Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-25052433-20150919183325/@comment-5699173-20150919223507

=Neutral - I hate Jeff the Killer, and — even more so than him — his fanbase. I find him to be a lame, overly unrealistic Jason/Michael wannabe, and a Villain Sue, at that. His fanbase is even more annoying, defending the story for no other reason than the fact that it's supposedly a classic and because "OMG JEFF IS HAAAAWWWWT!!!!1", all the while writing their numerous pseudo-sequels, or — worse yet — writing a terrible pasta that's so obviously inspired by the original story.

Now, with all that being said, I might be willing to support a rewrite of it, provided that a few things change.

1) No more 12 or 13-year-olds with guns. That was really over the top and ridiculous.

2) Jeff's appearance by the end of the story. Not only is it not scary (at least not to me), but it's not what someone would look like after being drenched in bleach and alcohol and set on fire, regardless of what color clothes they were wearing.

3) Please please PLEASE no super strength for Jeff! It's bad enough that there's so many slasher movies out there were the killer is highly resilient, strong, or has ninja skills (like successfully throwing a knife at a victim).

4) Maybe it'd be best to just take out his deformities completely. Disfigured killers are just WAAAAAY overdone. When I first started typing this, I had something like this in mind. Then I remembered reading a different take on Jeff where he wasn't even disfigured, and yet, he was actually much scarier there than he's been in just about any other story. Just an idea, but not entirely vital as long as it can still be good.

5) Both the character and the story should be much, much darker. I'm not saying pull a Rob Zombie's Halloween and just turn him into a stereotypical killer-in-the-making (i.e. putting up with constant abuse at home and school, animal mutilation and torture, etc), but I just couldn't see that character becoming a notorious serial killer just because of his neglectful parents and some bullies who got his brother put in juvie.

6) Ditch that "go to sleep" catchphrase. I'm fine with him being able to speak, but that phrase is just stupid, especially since it's taken way out of the original picture's context.