Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 Digital Release: Here’s When You Can Watch at Home

Quick heads-up if you were waiting to bring the creepy pizza pals home: Five Nights at Freddy's 2 hits digital on December 23. Yes, that was fast. The sequel only rolled into theaters on December 5, which tracks with how the first movie basically bulldozed the box office last year and became Blumhouse's highest-grossing title ever with $295 million. That means it outpaced Split, The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises. Not subtle success.

So what is FNAF 2 actually about?

It picks up a year after the mess at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Locals have already turned the story into a goofy legend and launched the town's first Fazfest. Meanwhile, former night guard Mike (Josh Hutcherson) and officer Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail) are still hiding the real truth from Mike's 11-year-old sister Abby (Piper Rubio). Naturally, Abby sneaks out to reconnect with her animatronic buddies Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, which kicks off a new round of nightmares. The sequel digs into the true origins of Freddy's and unearths a long-buried threat that's been tucked away for decades. You know, family fun.

Who is in it this time?

The first film's core trio is back: Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Elizabeth Lail (You), and Piper Rubio (Holly & Ivy). Matthew Lillard (Scream) and Theodus Crane (Underground) also return. New faces include Freddy Carter (Shadow and Bone), Wayne Knight (Jurassic Park), Mckenna Grace (Ghostbusters franchise), Teo Briones (Final Destination: Bloodlines), and Lillard's Scream pal Skeet Ulrich. On the voice side, Megan Fox plays Toy Chica, MatPat (FNAF the Musical) voices Toy Bonnie, and Kellen Goff (Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic) is Toy Freddy. Yes, that is a wonderfully odd mix.

How this movie finally happened

The road to the first FNAF was bumpy. It started at Warner Bros., where Gil Kenan (Monster House) was set to direct from a script he was writing with Tyler Burton Smith (the Child's Play remake). After it moved to Blumhouse, Chris Columbus (Home Alone) was attached to direct for years. The version that actually got made was directed by Emma Tammi (The Wind, Into the Dark: Delivered, Into the Dark: Blood Moon) from a screenplay by Tammi, Seth Cuddeback (Mateo), and game creator Scott Cawthon, with story by Tyler MacIntyre and Chris Lee Hill alongside Cawthon. For the sequel, Tammi is back in the director's chair, working from a script by Cawthon. Short version: lots of hands, lots of drafts, and they finally cracked it.

Who made the monsters move

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is produced by Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum and Scott Cawthon, who also produced the first film. Executive producers are Emma Tammi, Beatriz Sequeira, Christopher Warner, Russell Binder, and Marc Mostman. The homicidal animatronics are brought to life by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, which is one of those behind-the-scenes details that makes perfect sense once you see them in action.

Release timing and extras

Digital arrives December 23 at participating retailers, which is a lightning-fast turnaround if you skipped the theater run. If you buy it, you get a solid batch of featurettes that lean into the stunts, puppetry, and deep lore nods:

• Employees of the Month: The Cast – Interviews and behind-the-scenes footage on how the actors built out the new mysteries, surprises, and lore.
• Bringing Freddy & Friends to Life – How stunt doubles and puppeteers leveled up the animatronic chaos.
• Mangle Mayhem – Building Mangle as a multi-limbed nightmare machine.
• High-Strung – Turning the Marionette into an unnervingly graceful terror.
• Sensory Overload: Exploring the Sets – A tour through the sets, Easter eggs, and game-inspired design choices.

Physical media

If you want discs, the 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD land on February 17.

Watching at home or saving it for disc day? Either way, clear a space on the couch and hide the plush toys.