The lights are flickering back on at Freddy Fazbear’s once again. Universal and Blumhouse have dropped a brand-new trailer for Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, signalling the return of everyone’s favourite murder-happy mascots.
Five Nights at Freddy’s stunned both critics and the box office when it released, pulling in close to $300 million worldwide and becoming the highest-grossing horror release of 2023. Now, creator Scott Cawthon and returning director Emma Tammi are expanding the nightmare, this time shifting the action to Fazfest — a saccharine, small-town celebration that treats the events of the first film as nothing more than a colourful piece of local folklore. But we know better.
Josh Hutcherson is back as Mike, still reeling from the mayhem he and his younger sister Abby (once again played by Piper Rubio) narrowly escaped. Elizabeth Lail reprises her role as Vanessa, whose uneasy knowledge of Freddy’s origins remains a ticking time bomb. When Abby follows a half-remembered connection back to the animatronics — Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy — the nightmare yawns open all over again.
The sequel also sees the return of Matthew Lillard as William Afton, alongside an expanded cast including Freddy Carter (Shadow and Bone), Wayne Knight (Jurassic Park, Seinfeld), Skeet Ulrich (Scream, Riverdale), and Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Annabelle Comes Home) joining the Fazbear mythos.
The film is produced by Jason Blum and executive producers include Beatriz Sequeira, Christopher Warner, Russell Binder, and Marc Mostman.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 stalks into cinemas on December 5 — just in time to ruin your festive cheer.
