History YMMV / DarkPlaces

** [[spoiler: Calvin Diehl ''admits'' he crossed this when he killed Debby, a little girl, ''with an axe''. Interestingly, though, Diehl expresses ''far'' more angst over killing Debby than either Diondra or Ben do over Michelle's death, though Ben and Libby both admit that Ben ''hated'' Michelle.]]
* UnfortunateImplications: None of Ben's fangirls are depicted positively, but none framed more unfavorably than his only overweight fan. She's described as having dried egg left in her hair upon her introduction, eats too much, is emotionally abusive to family members, and keeps a photo of Libby with devil horns drawn on it. The implications of having one of the very few explicitly fat characters be so especially unlikeable isn't nice, to say the least. The only non-murderous character to be depicted more unfavorably is Libby's dad.

** [[spoiler: Calvin Diehl ''admits'' he crossed this when he killed Debby, a little girl, ''with an axe''. Interestingly, though, Diehl expresses ''far'' more angst over killing Debby than either Diondra or Ben do over Michelle's death, though Ben and Libby both admit that Ben ''hated'' Michelle.]]

* JerkassWoobie: Krissi Cates. What she said about Ben was messed up, but [[YouHaveFailedMe did she really deserve the response she got from her parents]], especially her own mother walking out on her?

* MoralEventHorizon: It's hard to say when/if Diondra crosses this. [[spoiler: Her murder of Michelle is a least partially explained by her FreudianExcuse and desperation to flee Kinnakee to protect her unborn daughter (if that was her motivation--she admits her father would have her have the baby first), but when she tells Ben Libby has to die too, even though there's no guarantee Libby even saw anything, she becomes less redeemable.]]

** [[spoiler: Calvin Diehl ''admits'' he crossed this when he killed Debby, a little girl, ''with an axe''. Interestingly, though, Diehl expresses ''far'' more angst over killing Debby than either Diondra or Ben do over Michelle's death, though Ben and Libby both admit that Ben ''hated'' Michelle.]]
* WTHCastingAgency: Gorgeous Christina Hendricks being cast as Patti, a dowdy mother of four.
** Charlize Theron is 5'10 and is playing Libby, who is 4'10 and becomes something important in the climax.

** [[spoiler: Calvin Diehl ''admits'' he crossed this when he killed Debby, a little girl, ''with an axe''. Interestingly, though, Diehl expresses ''far'' more angst over killing Debby than either Diondra or Ben do over Michelle's death.]]

** Charlize Theron is 5'10 and is playing Libby, who is 4'10 and becomes something of a ChekovsSkill in the climax.

** Charlize Theron is 5'10 and is playing Libby, who is 4'10 and becomes something of a ChekovsSkill in the climex.

* WTHCastingAgency: Gorgeous Christina Hendricks being cast as Patti, a dowdy mother of four.

** [[spoiler: Was Michelle an AssholeVictim or was she just a bratty kid who heard a little too much?]]
** [[spoiler: Did Runner cross the DespairEventHorizon after the death of his ex-wife, conviction of his son and death of two daughters, or was he always going to end up a drunkn waste?]]

* MoralEventHorizon: It's hard to say when/if Diondra crosses this. [[spoiler: Her murder of Michelle is a least partially explained by her FreudianExcuse and desperation to flee Kinnakee to protect her unborn daughter, but when she tells Ben Libby has to die too, even though there's no guarantee Libby even saw anything, she becomes less redeemable.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: In the book, Libby Day is 4'10". In the film, she's played by Creator/CharlizeTheron...who is 5'10". There's also the gorgeous Christina Hendricks being cast as Patti, a dowdy mother of four.

* WTHCastingAgency: In the book, Libby Day is 4'10". In the upcoming film, she's played by Creator/CharlizeTheron...who is 5'10".
** There's also the gorgeous Christina Hendricks being cast as Patti, a dowdy mother of four.

** Libby pretty much admits she's this, but given her horrendous childhood, it's understandable.

** [[spoiler: Did Diondra plan on killing Michelle as soon as she heard about the blackmail, or was it spur of the moment? Did she only do it for fear of her unborn child or was she just a selfish bitch?]]
** Trey. Was he just an asshole KarmaHoudini who got away with bullying Ben, or was he suffering from being TheScapegoat because of his Indian heritage? [[spoiler: Did he know that Diondra would try to kill Libby when he gave Libby Diondra's porn name, or was he genuinely trying to help?]]

** [[spoiler: Calvin Diehl ''admits'' he crossed this when he killed Debby, a little girl, ''with an axe''.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: In the book, Libby Day is 4'10". In the upcoming film, she's played by Creator/CharlizeTheron...who is 5'10".

** [[spoiler: Calvin Diehl ''admits'' he crossed this when he killed Debby, a little girl, ''with an axe''.]]

** MoralEventHorizon: It's hard to say when/if Diondra crosses this. [[spoiler: Her murder of Michelle is a least partially explained by her FreudianExcuse and desperation to flee Kinnakee to protect her unborn daughter, but when she tells Ben Libby has to die too, even though there's no guarantee Libby even saw anything, she becomes less redeemable.]]

* AlternativeCharacterIntepretation: A lot of the characters are very ambiguous.