FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S Found Inspiration in Stephen Spielberg's Films and JOKER
After years of trying to get a film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s made, the movie is finally set to be released this year, and the horror film actually looks like it’s going to be a blast! I’m excited about this one! I’m excited to take my daughter to see it, who grew up playing the Five Nights at Freddy’s video game.
While the film is based on a game, and that’s where most of the film’s inspiration came from, director Emma Tammi recently explained in an interview with Total Film, the movie was also inspired by Steven Spielberg’s filmmaking style and Todd Phillips' Joker. She explained:
"We were constantly referencing Steven Spielberg – you know, that childhood wonderment quality. Alongside kind of a darker world that felt akin to Joker.
"Those were some of the cinematography references that Lyn Moncrief and I were pulling. Also, just the haunted house element of it was such a big influence. Some of our scenes that have to do with our main character's backstory and memory were also influenced by a [Terrence] Malick-esque camera style, to give them a more dreamlike quality… those scenes that were taking place in forest campground settings. There were a lot of different types of references we were pulling to really craft something that felt unique."
From the footage that we’ve seen in the trailers that have been released for the film, it’s not hard to see some of these influences. It seems like Spielberg’s work and style always serve as inspiration for a lot of films. The guy has told some of the greatest stories in film, so of course other filmmakers are going to look to him to be inspired.
The film follows “a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy’s won’t be so easy to make it through.” You see, there are ghost children who are possing giant animatronics that are out to terrorize.
It stars Josh Hutcherson (Ultraman, The Hunger Games), Elizabeth Lail (You, Mack & Rita), Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy, Unstable), Kat Conner Sterling (We Have a Ghost, 9-1-1), with Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot, Fried Green Tomatoes) and Matthew Lillard (Good Girls, Scream).
The movie will be released on October 27th.