Five Nights At Freddy's Has A Dark Proposition For Fans
Looking for a new gig? Is the potential of being chopped to bits by an animatronic bear not a deal breaker? Well, the producers of "Five Nights at Freddy's" definitely have an offer for you.
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00:00 Looking for a new gig? Is the potential of being chopped to bits by an animatronic bear not a deal-breaker?
00:06 Well, the producers of Five Nights at Freddy's definitely have an offer for you.
00:10 Murderous mascots are disconcerting and all, but everyone knows that's not the scariest part of Five Nights at Freddy's.
00:16 No, the true horror of the mega-popular multimedia franchise is the prospect of having to search for a new job.
00:23 The days start to blur together when you're unemployed, at least when you're not worrying about how to pay your monthly utility bills
00:29 or whether you can actually afford to buy groceries.
00:31 It's also why once you lock down your latest gig, it's hard to give it up,
00:35 even if it does entail working the night shift at a crumbling family entertainment center
00:39 where your mechanical co-workers are prone to committing homicide for funsies.
00:43 One presumes that's the same reason Josh Hutcherson's Mike Schmidt ignores all the red flags
00:48 upon being hired to operate as the late-night security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza in the Five Nights at Freddy's movie.
00:54 "I will take anything."
00:56 By the time he learns that the Chuck E. Cheese-like Fun Center's animatronic mascots,
01:00 Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, tend to sneak up on and kill people under the cover of darkness,
01:06 it's too late to back out.
01:08 The job market is just too fragile to give up on every employment opportunity that comes your way,
01:12 just because you might die on the clock.
01:14 Perhaps you can leverage that into a better health care plan.
01:17 This exciting opening isn't limited just to Mike, though.
01:20 In fact, you too can apply for the night guard's job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza ahead of the Five Nights at Freddy's movie.
01:26 Willing workers can text 1-833-578-0158 to put in an application to be the new night shift security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.
01:36 The Five Nights at Freddy's movie's official account on X, formerly known as Twitter,
01:40 posted a wanted ad with all the necessary information about the job,
01:44 along with some fine print reading,
01:46 "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is not liable for any injuries, deaths, or dismemberments that may occur."
01:51 Those who text the number should receive a reply reading,
01:54 "Freddy Fazbear's needs a new security guard and invites you to apply."
01:58 There will also be a link where applicants are asked to provide their personal information,
02:02 thus getting your official interview underway.
02:05 Of course, it's all just a marketing campaign for the movie, but it's pretty fun, right?
02:09 In a year that's already seen the release of exciting new installments and horror franchises,
02:13 including Evil Dead and The Nun, as well as original scary hits like Talk to Me,
02:18 the release of the Five Nights at Freddy's movie might just be the biggest horror event of 2023.
02:23 It's a film that's been long in the making since it was announced in 2015,
02:27 with Abraham Lincoln vampire hunter writer Seth Graham Smith
02:30 originally set to adapt the big screen version of the original video game series.
02:34 Much has changed since then, though,
02:36 with horror scene up-and-comer Emma Tommy now co-writing and directing the movie
02:40 for horror production hub Blumhouse.
02:42 Five Nights at Freddy's isn't the first 2023 horror movie
02:45 to indulge in some viral marketing to generate further hype, either.
02:49 Megan kicked off the year in horror with a bang back in January,
02:52 after clips of the titular robot doll slaying, in more sense than one,
02:57 to the rhythm of some sick beats spread like wildfire across the internet.
03:01 The summer's insidious The Red Door even indulged in a bit of hype-building
03:04 similar to what Five Nights at Freddy's is doing,
03:06 by setting up a phone number where fans could contact the Further
03:09 and get in touch with all those lonely, lipstick-faced demons
03:12 looking for some company therein.
03:14 But why settle for being a demonic creature's one-night stand
03:17 when there's a probably shortened lifetime of opportunity awaiting you
03:21 with a career at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza?
03:23 "Okay."
03:24 You can get a glimpse of all the excitement the company has to offer
03:28 when Five Nights at Freddy's opens in theaters
03:30 and begins streaming on Peacock on October 27, 2023.
03:34 [music]