User blog comment:Elaliser/Jeff the Killer is a terrible pasta/@comment-1631480-20140228100320/@comment-4832646-20140228174622

Obviously you have no idea what people who are interested in creepiness rather than horror are after.

Looks can be good, but if it's out right stupid and obviously not real, it spoils the mood. Jeff the Killer follows absolutely no sense of realism, relying on generic tactics in order to make itself scary.


 * A young prebuscent child becoming a killer. Because children are obviously scarier than adults, right?
 * Self mutilation to present the antagonist becoming insane and willing to do anything.
 * Gary Stu. Even though he's 12-15 years old, he has the ability to take on three people with guns. Obviously something to be feared.
 * Psychological weakness. The story was rushed. Jeff himself is a psychological and mental weakling, breaking after even the slightest twinge of stress. Obviously, he should be feared for this.

None of the above are by any means scary, and the fact that Jeff is "genre-defining" pisses me off, to be honest. Looks and stuff have nothing to do with it. Readers look for realism, and Jeff lacks this.