What age is Five Nights at Freddy's appropriate for?

Rated PG-13 in the US. 13, alone or with a parent; 13 in France. The whole movie, watched in full: what's in it, and how to talk about it with your child.

Why is Five Nights at Freddy's not recommended under 13?

What's in it: the official rating, first; children killed, long ago, in the pizzeria; adults crushed by the machines; a little sister in danger. The detail, fact by fact, is in the zinema guide, which reads the work itself (images, sound, dialogue).

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Five Nights at Freddy's: what age is it for? 13, alone or with a parent

From 13, alone or with a parent.

Movie · 2023 · 1 h 50 · horror, thriller

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The official US rating is PG-13, and we never go below it. Alone from 13, and not before, even with an adult.

Official US rating: PG-13. In France, zinema would say 13.

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What it's about

Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.

Why 13

The official rating, firstRated PG-13 in the US (parents strongly cautioned, some material may be inappropriate for children under 13); 12 ans in France. zinema never goes below the country's rating: it explains it.
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Children killed, long ago, in the pizzeriaThe heart of the film is the disappearance of five children in an abandoned restaurant, and what their ghosts inhabit today; the hero himself lost his little brother, abducted before his eyes. The word death returns, and that is the subject.
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Adults crushed by the machinesThe animatronics attack at night: a man cut in half off screen, a woman devoured by a cupcake mascot, intruders killed one by one. Little blood on screen, many jolts: close to three hundred loud shocks and twelve silences that explode.
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A little sister in dangerThe ten-year-old heroine is abducted by her aunt, then trapped in the pizzeria with the machines; many scenes of a child alone in the dark.
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What the movie brings

A big brother raising his little sister alone and refusing to lose her: the film is also a family story.
The children's ghosts as allies rather than monsters, an idea that reassures young players.
The video game faithfully transposed, with its cameras and doors: those who know it find everything.

Watching it together

Before

Warn that the film is built to make you jump and that children died there long ago; ten-year-old players will ask for it, thirteen is the age, twelve with you.

After

at 13 and up

Mike agrees to relive his nightmare every night to understand: does it help him or trap him?

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A zinema reading from September 19, 2026 · the whole movie, watched in full · the age by zinema's rules for the US and France, and a human reading · report an error · how this guide is made