The Christmas lights are strung, trees are decorated, holiday spirit is in the air — and possessed animatronics are once again coming to life as Five Nights at Freddy’s returns.

The sequel to 2023’s hit horror film — based on the video game series of the same name — is breaking with the typical spooky season release schedule to debut close to Christmas, as star Josh Hutcherson joked to The Hollywood Reporter at the L.A. premiere, “It’s basically like The Santa Clause .”

“A little bit of counterprogramming is fun — I don’t like Christmas all that much myself, so if I were going to the theater, I would go see a horror movie instead of like a Christmas movie,” he added of the sequel’s release date, while co-star Matthew Lillard noted how “Christmas is saved for big films” and Fi

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