The Banana Splits Movie is a spiritual adaptation (and at one point literally) of the Five Night's at Freddie's horror video game series. This series has been popular with young kids/teens for a while now, and so a film adaptation was likely. However, the film lost the branding rights, and so altered the title slightly, while keeping the movie the same. In essence, this is a movie about animatronic animals from a TV series who turn evil and set out to kill all around them.
Billed as a horror/comedy, this movie gets very little right from both. Save for some wonderfully campy gore moments, this film lacks any sort of comedy, with jokes and situations falling flat. The horror is largely bland, again save the gore effects, which are often quite fun. A man get a large lollipop shoved down his throat, killing him, for example.
Did I have fun here? Not really. I appreciated the campy elements of the film in some ways, but found myself struggling to pay attention for much of the film. It is shot bland, acting is bland, music is bland, suspense is not there, and the creatures are people in furry costumes - bland. All in all, a safe skip, although it may be worth a watch for big fans of horror, or those who enjoy Five Nights at Freddie's.
Billed as a horror/comedy, this movie gets very little right from both. Save for some wonderfully campy gore moments, this film lacks any sort of comedy, with jokes and situations falling flat. The horror is largely bland, again save the gore effects, which are often quite fun. A man get a large lollipop shoved down his throat, killing him, for example.
Did I have fun here? Not really. I appreciated the campy elements of the film in some ways, but found myself struggling to pay attention for much of the film. It is shot bland, acting is bland, music is bland, suspense is not there, and the creatures are people in furry costumes - bland. All in all, a safe skip, although it may be worth a watch for big fans of horror, or those who enjoy Five Nights at Freddie's.