History YMMV / TheSagaOfDarrenShan

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome:
** In ''Tunnels of Blood'' where Mr.Crepsley [[spoiler: kills Murlough in 3 moves!]]
** Also in the same book, Darren climbing the wall of Debby's house just to go up to her window and [[spoiler: kiss her.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny:

* FandomBerserkButton: Calling it a 'British' series is bound to set off a few fans. Author Darren Shan is Anglo-Irish and uses some English slang terms in his writing (for example saying 'trainers' instead of the Irish 'runners'), so there is some merit to this. But the books were written and published in Ireland.

* CounterpartComparison: Steve and Porky from ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' are both the [[spoiler:hero's EvilFormerFriend, selfish, doesn't go on the adventure for justified reasons only to get mad at the hero for not bringing him along, seemingly helping the BigBad of their free will but might as well be manipulated, both are the hero's foil, are more than creepy around the hero's female family members (Porky hits on Ness' mother to the point she's really disgusted when the game begins and Steve makes Darren's little sister [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]), and are all around jerkasses that make you wonder why the hero befriended them in the first place]]. Ofcourse the heroes have more than a few similarities too but not to that extent.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Yellow pants with pink elephants. "Bad choice in boyfriend", indeed.

* {{Narm}}: ''Vampaneze" is a name that belongs more in a parody of urban fantasy.

* UglyCute: Evra looks like half-snake, half-human, but has an adorable personality.

** Plus, the books are so violent and gory, it's not even funny.

** The Vampenze Lord, aka [[spoiler: Steve "Leopard" Leonard]], is an unstable tyrant who starts up a war with the vampires to get back at Mr. Crepsley for turning Darren into a vampire and not him. Among his actions are seducing the hero's sister in order to get her pregnant; using his own son as a bargaining chip against Darren; and [[NeckSnap snapping the neck]] of Evra's [[WouldHurtAChild son]] just [[ForTheEvulz for his own sick joy]]. Even [[EvenEvilHasStandards the other Vampenze dislike him]] and only serve him because they have to.

** The Vampenze Lord aka [[spoiler: Steve "Leopard" Leonard]] is an unstable tyrant who starts up a war with the vampires [[spoiler: to get back at Mr. Crepsley for turning Darren into a vampire and not him.]] Probably his worst actions are seducing the hero's sister in order to get her pregnant and use his ''son'' as a bargaining chip against Darren and snapping the neck of Evra's son just for his own sick joy. There is a reason [[EvenEvilHasStandards the other Vampenze dislike and only serve him because they have to.]]
** Mr. Tiny is a sadistic time traveler who is revealed to have manipulated almost all the terrible events in history just for his own personal pleasure. He brags about the way he likes to drink the blood of children claiming "it's so sweet", and on another occasion claims he is excited to witness a volcano that will kill thousands. The worst part is the way [[spoiler: he pitted Darren and Steve against one another, insisting that the vampires only have three chances to kill Steve before he overthrows the Vampires. Whichever boy won -- Darren or Steve -- would become the Lord of Shadows, kill all of their friends, and became the ruler of the world. When Darren decides to ScrewDestiny and let both himself and Steve die, Mr. Tiny instead creates dragons which results in the Post-Apocalyptic world as seen in ''The Lake of Souls''.]] [[ForTheEvulz The reason he did all of this]]? He looked into the future and saw that things were going to be too peaceful for his liking, so he set the stage for a lot of chaos to [[ItAmusedMe amuse him]].

** Mr. Tiny is a sadistic time traveler who is revealed to have manipulated almost all the terrible events in history just for his own personal pleasure. He brags about the way he likes to drink the blood of children claiming "it's so sweet", and on another occasion claims he is excited to witness a volcano that will kill thousands. The worst part is the way [[spoiler: he pitted Darren and Steve against one another, insisting that the vampires only have three chances to kill Steve before he overthrows the Vampires. Whichever boy won - Darren or Steve - would become the Lord of Shadows, kill all of their friends, and became the ruler of the world. When Darren decides to ScrewDestiny and let both himself and Steve die, Mr. Tiny instead creates dragons which results in the Post-Apocalyptic world as seen in ''The Lake of Souls''.]] [[ForTheEvulz The reason he did all of this]]? He looked into the future and saw that things were going to be too peaceful for his liking, so he set the stage for a lot of chaos to [[ItAmusedMe amuse him]].

** Mr Desmond Tiny

** [[spoiler: When Darren said good bye to Mr Crepsley before entering the Hall of Flames, and asked him to take his body to his hometown and burry him in his grave, in case he didn't make it, so he could be close to his family. Even [[TheStoic Larten]] dropped a SingleTear. ]]

* UnfortunateImplications: Debbie Hemlock, a character describe as dark-skinned in the book series, is replaced with Rebecca, a monkey girl, in the movie.

* NauseaFuel: Book 2 helpfully gives us a graphic description of [[spoiler: the werewolf devouring Sam's intestines. Made even worse by the fact that he's only TWELVE YEARS OLD.]]

** The main character just barely stops himself from attacking his beloved younger sister. That's bad enough, but he realises that the only thing he can do to keep his family safe is to fake his own death and leave them and all his friends, forever. He's about 12 years old. It's made worse by the fact that we have to read the reactions of the distraught family.

** The Vampenze Lord aka [[spoiler: Steve "Leopard" Leonard]] is an unstable tyrant who starts up a war with the vampires [[spoiler: to get back at Mr. Crepsley for turning Darren into a vampire and not him.]] Probably his worst actions are seducing the hero's sister in order to get her pregnant and use his ''son'' as a bargaining chip against Darren and snapping the neck of Evra's son just for his own sick joy. There is a reason [[EvenEvilHasStandards the other Vampenze dislike and only serve him because they have to.]]
** Mr. Tiny is a sadistic time traveler who is revealed to have manipulated almost all the terrible events in history just for his own personal pleasure. He brags about the way he likes to drink the blood of children claiming "it's so sweet", and on another occasion claims he is excited to witness a volcano that will kill thousands. The worst part is the way [[spoiler: he pitted Darren and Steve against one another, insisting that the vampires only have three chances to kill Steve before he overthrows the Vampires. Whichever boy won - Darren or Steve - would become the Lord of Shadows, kill all of their friends, and became the ruler of the world. When Darren decides to ScrewDestiny and let both himself and Steve die, Mr. Tiny instead creates dragons which results in the Post-Apocalyptic world as seen in ''The Lake of Souls''.]] [[ForTheEvulz The reason he did all of this]]? He looked into the future and saw that things were going to be too peaceful for his liking, so he set the stage for a lot of chaos to [[ItAmusedMe amuse him]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids

* CompleteMonster: Mr. Tiny, and [[spoiler: Steve]].

** How could you forget in ''Tunnels of Blood'' where Mr.Crepsley [[spoiler: kills Murlough in 3 moves!]]
** And of course, also in the same book, Darren climbing the wall of Debby's house just to go up to her window and [[spoiler: kiss her.]]

* CompleteMonster: In order from most evil to least, Mr. Tiny, [[spoiler: Steve]], Murlough.

* MagnificentBastard. Steve. Oh, God, ''Steve''.

** [[spoiler: Desomd Tiny]] may have already had his a long time ago, as it's implied that he's been screwing with people and time for centuries.

* NightmareFuel: Everything from creepy crawlies to out and out {{squick}}y violence. That said, the scene from ''The Vampire's Assistant'' where [[spoiler: Reggie Veggie has just had his hands ripped off by a werewolf he'd been trying to "liberate" and proceeds to run around the forest screaming about his "hands, my haaaaands man, my haaaands"]] is right up there.

* TearJerker: [[spoiler: After Mr.Crepsley dies, the way Darren describes him is heartbreaking.]]
** [[spoiler: Let's not forget Sam's death, especially how Darren acts afterwards.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: Debbie Hemlock, a character describe as dark skinned in the book series, is replaced with Rebecca, a monkey girl, in the movie.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: How could you forget in ''Tunnels of Blood'' where Mr.Crepsley [[spoiler: kills Murlough in 3 moves!]]
*** And of course, also in the same book, Darren climbing the wall of Debby's house just to go up to her window and [[spoiler: kiss her.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mr. Crepsley. Just about every fan has him in their top five, if not as their absolute favourite. Steve, Harkat and Kurda (though even the author doesn't quite know why) are also very popular, though Darren gets plenty of love.
** Also Arra and (debatably) Debbie are very popular among female fans.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Mr. Crepsley. Just about every fan has him in their top five, if not as their absolute favourite. Steve, Kurda and Harkat are also very popular, though Darren gets plenty of love.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Steve, when he kills Shancus Von.]] There was no reason for it neither; he did it just to screw with [[spoiler: Evra.]]

** [[spoiler: Darren also hits his when he attempts to kill Darius for revenge on Steve.]] He's stopped, but his intents were clear.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: This is Darren Shan we're talking about. It's practically obligatory for everything he writes. Don't read it before you go to sleep.
** It only makes things worse that this series was his young adult series, though it contains all manner of horrible, violent deaths. Imagine how messed up his adult books are?!

** The [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel nightmare fuel]] in this series pales in comparison to TheDemonata series.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: In ''Killers of the Dawn'' when [[spoiler: Mr.Crepsley fights Steve, the Lord of the Vampaneze and Gannen]]
** How could you forget in ''Tunnels of Blood'' where Mr.Crepsley [[spoiler: kills Murlough in 3 moves!]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: This Darren Shan we're talking about. It's practically obligatory for everything he writes. Don't read it before you go to sleep.

** [[spoiler: Darren's description of his abandoning his friends and family in the first book is crushingly depressing.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: Debbie Hemlock, a character describe as dark skinned in the book series, is replaced with Rebecca, a monkey girl, in the movie.

** It's classified as horror according to the cover, and the deaths are indeed horrible sometimes, but Shan's style is so matter-of-fact about the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel nightmare fuel]] that, to some, it just isn't that scary. YourMileageMayVary, though.