Mascot horror gets a lot of criticism for good reason; most of the games in the genre are pretty bad! You can't convince me that Garten of Banban isn't a deep satire of the entire genre and indie game development as a whole! I refuse!

Small rant aside, My Friendly Neighborhood is a solid title that really knows what it wants to be. It's charming, the puzzles are welcome, and on higher difficulties it actually requires thought out resource management.

Is it scary? Not really, but then again how could it be? I think having a hard edge like that would go against the game's core conceit. Sometimes it's better to wear your heart on your sleeve.