Talk:Teeth.jpg/@comment-28423057-20160607011622

Look, I understand that in certain types of stories, specifically horror, that people are expected to act irrationally. But there's a line you can't cross there and, unfortunately, this crossed it.

These people are unbelieveably stupid. First off, they should've grilled Daniel when it was obvious he knew what was going on. Not going to get anything out of him? NO. Your friend is missing and he, for 100% sure, knows something. Kick in that door and you MAKE HIM TALK. I wouldn't do any less for my friends, that's for sure.

But you know what? Even if they didn't have the stomach for that, they should've CALLED THE POLICE. They have a roommate who knows something about a missing person. That roommate also has a demented photograph of an unknown mutilated young woman, and recently taken ANNOTATED PHOTOS of the missing girl. They should've filed a missing persons report and given the photos to the cops, and let them make the little shit talk. Hell, they probably could've gotten his fingerprints off Lilly's phone as well, proving he'd handled it recently.

And then the end... what? They just pass out and give up? Do they not have adrenaline? The narrator is just going to lay down and die or, even worse, be turned into another little 'art project' for the sick fuck? That's it? No attempt to fight or run? Nothing? Grab one of the damn tools and stab the bastard! I understand they're in shock from the horror, but come on! Many, many protagonists in books and stories have fought back against horrors far worse, but these two morons just give up. I'm sorry, but nobody is that weak willed, or has so little drive to live on. Not to mention, he heard Lilly choking! Is there no willingness to fight back to save his friend?

It's well written. The pacing is pretty good, and I have to admit it did get a little tense when Lilly went missing, but it just spiraled into outright silliness with how these protagonists acted. They showed no signs of intelligence or even common sense, and the last act depended way too much on people acting in a fashion which I can confidently say 99.9% of people in that situation wouldn't have acted. It's just not believable. At all.

A damn shame, considering it was otherwise very well executed. And the realization that Lilly was still alive at the end still managed to creep me out.

I give it three bicuspids, two molars, and four incisors out of 32.