Gameplay: I accidentally spoiled myself by reading the other raters' comments, so I had no problems figuring out how to play. I really like the idea of your game. One minor downside is that if you get distracted in the second the level shows the NPCs, you cannot go back and look again. A prompt at before showing them (Press any key to start...) would be nice. On the first level, you could use it to hint at what the player should do.
Creativity: I think the idea of hidden scary obstacles is creative.
Graphics, Sound and Polish: The graphics are good simple pixel art, the sounds are well done (I have no VIC experience so I cannot really compare).
Interpretation of Theme and Completeness of Game: Scaring me is difficult, but I consider the game extremely interesting at least.