Skulduggery Pleasant/Nightmare Fuel

The High Octane Nightmare Fuel starts from almost the first page.

"Hallucination Melissa: My Stephanie would never kill anyone.
 * Skulduggery himself. An animated skeleton who is so crazy and untrustworthy that even his friends don't think Valkyrie should be around him.
 * The water-soluble mook of Serpine's in the first book probably qualifies, too.
 * The Grotesquery.
 * Some of the more...graphic descriptions. See also Your Head Asplode.
 * Tanith's torture and imprisonment in Dark Days. She was nailed to a chair for at least a day.
 * The Remnants definitely qualify. Spirits that seem to be made of pure rage and black smoke and shove themselves down your throat in order to possess you.
 * The large amount of Squick and Fridge Horror involved with  She can't stop herself from doing anything. The conversation it has with Valkyrie (while her parents were there) was one of the more creepier parts of a very creepy book. Also? It's suggested to be permanent.
 * Remnant Clarabelle should get a special mention. The other Remnants are basically just evil versions of themselves. When Clarabelle gets possessed, she goes bat shit insane.
 * In Mortal Coil, Valkyrie needs to have her true name sealed. The ensuing scene is not for the faint of heart.
 * Special mention goes to  *shudder* Sweet dreams, people.
 * How about the surgery itself? The sounds described...
 * How about the surgery itself? The sounds described...

Hallucination Desmond: My Stephanie would."


 * Doctor Nye in general. The fact that s/he's barely described makes it even worse.
 * Nye now works for the Sanctuary. Every time Sanctuary agents get hurt, they are patched up by a magic version of Josef Mengele.
 * The Dullahan dragging off a random woman.
 * Skulduggery again, in the beginning of Dark Days. When
 * Pretty much any time Skulduggery loses his cool is High Octane Nightmare Fuel.
 * To expand on this,  Remind me again why this is marketed towards kids?
 * The Faceless Ones themselves, especially when the reader finds out that 'faceless' is not a metaphor. When a Faceless One possesses a vessel, the vessel's face melts off.
 * The Jitter Girls. The name isn't very threatening compared to the likes of Nefarian Serpine and Lord Vile.  Really.
 * The way the attack Valkyrie  and her subsequent retaliation   isn't much better either.
 * The description of Mr. Bliss in the first book.
 * Lord Vile,
 * Ghastly talks to Tanith about his mother. The woman was Badass incarnate. She beat both Baron Vengeous and Serpine into retreat. Some of Mevolent's best men would see her and run. Her mistake was going against Lord Vile.
 * And now we know why Skulduggery freaked out... crap.
 * The Torment. I like spiders and he scared the hell out of me.
 * The Reflection. Let's face it, it's creepy as hell.
 * Anathem Mire. And his house. Definitely his house.
 * Finbar being possessed by the Faceless Ones.
 * Possibly made better (or even worse) by the fact that Finbar doesn't think it's that unusual.
 * Caelan, anyone? I mean... he kisses (in a disturbingly passionate way) and stalks a sixteen year old. Comparisons to Twilight are fantastic Nightmare Retardant however.
 * Everything about
 * Valkyrie,  She doesn't panic. She's confused about her hands not shaking. And then   starts whispering to her. Getting her to calm down.
 * Soon.
 * Moore.
 * The amount of pervy men who openly lust after the teenage Valkyrie throughout the series. The worst has to be Anathem Mire.
 * Valkyrie,  She doesn't panic. She's confused about her hands not shaking. And then   starts whispering to her. Getting her to calm down.
 * Soon.
 * Moore.
 * The amount of pervy men who openly lust after the teenage Valkyrie throughout the series. The worst has to be Anathem Mire.