History YMMV / Darkman

!!Randall Boyll's {{Novelization}}

*** [[AristocratsAreEvil Sanford Lowell]] is the [[DirtyCop police commissioner]] and the former chairman of the Metropolitan Club. In actuality, Sanford is revealed to be a SerialKiller known as Matthew Hopkins, aka "The Witchfinder", who [[KillThePoor prey on the homeless]] and have them burnt on a stake, or kidnap them so he could torture them in his [[TortureCellar personal chamber]]. Having done so to an innocent woman known as Grey Bess, Sanford later drugs Darkman so he could torment him within his torture chambers.

* FriendlyFandoms: Pretty much all fans of this films are Creator/SamRaimi fans, and there is an overlap when it comes to ''Franchise/EvilDead'', because of the horror elements, and ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', for being a superhero film, fans. There was even a crossover between ''Darkman'' and ''Evil Dead'' with ''ComicBook/DarkmanVsArmyOfDarkness''.

* NarmCharm: Creator/SamRaimi's always had a talent for cultivating this, and the {{Narm}}-y scenes can be laugh-out-loud funny and still not lose much, if any, of their dramatic impact.

* FriendlyFandoms: Pretty much all fans of this films are Creator/SamRaimi fans, and there is an overlap when it comes to Franchise/EvilDead, because of the horror elements, and ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', for being a superhero film, fans. There was even a crossover between ''Darkman'' and ''Evil Dead'' with ''ComicBook/DarkmanVsArmyOfDarkness''.

** If FanonDiscontiuity applies in connection to the sequel, seeing Darkman [[spoiler:force Durant to crash and blow up in his helicopter]] is a cool, satisfying moment.

* FriendlyFandoms: Pretty much all fans of this films are Creator/SamRaimi fans, and there is an overlap when it comes to ''Franchise/EvilDead'', because of the horror elements, and ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', for being a superhero film, fans. There was even a crossover between ''Darkman'' and ''Evil Dead'' with ''ComicBook/DarkmanVsArmyOfDarkness''.

* FriendlyFandom: Pretty much all fans of this films are Creator/SamRaimi fans, and there is an overlap when it comes to ''Franchise/EvilDead'', because of the horror elements, and ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', for being a superhero film, fans. There was even a crossover between ''Darkman'' and ''Evil Dead'' with ''ComicBook/DarkmanVsArmyOfDarkness''.

** The carnival scene, due to its CreepyCircusMusic and jarring, almost JumpScare-y cuts to extreme close ups on creepy clown statues and a Laffing Sal while Peyton is losing his cool.

** Darkman. Peyton Westlake was an aspiring man of science working on a synthetic skin that can help those with scarred body parts, who gets his life ruined for being at the wrong place in the wrong time by the hands of a deranged criminal gang that sadistically mutilate and leave him to die in an explosion, ending up scarred on the inside and out into a MoodSwinger AntiHero.

** Darkman.
** Julie and then some. She really can not catch a break.

** The carnival scene, due to its CreepyCircusMusic and jarring, almost JumpScare-y cuts to extreme close ups on creepy clown statues and a Laughing Sally while Peyton is losing his cool.

* NightmareFuel: Peyton's mutilation.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Bad controls, bad graphics, bad mechanics (the quality of the pictures you take affects how long the masks you make last, rather than how well they fool people), silly levels (a ''circus'' level), and AWinnerIsYou ending. At least the soundtrack was [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic amazing.]]

* {{Narm}}:
** "Take it! Take it! Take the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] elephant!"
** "See the Dancing Freak, just five bucks!"
** [[LargeHam Strack]] is no slouch in this department either.
*** "HIGH STEEL!"
*** "Look...look about you. It's all mine...because I built it! I BUILT IT ALL!!!"

** [[AristocratsAreEvil Sanford Lowell]] is the [[DirtyCop police commissioner]] and the former chairman of the Metropolitan Club. In actuality, Sanford is revealed to be a SerialKiller known as Matthew Hopkins, aka "The Witchfinder", who [[KillThePoor prey on the homeless]] and have them burnt on a stake, or kidnap them so he could torture them in his [[TortureCellar personal chamber]]. Having done so to an innocent woman known as Grey Bess, Sanford later drugs Darkman so he could torment him within his torture chambers.
** [[TheStarscream Claude Bellasarious]] is a member of the Metropolitan Club before betraying Sanford Lowell and having him [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]]. Becoming the [[KlingonPromotion new head of the Club]], Claude has a MadScientist resurrect the infamous [[PsychoForHire Robert G. Durant]] with the intent of having him kill Darkman to secure his power. Once Claude learns Darkman has survived his battle with Durant, Claude orders Durant to destroy a village of homeless people in order to find and finish Darkman, resulting with Durant and his men planning to leave no survivors.
** [[ArchEnemy Robert G. Durant]] comes [[ResurrectedMurderer back from the dead]] as a cyborg after his first demise in the first movie. Durant reveals himself to the Metropolitan Club members and fellow criminals, ripping a man's arms off for making fun of his new body while openly stating his new hobby of collecting people's arms. Durant later kidnaps Darkman's LoveInterest and plans to tear her to shreds while [[ForcedToWatch he makes Darkman watch]] purely to hurt him. After breaking Darkman's ribs, he and his men raid a small village of homeless people to find and kill Darkman, ordering his goons to [[LeaveNoSurvivors leave no one alive]] and burn the place to the ground.