Thanks for the reply/giving the game a try! I definitely agree with the message on the statues, it really doesn't fit theme wise with the rest of the graphics (it was the last thing i put in, and while not hard to implement I was pretty done with the game at that point :) ). 

thanks for giving the game a try! The ghosts can certainly sneak up on you as your field of view is pretty small (256 x 240 resolution). I should probably have them spawn in with disabled colliders until they finish spawning in though as u could certainly have one spawn right in front of or even on your position. 

Thanks for giving it a try! I really like making the pixel graphics (I use pyxel).