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Perth Now
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will have ‘a lot more' terrifying animatronics, Josh Hutcherson teases
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will have 'a lot more animatronics' and 'bigger set pieces', Josh Hutcherson has teased. The 32-year-old actor is set to reprise his role as Mike Schmidt in the upcoming horror sequel - which is based on developer Scott Cawthon's indie horror video game franchise of the same name - and Hutcherson has now said that Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will be scarier than the original 2023 movie. Director Emma Tammi added there would be 'more than three times as many animatronics' in Five Nights at Freddy's 2 when compared to the first flick, and said the upcoming movie would be more action-centred than the original. Speaking on a panel for the film at San Diego Comic-Con, she said: 'There's so much more action in this one ... with the animatronics and that was incredibly exciting. 'I personally have become so invested in [these characters] and it was just an incredible opportunity to continue to get to tell their stories and expand on them.' As well as Hutcherson's Mike Schmidt, Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will see the return of his sister Abby (Piper Rubio), police officer Vanessa Shelley (Elizabeth Lail) and the sinister William Afton (Matthew Lillard). The movie will also introduce Scream star Skeet Ulrich, Mckenna Grace and Wayne Knight. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will pick up after the events of the first movie, which saw Mike Schmidt (Hutcherson) take on a new night guard job at the reopened Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, only to discover that the animatronics have a life of their own at night. As the nights grow more terrifying, he must uncover the restaurant's dark history to survive. Reflecting on the sequel, Hutcherson detailed the developed relationship Mike shares with his sister Abby, and teased that their bond was 'super strong' in the film. The Hunger Games star said: 'Mike and Abby went through a lot in the first movie, and I think Mike is just wanting to get back to somewhat of a normal life, and he's trying to provide stability for Abby. 'He's trying to find his way in the world. He just wants to have a calm, nice, normal life, but that just can't happen in FNAF. 'He's got all this trauma and stuff that he's lived through in the first film in that story, and he's just trying to fake it till you make it without fully working through all that stuff that happened, and then it happens to him again. Poor Mike!' Looking to the future, Lillard teased a third Five Nights at Freddy's movie could happen if the second movie - which hits screens on December 5, 2025 - is a success. He said: 'If it's a hit, they're gonna make a third movie, and if they make a third movie, I get to kill Mike Schmidt … it's going to be cinematic magic!' Blumhouse Productions boss Jason Blum added: 'If enough people go … we'd be very excited to make a Five Nights at Freddy's 3.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
2025's Most Anticipated Horror Sequel Just Got Its First Trailer, And It Might Be Even Scarier
Universal Studios and Blumhouse Productions just released the trailer for their latest horror sequel. Five Nights at Freddy's 2 will reintroduce Josh Hutcherson as a security guard named Mike from the first film. A year after the events of the first movie, Mike and his friends are still reeling from the horrors at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza shop. Meanwhile, locals have turned "Fazfest" into a popular town legend. And Mike's 11-year-old sister Abby, played by Piper Rubio, is "revealing dark secrets about the true origin of Freddy's, and unleashing a long-forgotten horror hidden away for decades" Hutcherson says the sequel will be scarier than the first movie. "We're finding the balance right now of building this world and expanding it in a really cool way but also making sure the characters stay really grounded," he said in October. "That's something that I really think that we all fought for in the first film, because this world that was created in Five Nights at Freddy's, it's so out-there." The movie series was adapted from Scott Cawthorn's hit success video game. On a budget of $20 million, the first movie grossed nearly $300 million. "It's so over-the-top and wacky, in a way, that to find the emotional truth of the characters was gonna be what was gonna work. I think the fans are gonna flip for it. It's gonna be a lot of fun with the source. It's gonna be scarier, too, actually," said Hutcherson. Who will star in Five Nights at Freddy's 2? Hutcherson returns alongside co-stars Theodus Crane as Jeremiah and Matthew Lillard as William Afton, plus a handful of new faces. When does Five Nights at Freddy's 2 come out? Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is set to release on December 5, 2025. 2025's Most Anticipated Horror Sequel Just Got Its First Trailer, And It Might Be Even Scarier first appeared on Men's Journal on Jul 24, 2025 Solve the daily Crossword
News.com.au
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
These are the scariest movies ever, according to science
Scare Score: 70 Average Heart Rate: 78 BPM Highest Spike: 122 BPM. A father and son coroners uncover increasingly bizarre and terrifying secrets while examining an unidentified body. Its confined setting and layered mysteries keep tension high and heart rates spiking with each revelation. Photo: IFC Midnight Scare Score: 71 Average Heart Rate: 80 BPM Highest Spike: 123 BPM. This sequel ramps up the tension from the original, expanding the world but keeping the life-or-death silence. Perfectly crafted set-pieces and the constant threat of monsters make viewers hold their breath. Photo: Platinum Dunes Scare Score: 72 Average Heart Rate: 79 BPM Highest Spike: 119 BPM. Grief, mental illness, and a sinister children's book collide in this Australian classic. The Babadook delivers unease with every frame, with its dread building relentlessly until it becomes nearly unbearable. Photo: Causeway Films Scare Score: 73 Average Heart Rate: 80 BPM Highest Spike: 115 BPM. The found-footage phenomenon that reignited the genre. Simple setups, realistic acting, and those perfectly timed jump scares kept audiences glued to their seats while their BPMs shot up. Photo: Blumhouse Productions Scare Score: 74 Average Heart Rate: 79 BPM Highest Spike: 121 BPM. Claustrophobia meets creatures in the dark. This cave expedition gone wrong uses pitch-black tunnels and brutal gore to keep viewers in fight-or-flight mode. It's a relentless stress test that rarely lets up. Photo: Pathé Pictures Scare Score: 74 Average Heart Rate: 80 BPM Highest Spike: 88 BPM. Bleak and relentless, this film follows siblings returning to their dying father's farm only to face an unspeakable evil. It is a masterclass in slow-burn dread that unsettles viewers deeply. Photo: RLJE Films Scare Score: 74 Average Heart Rate: 81 BPM Highest Spike: 96 BPM. A curse that walks slowly but never stops. It Follows creates tension by making every background figure a threat. Its originality and unrelenting pacing keeps you constantly scanning the frame, heart racing. Photo: RADiUS-TWC Scare Score: 74 Average Heart Rate: 79 BPM Highest Spike: 116 BPM. Ed and Lorraine Warren head to England to investigate the Enfield haunting in this sequel. With the terrifying nun Valak and a relentlessly creepy atmosphere, The Conjuring 2 delivered big BPM spikes. Photo: New Line Cinema Scare Score: 75 Average Heart Rate: 81 BPM Highest Spike: 107 BPM. Found-footage done right. A documentary crew investigates the deadly failure of a haunted house attraction. The result? Footage full of pitch-dark corridors, eerie clown mannequins, and slow-building dread that had audiences' heart rates steadily climbing. Photo: Terror Films Scare Score: 75 Average Heart Rate: 79 BPM Highest Spike: 106 BPM. A fresh Australian horror hit. Teens discover an embalmed hand that lets them speak to spirits, but the price is steep. Gritty, emotional, and genuinely scary, Talk to Me combines possession horror with real human stakes that keep BPM readings elevated. Photo: Causeway Films Scare Score: 76 Average Heart Rate: 82 BPM Highest Spike: 96 BPM. Part courtroom drama, part demonic possession horror, this film tells the tragic story of Emily Rose with chilling performances and terrifying exorcism scenes. Jennifer Carpenter's contorted physical acting remains nightmare fuel. Photo: Screen Gems Scare Score: 78 Average Heart Rate: 83 BPM Highest Spike: 114 BPM. Trauma, curses, and that unsettling grin. Smile takes a simple concept and executes it with creeping dread and shocking visuals. It proved to be one of the biggest heart-rate drivers of recent years, with watchers holding their breath waiting for that next terrifying smile. Photo: Paramount Pictures Scare Score: 81 Average Heart Rate: 82 BPM Highest Spike: 104 BPM. Ari Aster's debut shocked audiences with its portrayal of grief, family trauma, and satanic cults. Toni Collette delivers an unforgettable performance, while the film's visuals and sound design keep viewers squirming, heart rates steadily high throughout. Photo: A24 Scare Score: 88 Average Heart Rate: 84 BPM Highest Spike: 132 BPM. The film that launched a franchise. Based on real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, The Conjuring nails classic haunted house scares. With expertly crafted jump scares and a relentless sense of foreboding, it's no wonder it gets pulses racing. Photo: New Line Cinema Scare Score: 90 Average Heart Rate: 85 BPM Highest Spike: 133 BPM. When their son falls into an unexplained coma, a family discovers demons in another realm trying to invade our world. James Wan's creative visuals, nerve-jangling sound design, and perfectly timed jump scares kept BPMs sky-high. Photo: Blumhouse Productions Scare Score: 91 Average Heart Rate: 84 BPM Highest Spike: 113 BPM. A low-budget Canadian indie that turned viral sensation. Two kids wake to find their father missing and their home's windows and doors gone. With minimal lighting, unsettling audio, and lo-fi visuals, it delivers an atmosphere that burrows into your nightmares. Photo: IFC Films Scare Score: 95 Average Heart Rate: 88 BPM Highest Spike: 130 BPM. Filmed entirely over Zoom during the pandemic, Host follows friends who hold an online seance that goes horribly wrong. It's lean, mean, and terrifying, making excellent use of the found-footage style to keep viewers' BPMs peaking. Photo: Shadowhouse Films Scare Score: 96 Average Heart Rate: 86 BPM Highest Spike: 131 BPM. The champion once again. Ethan Hawke stars as a true-crime writer who discovers horrific home movies in his attic. The grainy, snuff-like footage, unsettling sound design, and slow-burn dread make Sinister the most scientifically terrifying movie ever tested. Viewers experienced consistent, elevated BPMs with massive spikes at the scariest moments. Photo: Blumhouse Productions Tested as a new addition in 2024 but didn't crack the Top 50. This return to the Alien universe brings back claustrophobic sci-fi horror with plenty of xenomorph terror for fans. Photo: 20th Century Studios Another 2024 newcomer that didn't make the Top 50 but still delivered unsettling psychological horror, proving social tension can be just as scary as monsters. Photo: Blumhouse Productions Also tested in this year's experiment but landed outside the Top 50. Known for shocking body horror and disturbing visuals, it's one for those who want their scares truly grotesque. Photo: Universal Pictures Well, that's the full rundown of the scariest movies ever tested. Whether you're into classic haunted houses, brutal slashers, or unsettling dread, there's something here guaranteed to get your heart racing. So grab a blanket, turn off the lights, and pick your next fright-night favourite. Sweet dreams.
India.com
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- India.com
This horror-thriller web series will send chills down your spine, climax will blow your mind, series is…, lead actors are…
There are series like 'Panchayat', 'Sarpanch Sahab' and 'Jai Mahendran' which are set in villages and were liked by the audience. There was a lot of comedy and drama in these. We are going to tell you about another such series, which is set in a village, but there is no comedy or drama in it at all. Instead of that, it will give you a bone-chilling experience. Horror Thriller Web Series Betaal Here we are talking about the horror web series 'Betaal', which is set in a village that is mythologically based. It is a horror-thriller series. The name of the series is 'Betaal'. Vineet Kumar Singh has played the lead role in it. Aahana Kumara is also playing an important role with him. 'Betaal' is a series of 4 episodes, which also features Suchitra Pillai, Jatin Goswami, Jitendra Joshi , Siddharth Menon, Manjiri Pupala, Swapnil Kotriwar, Meenal Kapoor, Yashwant Wasnik, Savita Bajaj, Ankur Vikal, Pankaj Upadhyay and Richard Dillane as Colonel Lynedoch. The Storyline Of Betaal The story of the series is about a remote village, where the government is bringing a big project and digging work is to be done there. But the villagers oppose this digging as they fear that a curse might be broken, which will lead to huge devastation. Seeing the villagers' protest, the government sends some army personnel, which is led by Vineet Kumar's character Commander Vikram Sirohi. Sirohi is in cahoots with a corrupt businessman and is engaged in forcibly shifting the villagers. The Bone-Chilling Narrative That Leads To The Army Of Zombies Vikram Sirohi does not know that the tunnel he wants to excavate is teeming with evil forces. A zombie army led by a British colonel appears in the tunnel. This army kills many of Vikram's companions. Vikram Sirohi and his remaining companions fight to escape from these British zombies and for their survival. Vikram destroys the zombie army in the tunnel, but the zombie army in the other barracks overpowers Vikram and his team. The series was created and directed by Patrick Graham, with co-direction by Nikhil Mahajan, a National Award winner. It is produced by Blumhouse Productions along with Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan's VFX company, Red Chillies Entertainment. The series has mostly received negative feedback, although it was praised for its performances and the incorporation of mythology and zombies. However, it faced criticism for its lack of excitement and editing. This series made its debut on Netflix in May 2020 and is currently available for streaming.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jason Blum Gets Candid on Why He Thinks ‘M3GAN 2.0' Failed at the Box Office
Jason Blum, the founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, is reclaiming the narrative around 'M3GAN 2.0,' opting to get candid about why he thinks the sequel — which was previously tracking to open around $45 million — faltered at the box office opening weekend with just $10 million. While appearing on The Town, Blum explained that the underperformance of 'M3GAN 2.0' came down to three basic factors: changing too much from the original, betting on a summer premiere when the first movie premiered in the fall and fast-tracking the movie. More from TheWrap Paramount Says Trump Settlement Doesn't Include PSAs How to Watch the 'Jurassic Park' Movies in Order Angel Studios & Wonder Project Set 'Young Washington' Presidential Biopic for 2026 | Exclusive '40 Acres' Director Says Film Reminds People of Color That 'We Have to Learn Our Own History' Amid Politically Driven Erasures 'We all thought M3GAN was like Superman. We could do anything to her. We could change genres. We could put her in the summer. We could make her look different. We could turn her from a bad guy into a good guy,' Blum said. 'We kind of classically overthought how powerful people's engagement was really with her.' He also pushed the blame on his studio and their timeline rather than the movie's writer/director, Gerard Johnstone. 'Gerard is someone who can solve almost anything you throw at him, but he needs time. He's just one of those directors that needs a lot of time,' the exec explained. At the end of the day, 'M3GAN 2.0' flopping isn't entirely a shocking Hollywood story. Sequels to beloved movies flop all the time. What is notable is Blum's decision to openly talk about Blumhouse's slump while he's in the middle of it. 'Everyone says, 'Oh, I learned so much from failure.' But when they are actually in a situation where things are not going well they sweep it under the rug,' Blum said, adding that his appearance on the podcast came 'right in the middle of the pain.' Blum also noted that because Blumhouse is not a public company, he has the luxury of talking openly about these difficult times without worrying about potential pushback on an earnings call. The studio head is also confident that this down period is just temporary. 'You can't erase 15 years of what we've done, of the filmmakers that we've worked with, for a little slump,' he argued. Blum's episode has been well-regarded by industry insiders. The Blacklist founder Franklin Leonard called the interview a 'masterclass in leadership,' while fellow filmmaker Joe Russo also called it a 'masterclass.' The post Jason Blum Gets Candid on Why He Thinks 'M3GAN 2.0' Failed at the Box Office appeared first on TheWrap.
