"Big To-do About The Red Eyes": Five Nights At Freddy’s Animatronic Backlash Addressed By Designer

Five Nights at Freddy‘s creature designer Robert Bennett addresses the backlash surrounding the movie’s animatronics. The upcoming movie follows Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) as he works the night shift at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza and learns that the restaurant’s animatronic mascots come to life at night for sinister purposes. Given that the Five Nights at Freddy’s game series boasts a devoted fanbase, the live-action iteration faced scrutiny regarding its animatronics design. When Five Nights at Freddy’s dropped its first trailer, some viewers took issue with the animatronics’ glowing red eyes, as it was a departure from the video games.