Five Nights at Freddy’s.Photo: Patti Perret/Universal Pictures
Five Nights at Freddy’sdirector Emma Tammi is holding to its PG-13 rating.
Based on the popular horror video-game franchise of the same name, the upcoming film, starringJosh Hutcherson, surprised many when it wasn’t given an R rating.
In an interview withForbes,Tammi shut down speculation that a more explicit, R-rated cut could exist somewhere.
While theFreddy’sfilmmakers “knew that some of the fan base would want an R-rated version of this film,” she noted, “I would say not to expect an R-rated version on this one.”
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Poster forFive Nights at Freddy’s(2023).Universal Pictures
Tammi also explained toForbesthat the filmmakers behindFreddy’s"wanted to be inclusive of the younger audiences and knew we were going to hit the PG 13 rating, but for the audience that also wanted that level of violence, if you will, or at least insinuation of violence, we really wanted to still include elements that felt dark."
“Of course, there are a lot of dark elements to see in the lore, but in terms of some of the kills and everything, it was just all execution dependent,” she added. “We really wanted to ensure that we were showing the right amount and doing creative things to insinuate what was happening or show what was happening without fully seeing it to still fit in that PG-13 category.”
Things soon take a turn for the scary, however, as Mike realizes he might not make it through to dawn in one piece.
This movie adaptation comes nearly a decade after the release of the firstFive Nights at Freddy’svideo game in 2014.
The game quickly became a phenomenon, spawning spin-off games, an anthology series, a novel trilogy and merchandise for gamers around the world.
“I think we would all be so excited to do that. Here’s hoping,” she added.
Five Nights at Freddy’sis in theaters and streaming on Peacock now.
source: people.com
