Freddy's Fridays (2023) User Reviews

A rip off.

[Patient444 · 4/10 · 11 November 2023]

Yeah, this is Asylum work right here. Get an idea from a future movie, slightly make it different and call it your own. Never been a fan of this, even tho a few such productions were 'so bad its good', but sadly Freddy's Friday misses the mark.

It really is a bland movie, with hollow characters, little to no plot, 0 development, what you see from the very first minutes is also the ending, and one truly laughable third act fight scene. One of the absolute worst, like those 70's low budget kung fu scenes.

No reason to recommend this, it is quite bad, no real moving forward with the story and an ending to fit the entire movie. Look elsewhere, this is bad

Cheers!

Disappointed that no reviewers noticed this was more like a cinematic universe attempt (sad as it may be) than a FNAF ripoff

[drkne · 3/10 · 18 January 2024]

The ONLY things this movie rips off from FNAF is the cover layout for the movie poster and the name "Freddy." A parody attention grabber, misguided as it was. Or maybe it bought in more viewers than would have watched it otherwise?

Anyway, I'm disappointed in anyone who claims to be a big horror fan and didn't notice that the characters in the cover picture are from Jagged Edge's other films (and/or perhaps adjacent films).

To be completely honest, I think that Croc! Is the only JE movie I've actually watched, but as someone who's been a horror fan for nearly half a century now, I have spent endless hours scrolling through horror titles trying to find a decent one to watch. From that alone I recognized that the cover had characters from their other movies. Humpty Dumpty being the most unique and recognizable to me. I almost feel like he's stalking me because somehow I keep seeing his movies listed everywhere that I see a horror category for streaming.

I think their Easter Bunny Massacre and Amityville Scarecrow characters were adjusted to be more visually cohesive to the group. Need them all to at least sort of look like they belong in the same movie. Now the clown, to me looks like a mash up between 2 of the characters from Killer Klowns from Outer Space, so maybe it's homage, or maybe someone who worked on both wanted to link it, but they didn't have the rights so they are skirting copyright. Or it could be a character from one of the many other JE movies that I have not watched. Not completely sure, but it looks very familiar.

Plot-wise, this is bizarrely more akin to Hellraiser and demon summoning movies. Calling on an otherworldly entity with a menacing 3 person entourage of few words.

I get the impression that they were going for a movie that people would watch and be like: "Hey, is that the character from ____?" "Is this scene supposed to be a parody of that other movie?" "Oh, so are they saying that when a B-movie monster dies, it can become a cenobite?" etc. Etc.

So, points for playing the meta trivia game, but minus points for the references being a little TOO weak and niche and for not bringing much else to the table.

Okay Horror

[ladymidath · 5/10 · 3 December 2023]

I have noticed that a lot of people have dismissed this movie as a Five Nights At Freddy's rip off, but it's actually not. This movies is its own thing, It's a neat little horror, nothing really stands out, but it is watchable, and that's all I ask. The acting is fine, the cast doing their thing and the violence is enough to make any lover of gore happy. The demons have a FNAF/Willys Wonderland look, but that does not hurt the movie at all.

The story, a man picking up woman, mostly escorts to read from an ancient book in order to become human sacrifices does work, but there is nothing really memorable here. It dies entertain and I think it is a little better that FNAF but not as much fun as Willys Wonderland.

It is not as bad as some critics seem to think of it, but nothing really stands out as different or clever. It is better than some horror movies on offer these days.

Disappointing and poorly written

[ungirebecca · 2/10 · 13 November 2023]

I love horror movies and I think there are many underrated movies that why I wanted to give this a try especially with the recent release of five nights and Freddys.

The movie follows a many trying to make a deal with a demon for untold riches. To give this they need to sacrifice a soul every Friday for 8 weeks. There is not much explained in the movie about Freddy, the book used to summon him or even why it has to be in a Friday so I was left with more questions than answers.

I also don't really see the connection between Freddy and the gang. Freddy looks alittle like an animatronic with glowing eye hidden behind a mask. However, the others are a clown and scarecrow. They just don't seem to fit together well and it really takes away from the movie.

Another thing I really struggled to ignore was the outfit designs. Some of the characters looks scary but this was broken with the bright white trainers and knee high socks.

Also the ending didn't seem to go anywhere either. They found a solution in how to deal with Freddy and put and end to what is happening but even with this information decided not to act upon it leaving Freddy to come back yet again.

I At the end I felt disappointed and like I had wasted my time. It's sad because it had potential to be a decent movie.

This movie is trash

[novacrafters · 1/10 · 23 December 2023]

So browsing 123Movies, I stumbled across this movie while also on facetime with my girlfriend. Since we had seen "Five Nights at Freddy's", we thought it was going to be a funny rip version of the FNAF. However, the beginning was drawn out. The girl screaming for too long when she should have been dead. To also add, the dialogue was also drawn out. Out of frustration, my girlfriend and I decided it would be best to watch "Shark Boy and Lava Girl" instead, since the movie is A LOT better. Do better. Matter of fact, delete the movie. It was crime releasing this in the first place. Yall need jail time.

Definitely not what I was expecting...

[paul_haakonsen · 3/10 · 18 November 2023]

Right, well I have to admit that I was actually expecting a "Five Nights at Freddy's" rip-off movie here, as I sat down to watch the 2023 movie "Freddy's Fridays". I mean, the title alone and the fact that it was released the very same year that "Five Nights at Freddy's" came out, just can't be a coincidence.

However, writers Charlie Carter and Tom Carter delivered something quite different. This was a strange movie in itself, because it was a bit all over the place. It felt most of all like a mixture of any random generic slasher flick, with some "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" elements thrown into the formula. The concept of "Freddy's Fridays" was a bit odd and all over the place, making it a very random and erratic movie. And that ultimately took a toll on the overall enjoyment of the movie.

I have to say that I found the storyline and narrative in "Freddy's Fridays" to be a bit too erratic and unstructured, so I wasn't particularly entertained here. Plus the fact that I was expecting it to be a mockbuster on "Five Nights at Freddy's" and it wasn't, well that was just a disappointment.

The acting performances in "Freddy's Fridays" were okay. You're not in for an evening of stellar performances from famous actors and actresses. In fact, I didn't know anyone on the cast. Sure, there were a couple of faces that I think I've seen before, but I wouldn't be able to tag a name on the faces, nor pinpoint in what movies I might have seen them.

Visually then "Freddy's Fridays" was okay. I was expecting animatronics, but instead we were treated to a very random collection of killers in odd costumes. Sure, it might have worked out if writers Charlie Carter and Tom Carter hadn't set up the movie to appear to be a mockbuster on "Five Nights at Freddy's". Sure, the costumes were actually interesting enough, but I was just expecting something quite different.

"Freddy's Fridays" was not a particularly enjoyable horror movie, because I was very disappointed with what director Ben J. Williams delivered. And it is not a horror movie that I would recommend fans of the horror genre to rush out and get to watch. Nor is it a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.

My rating of "Freddy's Fridays" lands on a three out of ten stars.

I wanted to like this movie more than I did but points for trying?

[Cr0wgrrl · 4/10 · 31 January 2024]

What this movie does right: If you're going to make a movie with a bunch of demonic slasher demons, give us blood and lots of it. When the kills are happening, it's got a great low-budget, low-class '80s throwback vibe. And I kind of love the cheesiness of the costumes. Yeah, demons, let's throw down.

What this movie does wrong: Every moment when the slashers aren't on screen. It's not that the actors aren't trying, it's just that as you watch the umpteenth scene of characters not listening to the main character, you are painfully aware that you could watching five slasher demons killing people instead. It's what we're here for, so give us more of it. The dialogue is laughably bad, while the demons just pantomime, which is another point in their favor.

Next time, just let the police raid the killer, take the book, read it out loud at the station, and let the demons slash their way through cops and criminals alike while the heroine tries to figure out how to stop it. It would have been a much better plot. Then again, this movie didn't have the budget for police uniforms, so...

This movie gets an extra star, however, for the audacious ambition of creating a cinematic universe with other extremely low budget, quickly made throwaway horror movies like The Curse of Humpty Dumpty. I see you, movie, and I appreciate you for it just a little bit more.

[Yes, the name is clearly a rip of Five Nights at Freddy's, but eh, who cares, I got more blood in this one than in the official one. And ripping off movie names has been a time-honored low-budget tradition for decades now, anyway.]

Equivalent to teens make a movie at home but with money and Girls

[meganbmoore-98247 · 1/10 · 9 February 2024]

I'm not even going to address the details of this dumpster fire they call a movie. I want to know how these movies get made? What studios are handing out money for these movies. You're seriously telling me that a movie like this can get green lit and funded knowing that it will never get a theatrical release and never make that money back? But a movie like Deadpool sat on a shelf for 13 years and only got made because Ryan had to "accidentally" release some of it online. This is the world we live in?!?!

This is why the movie industry is dying, wasting money on crap like this. And because studios are wasting money on movies that not even lifers in prison would watch if it was their only option, really good movies get their budgets cut, or they just keep remaking the same movies over and over because it would cost too much money to buy original quality scripts. There are so many other movies that took writers and actors decades to get made because the studios wouldn't fund them, and when they finally do get made they turn out to be Oscar worthy movies, while over those decades money is being thrown away to pieces of crap like this! I mean please be honest, not the producer, writer, director, actors or distributors thought that this movie was going to add anything to the industry, it is never going to be the movie that some great entertainer accepting an award someday says was their inspiration. This movie is equivalent to some teens that found a camera and made a movie in their backyard, only with an actual budget and pretty girls.

And I'm sorry to be this mean but if you are an actor who can't seem to get a part in any movies other than these, then you really should have taken the hint by now, if all that is required to act is too remember words, fake emotions, and make faces to match that emotion or to look like you're reacting to something then everyone should be acting... Especially the women 😉 right ladies.

It just infuriates me to the core. There are good bad b horror films that I've either loved or at least got a kick out of them. This is there definition of RAGE WATCHING! Do better filmmakers!

freddy's flawed movie

[mognam · 1/10 · 15 November 2023]

I got sucked in by the title. It took a couple of seconds to realise I wasn't watching Five Nights at Freddy's but a low budget rip off.

Where to start with this steam pile of dog do do... the acting is sub par, the script is terrible, even the lighting is bad. The 'monsters' looked cheap.

I found nothing enjoyable in this movie.

I was in agony watching this and turned it off after twenty minutes. I wonder where the budget for this trash comes from.

Don't even watch this with friends as a laugh.

The people who gave this a ten are obviously involved with this blight on humanity parading as a movie.

Please stay away, I beg you, for your own good.

At best.. mediocre...

[NullUnit · 2/10 · 24 December 2023]

• This film suffers a bit from poor acting....
• Suffers a bit more from bad casting (I mean the "tough" captain's voice could NOT be less intimidating - like listening to a 5 year old yell at you... and it's your boss.)
• It suffers more from REALLY bad CGI blood effects... spirt, spirt.. not more spirts~!!

• It is ruined entirely by bad Directing.

It really the Direction that ruin this on the whole. The scene blocking is just really poor much of the time. I could toleration the mediocre acting and the bad CGI if the Direction was better. Most of the time you get the sense that you're just standing in the wrong place to see what's going on. Or conversations are filmed from WAY too close up. Seems VERY amateur.

Wasn't scary.. stupid story.. won't ever tolerate it again.

Freddy's Fridays: A Haunting Symphony of Horror Mastery Amidst the Shadows, Amidst the Ruins

[iglethan · 10/10 · 2 December 2023]

Freddy's Fridays is an exemplary cinematic masterpiece that seamlessly weaves a tapestry of suspense, horror, and artistry. The film exhibits a brilliant amalgamation of gripping storytelling and visually stunning cinematography, captivating audiences from the very first frame to the climactic conclusion. The narrative intricacies and character development in Freddy's Fridays are unparalleled, transcending the boundaries of conventional horror tropes.

The meticulous attention to detail in crafting the chilling atmosphere is commendable, with each scene meticulously constructed to evoke a sense of impending dread. The exceptional performances from the cast elevate the film to a level of sophistication seldom seen in the horror genre. The seamless integration of practical effects and cutting-edge CGI further underscores the dedication to delivering an unparalleled cinematic experience.

However, it would be remiss not to draw a pointed comparison with the misguided attempt that is the Five Nights at Freddy's movie. While Freddy's Fridays effortlessly embraces the essence of horror storytelling, the Five Nights at Freddy's adaptation falters in its execution. The film, unfortunately, succumbs to the pitfalls of superficial jump scares and an overreliance on the source material, resulting in a lackluster and uninspired rendition.

In contrast, Freddy's Fridays transcends the limitations of its genre, establishing itself as a cinematic triumph that will undoubtedly leave an indelible mark on the annals of horror history. It is a testament to the filmmakers' prowess in delivering a truly unforgettable and elevated horror experience. Freddy's Fridays stands as a shining example of what horror cinema can achieve when approached with innovation, intelligence, and an unwavering commitment to storytelling excellence.

The Neverending Five Nights at Freddy's Ripoffs

[donnellyliam-59140 · 1/10 · 5 January 2024]

Look, people don't have to like the Five Nights at Freddy's movie, but good god, this movie doesn't try to hide it. Like, after this train wreck, people need to apologize to the Five Nights at Freddy's movie.

Movies like The Banana Splits Movie and Willy's Wonderland, at least tries to do SOMETHING unique with their movies and helps them stand out, but Freddy's Fridays does nothing engaging to even stand out from the rest.

But hey, when you got the people behind "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey" on this, it's best to make sure you have ZERO expectations. They don't even bother trying to change the poster and the name of the mascot! So do you REALLY expect this company to try and think outside of the box?

At least the Five Nights at Freddy's movie has incredible practical effects and animatronics, likable characters, cool settings, and it at least tried! Yes, the movie has it's flaws, but you can't say that there is no effort or passion in the FNAF movie. If they didn't care, they easily could gone the "Blood and Honey" route and got garbage Freddy Fazbear masks, and called it a day. But that's not what they did now, is it?

So while I appreciate projects like The Banana Splits Movie, Willy's Wonderland, The Hug, etc. For at least trying with their movies, Freddy's Fridays is a Five Nights at Freddy's ripoff that's best for everyone, to be forgotten.

So bad I didn't even watch the last half.

[Kyle-Violett · 1/10 · 27 March 2024]

I like to sit through the films I start watching, but Freddy's Fridays has nothing entertaining about it. I went into the film knowing it was going to be bad, but I underestimated how bad it was. The story is vague and not cohesive, and Freddy and his gang are some of the least threatening mascots I have ever seen. The editing was bad, and a lot of the time they didn't bother with replacing a sound with something to match the action. They didn't tell us why Tom was being haunted by Freddy and the Gang, and I don't want to keep watching to find out. That should be something we learn at the beginning. I at least enjoy the bad horror films I watch, but Freddy's Fridays has ZERO redeeming features.

Very good movie!

[tcmcritizprod · 8/10 · 18 April 2024]

A very well-made film, with a very original staging. The actors' performances, especially Danielle Scott's, are superb!

The screenplay pays homage to the killer puppet film genre. The film "Five Nights at Freddy's" can step aside... 😅😂

Some extremely well-executed and captivating gore effects, adding a thrilling intensity to each scene.

In summary, this film delivers a captivating experience with original staging, exceptional acting performances, and impressive gore effects. Its homage to the killer puppet genre is well-executed, surpassing even some famous productions. For thrill-seekers, it's a must-see!