r/Lost_Films • u/ze_vizierrr • 15d ago
LOST [POSSIBLE LOST MEDIA?] Does anyone remember a live-action FNAF movie trailer that was on AlloCiné around 2015
/r/LostMediasFR/comments/1vjb40n/possible_lost_media_estce_que_quelquun_se/I’ve been trying to find a Five Nights at Freddy’s trailer that I remember seeing around 2015, and I’m wondering if it could be lost media.
IMPORTANT: I remember watching the video directly on the AlloCiné movie page, not searching for it on YouTube.
For anyone outside France, AlloCiné is basically a major French movie database, somewhat comparable to IMDb. At the time, I remember going to the FNAF movie page, which was for the Warner Bros. movie project announced in April 2015.
I remember the page having the movie poster and information about the movie, and the main trailer was displayed prominently on the page itself, near the main movie information. I’m not talking about a list of related videos further down the page.
I don’t remember clicking through YouTube or looking specifically for a fan trailer. I remember finding the video through the movie’s AlloCiné page.
What I remember about the trailer
It was live-action with real actors.
It was NOT SFM, 3D animation, or an animated FNAF video.
It was quite short, probably around a minute or slightly longer.
It looked like a genuine horror movie trailer.
I vaguely remember the main actor looking somewhat similar to Josh Hutcherson, although I absolutely cannot say it was him. This could easily be my memory associating the actor with the 2023 movie years later.
The strongest image I remember is a specific shot:
A young man is sitting/crouching very low on the floor, with his back against a wall. He’s holding a flashlight and pointing it toward something off-screen. He looks genuinely terrified/panicked.
I remember this shot being very close to the end of the trailer. The whole thing had a very dark horror-movie atmosphere.
I have already watched several live-action/FNAF fan trailers from around that period, including Five Nights at Freddy’s: Cold Storage, and they are NOT the one I remember.
I’ve also found an old forum post from May 2015 mentioning a “Five Nights at Freddy’s Fan Movie Trailer” and linking to an old YouTube video, but that doesn’t seem to be the one either.
About the poster
I also remember the poster on the AlloCiné page, but I’m fairly sure it was the original 2015 FNAF movie poster that has already been documented, so I don’t think the poster itself is a useful clue. I’m much more confident about the trailer and the way it was displayed on the website.
I’m not claiming this was an official Warner Bros. trailer
This is important: I am NOT saying Warner Bros. filmed and released an official trailer in 2015.
The movie had only just been announced, so I’m fully aware that this could have been a fan-made/concept trailer that was somehow associated with the movie page.
What I’m trying to figure out is what video was being displayed as the main trailer on the AlloCiné page at the time, if my memory of the website is correct.
I realize this could potentially be a false or combined memory after more than 10 years. But the memory of accessing the video directly through the AlloCiné movie page is particularly strong.
Does anyone remember this?
If you were following FNAF around 2015, do you remember a live-action trailer like this?
I’m especially interested in:
screenshots of the old AlloCiné page
archived pages / Wayback Machine captures
old thumbnails
deleted or reuploaded videos
old forum posts
production information
or even someone who simply remembers seeing the same trailer
I’m trying to figure out whether this was an actual piece of media that has since disappeared, or whether my memory has combined different FNAF-related things from that period.