Five Nights At Freddy's Movie References Popular Dream Theory
The Five Nights at Freddy's movie has a few references to one of the most popular fan theories from the series - that the events of the fourth game was just a dream.
We’ve all been waiting a long time to see the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie finally escape development hell and hit cinemas and, years after the adaptation was originally announced, it finally hit cinemas and streaming services yesterday. Although the movie isn't doing well at all with critics, it has been a smash success with fans, who seem to love all of the easter eggs, references, and lore. Mild spoilers for some of Five Nights at Freddy's surprises follow.
One easter egg that fans are sure to, well, hate, is the appearance of a Balloon Boy figurine that jump scares Mike throughout the movie. Most people who have played Five Nights at Freddy's 2 don't like Balloon Boy, but it's still pretty funny to see him scaring someone else.
It's almost hard to know where to begin when it comes to Five Nights at Freddy's easter eggs and references, but one of them stands out among the rest for being incredibly meta. As pointed out by Twitter user _IDontKnow_64_, at several points throughout the Five Nights at Freddy's movie, characters can be seen reading a book that's called "Dream Theory".
This is an obvious reference to one of the most popular fan theories in the series - that the events of the games are all just a dream. This is a theory that's been prevalent for pretty much every Five Nights at Freddy's game since the original (and generally any game or film ever that features nightmarish creatures), but it really kicked into gear for Five Nights at Freddy's 4.
That game notably had you controlling a child and notably had "Nightmare" versions of each of the main
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