Thank you for the great feedback! I love your game so much, I was playing a ton of it yesterday.
At one point during development we discussed whether we should add a "pull" mechanic to the game. We were running out of time and instead decided to make the statues "creep" toward you. It felt like the right choice because it makes the statues a bit more eerie. This is definitely not a perfect solution and is one of the first mechanics we'll revisit if we make updates to the game.
For being able to move in the dark, that's definitely a good point. From our testing it seemed to depend on a person's play styles. I watched some turn the lights out and move in the dark (remembering where they were) and others only move in the light while checking for clues in the dark.