Fleshing Out the Killer Charater Design

As far as character go with myself i tend to view them in a different light or perspective as it were playing on characteristics that may not be brought to the forefront as much, i like to explore a character working out what makes them tic and why, more so switching up morals so even a good guy can have questionable qualitys and straying away from the perfect good guy who never crosses the line.

When it comes to character design it is the villians or anti heros that i like creating mainly due to the fact they have faults like everyone one of us but on a greater level and exploring this route just brings out a uniqueness that is hard to attain from other styles of character.
This might not be unique for me but creating a villian first or your vision of the villian and fleshing out that character giving it depth makes creating the rest of the cast an easier task because you can ask yourself  'ok how will this character react to this villian and his motives and morals'.

With this concept its a very much a 'what if' situation which reflects on up bringing and traumatic events and what it can do to someone and what path it can lead them to take in the future. Im taking the viewpoint on it so instead of he is a killer full stop giving him something that leads to the understanding to the audience he is damaged mentally and an unreasoning monster of a man is a scary prospect.

One thing im keeping in mind is a phrase 'you fear what you dont understand' and i feel this applies to the slasher genre immensely it is important to only give the audience so much but spilling it all would take away the mystery of the character and more so the fear, keep some of the mystery you keep the fear.

My main aim with this character is to make him a serious monster and not a joke which some slasher villians become thus why the time is being spent so when it comes to the game players will fear to be in his pressence.

Note: Bit of a long this time but i think its one of my better posts im not sure which area ill be covering next so keep a look out for whatever it is i should be putting it up maybe tomorrow. For anyone wondering i stuck the pic of Michael Myers up there for some eye candy not a fan of to much text anyway it is basically a reference or influence on what im creating plus its a cool pic.