a familiar feeling, which made you grow attached to them and root for them to fulfill their task at hand. As the movie goes on, Cage's unnamed character comes to find out that these animatronics are alive and evil and have one task at hand; killing. The one thing I was impressed with was the level of gore that this movie took it to. For a role with no speaking, Cage delivers some of the most violent beatdowns I've ever seen in a one on one fight scene. At no point were you concerned that this man would be fighting for his life. The subtle comedy thrown in make it easier to swallow when you know immediately afterwards there will be a gruesome death. And for those who have watched this movie already know, the pinball dance sequence is by far the most magnificent piece of acting. The build up, the drama, the sitting on the edge of your seat. And I know it sounds ridiculous to say about a mute man playing pinball and dancing, but until you see it, you can't possibly understand. Overall, the bloodshed, the acting, the CGI, the musical composition, the suspense... I couldn't say enough good things about this movie.
IF you have seen FNAF but haven't given Willy's Wonderland a try, I highly suggest you give it a try. It won't disappoint. I truly feel as if Willy's gives watchers exactly what they missed in FNAF. Even if this movie came out before Freddy's. Overall : FNAF 4/10 Willy's Wonderland 9.4/10
