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Look, I’ll be honest, what I really wanted from a live-action Five Nights at Freddy’s movie was something that just let the incredible animatronics – if Jim Henson’s Creature Shop had built them, that would have been amazing – take center stage, and didn’t bother too much with the human characters. Sadly, we’re not there yet. And even though I was cautiously optimistic, the new Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, from Blumhouse and Universal, actually got worse reviews than the first one – you can read our review here – mostly because the story just wasn’t very well put together.

As a big film buff, I find it fascinating how the Hannibal Lecter stories came to be. Most people know him from the films and the TV show, and Thomas Harris wrote four novels featuring the character between 1981 and 2006 – all of which have been adapted for the screen, sometimes more than once! But what’s really interesting is that none of that would have happened without his very first novel, Black Sunday, and the movie version that came out in 1977. It was that story that really launched the whole Hannibal universe as we know it.

These shows grab your attention right away and stay engaging until the very end. Each episode consistently develops the characters, advances the plot, and explores the show’s central ideas. In an age where many viewers skip parts or get distracted, these shows demand—and deserve—focused viewing.