Movie review
December 3, 2025 · 104 min · PG-13
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a 2025 Blumhouse horror sequel directed by Emma Tammi. Scott Cawthon, the game creator, wrote the script. One year after the first movie, Abby sneaks out to see her animatronic friends at a town festival called Fazfest. The story shows the 1982 origin of the murders by William Afton in a yellow rabbit suit, the spirit of a murdered girl named Charlotte possessing the Marionette, and revenge against adults who ignored her. It stays focused on supernatural horror, family trauma, and franchise lore with no activist or identity themes.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Five Nights at Freddy's 2.
Woke representation / casting
Main cast and leads are white actors reprising franchise roles with no visible identity signaling or quota emphasis in prominent parts. Supporting Black actor Theodus Crane as Mike's friend Jeremiah is minor and story-logical. Voices are standard celebrity/YouTuber. No audience-visible DEI patterns or mismatches with world.
Woke political dialogue
No reports of activist dialogue, lectures, or modern political messaging. Story uses standard horror tropes around murder cover-up and revenge.
Identity-driven story themes
Core story expands FNAF game lore about child murders by killer William Afton, possession by spirits, and revenge by Charlotte/Marionette against adults who ignored her. Parental neglect and corporate suppression appear as plot devices for horror tension, not reframed as current identity politics, systemic oppression, or activist causes.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Mild portrayal of adults and corporate interests suppressing truth about murders to protect the franchise. Not presented as critique of capitalism, patriarchy, whiteness, or Western institutions in activist style. Classic horror villain cover-up and revenge plot.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. Script by franchise creator focuses on consistent lore expansion (Charlotte/Marionette, Toy animatronics, Afton family) without identity-driven reinterpretations or canon alterations for representation.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Extensive searches of news, reviews, and social media found no notable anti-woke or right-leaning complaints that the film pushes woke, DEI, or identity politics. Critic backlash centers on poor storytelling and incoherence. Audience defends film for fanservice. Old 2021 controversy targeted creator Cawthon's conservative donations, not the movie.
Creator track record context
Key writer Scott Cawthon and director Emma Tammi have very low profiles with no activist history (Cawthon has documented conservative Christian background). Most producers and crew are commercial horror professionals. Jason Blum has some liberal commentary credits. No pattern of identity-driven or DEI-focused work among main creatives.
Production
