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11	[[CrapsaccharineWorld Los Santos]] [[WideOpenSandbox is a big, big place]]. With the graphic improvement, [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] places, AxCrazy people, brutal scenes, violent criminals, [[{{Cult}} malignant cults]] and [[NebulousCriminalConspiracy corrupt agencies]], it's quite clear that Creator/RockstarGames were trying to go for something BloodierAndGorier with ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''.
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20	[[folder:Grand Theft Auto V: Story Mode]]
21	* In Friend Request, Michael, at the behest of Lester, plants a device into a prototype [=LifeInvader=] phone and is told to call it when the founder, Jay Norris, demonstrates it. The kicker? The device was an explosive. He's right out in front of the public, he holds the ringing phone up to his ear, then BOOM! [[YourHeadAsplode His head asplodes]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Michael is audibly shocked]].
22	** Really, the idea of Lester getting mad at someone at all. While the people he targets in Assassination missions are [[AssholeVictim far from undeserving]], they had no idea that they had attracted the ire of a dumpy little man who is suddenly sending assassins after them. He's like if Anonymous had access to a crew of hardcore criminals to kill anyone that displeased them. This is further compounded in the multiplayer; you can call Lester in at any time to put a bounty on other players, for ''[[ForTheEvulz any]] [[DisproportionateRetribution reason]]'' at all at ''[[ParanoiaFuel any time]]''.
23	* '''Trevor. Fucking. Philips'''. For starters, he's an extremely deranged maniac who commits all sorts of horrific crimes for no reason other than [[ForTheEvulz for the fun of it]] and [[CardCarryingVillain utterly revels in his villainy]]. While he mostly balances that out with BlackComedy, even that doesn't stop him from being NightmareFuelStationAttendant extraordinaire. When he [[AxCrazy goes berserk]] though, it's an absolutely horrifying sight to behold both from the player's perspective as well as the perspective of his victims. To put it mildly, he's GTA's own version of [[VideoGame/Postal2 the Postal Dude]].
24	** His first mission "Mr. Philips", has him stomp the side of [[VideoGame/{{GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned}} Johnny Klebitz's]] face in during an argument, leaving a bloody red pulp on the side of the road. After that, Trevor proceeds to mow down the rest of Klebitz's faction of the Lost MC with little to no resistance! Imagine you are one of the Lost and you just got word Johnny K along with Terry and Clay are ''dead'' thanks to that local eccentric meth dealer who's been known to throw temper tantrums out of the blue. As you prepare yourself for combat, you see said dealer whip out a shotgun and lay waste to your entire gang almost as if he's supernatural.
25	-->'''Trevor:''' ''"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU SPEAKING TO?! WHO?! WHO?! I'M TALKIN' TO YOU, HUH?! YOU FUCK! NEXT TIME, DON'T GET IN MY FUCKIN' FACE! I JUST SAW A FUCKIN' GHOST AND I GOTTA HEAR YOUR CRAP?! GET UP! '''GET UP!!''' FUCK YOU, THEN!"''
26	** The scene also showcases how frighteningly unpredictable Trevor can be. He goes from somewhat [[DeadpanSnarker calm and snarky]] to [[DepravedBisexual quietly propositioning Johnny]], then [[MoodWhiplash loudly demanding he drop his pants]], then comforting a heartbroken Johnny... right before choke-slamming him, smashing a bottle over his head, and stomping on his head ''repeatedly'' until he wound up getting a piece of brain stuck to his shoe.
27	** One of the Gold Medal requirements for this mission is to kill every last one of them. Just imagine this again from their viewpoint: you are running away from the lunatic who, not more than a few minutes ago, just wiped out your faction, but he hasn't had his fill yet, so the guy goes after your friends, blows their heads off, and then finally goes after ''you''.
28	** When that opening cutscene is over, before getting into the truck, turn around and take a close look at Johnny's corpse with your phone camera or in first-person view. The really graphic bits of Trevor's attack were left mostly offscreen, but a close look at the corpse reveals that Trevor literally stomped Johnny's head in until his ''brains'' were showing. This also means that when Trevor taunts Terry and Clay later by speaking to a piece of Johnny's brain on his boot, that's not just a piece of gore, that really ''is'' part of his brain!
29	* The opening to the mission "Fame or Shame" sees Trevor reunite with Michael, and it's a very tense reunion. As soon as Trevor walks in, everyone present goes dead silent, as they know Trevor could blow his stack and go on a rampage at any moment. Michael even [[PapaWolf instinctively pushes Jimmy behind him to protect him]].
30	* The mission "Dead Man Walking". Aside from waking up in a morgue with corpses, whilst you'll probably never know of its existence unless you let it happen out of curiosity or find it on Website/YouTube, but if you let the morgue doctors who [[TooDumbToLive somehow can't tell that you are not dead]] be long enough without waking up, they will actually start an AUTOPSY on you [[AndIMustScream whilst YOU ARE STILL ALIVE]]. It's not just any autopsy either; they CUT YOUR RIBCAGE OPEN WITH A HACKSAW whilst you see your blood squirting out and hear the bones being cut out just as it fades to the mission failed screen. As a side note, if you do continue like normal and wake up, one of the doctors will begin panicking about you 'reanimating'. Someone's definitely watched too much zombie movies.
31	** If you get the aforementioned mission failed screen, instead of it playing the sound effect we're used to hearing, it just [[JumpScare pops up]] and plays a much more bone-chilling sound effect.
32	* The ColdBloodedTorture scene in "By the Book" is '''[[ViolenceIsDisturbing seriously]]''' [[ViolenceIsDisturbing disturbing]] and [[RealismInducedHorror realistically gruesome]], even for the standards of the game. You're given four gruesome ways to coerce your target: hit him with a large wrench (one of the points of impact is at the ''[[GroinAttack private parts]]''), waterboarding, shock therapy and pulling his tooth using pliers.
33	** Worst part? '''You can't skip it'''[[labelnote:*]]Unless you know who the target is already and shoot him early, but even then, you still have to go through two of the four torture segments first before you get that option[[/labelnote]], so if you're queasy and uncomfortable with torture scenes, much less interactive torture scenes, [[ButThouMust you are shit out of luck if you want to beat this game]]. The only consolation is that instead of killing the guy as Steve ordered, Trevor drives him to the airport and kindly advises him to get out of Los Santos forever.
34	*** Even this moment is horrifying, if only for the revelation that although Trevor enthusiastically participated in the brutality, he knew from the start the guy would tell them everything, and it was all totally pointless.
35	** To put in light just how horrifying this part of the game is: some ''GTA'' fans, who are known to be completely unflinching towards the worst blood and gore that the series has had to offer, CRINGE at this scene. Most of it has to do with the fact that the horror of the violence is completely played straight, with no form of glorification in the slightest.
36	** The worst part is that the victim seems to be an innocent man, and after the mission is done, it doesn't seem like he'll see his family again. And before the poor guy was tortured by the FIB, he was being tortured by the IAA.
37	** Just in case you weren't feeling bad enough for the poor guy, Mr. K can possibly whimper "I'm alive. I'm alive!" after being waterboarded if you pulled one of his teeth first. ''He truly believed he was going to die in that warehouse!''
38	** It's almost a wonder how much worse this sequence would've been if [[Film/ReservoirDogs "Stuck in the Middle with You"]] was playing in the background.
39	** Also horrifying is the fact [[TortureIsIneffective the torture doesn't work]] ''[[TortureIsIneffective in the slightest]]'', with Trevor even [[LampshadeHanging pointing this out]] yet still going through with it anyway [[ForTheEvulz for no good reason other than just because]], showing how utterly demented he really is as said before.
40	** The worst part is, if you wait before the fourth and final torture session, the guy will tell you the information… ''and you’ll still have to torture him anyway.''
41	** On top of all of this, one detail that makes the entire experience more unnerving than it already is to begin with is Haines' cheerful and nonchalant attitude with Mr. K's torture as he takes a disturbingly sadistic delight in it. When they're finished, he casually orders Trevor to kill him and departs to go play racquetball. It hammers in what an utter sociopath Haines really is.
42	* The scene where Trevor murders Floyd and Debra. The actual murder [[NothingIsScarier isn't]] [[GoryDiscretionShot shown]], but Trevor is covered in blood and the apartment windows are smeared with it. Whatever he did, it was ''messy.''
43	-->'''Trevor''': '''You people are not very FUCKING NICE.'''
44	** They have a no holds barred, rather graphic and disturbing torture scene, that you are forced to act out, but THIS is what gets a discretion shot?? [[FridgeHorror What in the world did Trevor do?]] (A news report on the radio later says that man was found shot in the head and a woman stabbed to death. Considering just how much blood was on Trevor and the fact Floyd is cowardly enough not to hurt anyone, you can only imagine just how long Trevor's attack was. )
45	*** Even worse is his reaction after the act - he's bent over panting, LaughingMad, as if he was [[DissonantSerenity just coming down off a blissful high...]] (shudders).
46	* Trevor's method of taking over The Vanilla Unicorn -- Leon, the previous manager, ends up killed in one of few instances where [[NothingIsScarier Trevor's acts are deliberately not shown]].
47	-->'''Trevor''': (''wearing a full-on SlasherSmile''') [[KlingonPromotion Prepare to meet your new business partner...]] (''[[GoryDiscretionShot he closes the door...]] [[TurnsRed and then the screen flashes the same red]] [[OhCrap as his Rampage side activity]]'')
48	** Even worse, this is right ''after'' the previously mentioned murder, meaning he's just waltzed into the club [[BloodSplatteredWarrior head-to-toe in blood]], and because [[ApatheticCitizens none of the patrons seemed to care]], Leon didn't know what was coming until Trevor came through his door...
49	* In the mission ''Meltdown'', Michael has to fight off Merryweather, who are threatening to kill his family. All because Devin Weston simply had a grudge in Michael for indirectly causing Molly's death .
50	** The worst part may be that one of the Merryweather mercenaries gets to Tracy's room and holds her at gunpoint while using her as a HumanShield, if you take too long lining up the shot the merc executes her in front of her parents, and due to her struggling to get free another possible outcome is for Michael to accidentally kill his own daughter instead.
51	* The death of Molly Schultz. While being chased by Michael at an airport, she runs in front of a jet engine's turbine and is sucked in... [[TurbineBlender and what's left of her could be cleaned up with a mop.]] The fact that one of her hands somehow made it through intact and is just lying in the chunky red goo makes it even worse.]] Even Michael [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone is clearly horrified]] and [[{{Squick}} nauseated]] at what he just saw.
52	** Did we mention it was completely ''unnecessary''? The reason Michael was chasing Molly, was because she had stolen the only hard copy of the movie Michael had produced so it wouldn't be put out. Of course, being 2013, there's plenty of digital copies, but Solomon Richards, the director and the only one who knew of them at the time, [[PoorCommunicationKills didn't see fit to remind anyone]].
53	* Trevor discovering the corpse of Brad.
54	** To go into specifics, it's not the corpse of Brad itself that is the terrifying part of this scene, it's the fact that Trevor, already unhinged at this point just discovered that Michael, one of his best friends, was responsible for the death of his other best friend, and now because of discovering this, any semblance of a deep friendship between them is destroyed. Not only is Trevor horrified at finding out that he was right all along, but he is utterly ''enraged''.
55	-->'''Trevor''': As if I didn't know... '''''Brad.'''''
56	-->'''Michael''': Look, [[IDidWhatIHadToDo we do what we got to do to survive.]] This thing, it didn't work out the way it was supposed to.
57	-->'''Trevor''': Oh, and how was that, huh? With Brad in the can and me in the ground? Or...or...or-or ''both of us in the coffin?''
58	** Brad's corpse is pretty frightening, though. Nine years of decomposition in a cold environment will result in quite the NightmareFace.
59	* During "Fresh Meat", any time an enemy gets knocked into a meat grinder.
60	** Or in one case, a [[HollywoodAcid tub of acid]].
61	** If the player [[EpicFail doesn't save Michael in time]] or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential they're just a sadist]], and they're switched to him, they'll be "treated," to a scene of Michael actually begging for the Triads to turn off the meat grinder about 5 seconds before being slowly ripped apart, audible screams and all. You can even hear him scream ''over the muted Game Over screen.''
62	** Worse yet? You can't avoid watching this if you let the time limit run out. When the game figures you're too late, it automatically forces you to switch to Michael just so you can watch him get ripped to pieces, and ''there is no way to switch back to Franklin once it happens''. [[PlayerPunch Chill out, Rockstar]].
63	** One question comes to mind after finishing the mission, what happens to the corpses after they're ground up by machinery? Are they going to sold? consumed? or buried?
64	* During the family therapy session, Michael tells Amanda, right in front of their children and in no uncertain terms, that if she were to report him to the police, he would kill her. The look on his face and tone of his voice are as terrifying as anything Trevor's ever done. The only thing that keeps this from being one of the scariest moments in the game is the fact that the catharsis of ''finally'' airing their grievances with each-other instead of dancing the passive-aggressive tango causes Micheal to realize something's gone wrong with their relationship and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments decide to work harder to make it better.]]
65	-->'''Amanda:''' I should have had you locked up years ago, you stupid shit.
66	-->'''Michael:''' Do it! Do it. ''I'll put you in the fucking ground with the rest of them.''
67	* During Predator, [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti bigfoot]] shows up as you're using thermal scopes to snipe. When you focus on him, he disappears. However, if you're not familiar with GA mythology, it just looks like a person was standing there until you looked at him, and then he disappeared when you began watching him.
68	* Andreas Sanchez getting [[BoomHeadshot shot in the face]] by Steve Haines, "treating" us to a quick view of the big bloody exit wound in the back of his head. It's quick, but ''damn'' [[{{Gorn}} is it messy and detailed]], compared to the [[PrettyLittleHeadshots neat little holes]] that usually result from headshot in-game.
69	* One of the possible deaths for a Gunman is getting pinned by a crashing cop car in the Paleto Heist, and suffocating to death in his bomb suit. Goes to show how, [[EleventhHourSuperpower even with the best protection money can buy]], AnyoneCanDie... [[CruelAndUnusualDeath and die horribly]].
70	* '''Ending B'''. It is probably one of the hardest {{Player Punch}}es in the entire GTA series, right up there with both versions of [[VideoGame/{{GrandTheftAutoIV}} "Mr. and Mrs. Bellic"]].
71	** The fact that most of the story revolves around Michael only for him to die gruesomely in this ending '''jarring'''.
72	** The whole mission is pure NightmareFuel. In this mission, Franklin crosses the MoralEventHorizon with Michael's murder.
73	** Franklin himself during the plot of the mission. He seems so ruthless and unsympathetic, probably bordering on OutOfCharacterMoment.
74	** Michael's perspective. He leaves no stone unturned in making you feel guilty as shit for double-crossing him after he just salvaged his family life and looked out for Franklin as if he was family, too; even if you change your mind and try to save him, he lets himself drop to his death.
75	** The image of Michael a bloody, dead mess on the pavement is a pretty horrific way to end the story.
76	** [[FridgeHorror Worse?]] Devin Weston [[KarmaHoudini gets away with it.]]
77	* Ending A is no better: at one point, Trevor burns to death screaming in agony.
78	-->'''Trevor''': [[SayMyName MICHAEL!!]] AH, FUCK! I THOUGHT I WAS WITH ONE JUDAS!! ''I'M SURROUNDED BY THEM!!!'' YOU...FAKE...MOTHER...FUCKERS!! YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?! FUCKIN' COME GET ME!! YOU WANNA KILL ME?! TAKE A FUCKING ''SHOT!!''
79	** How the whole Kill Trevor ending turns out is pretty unnerving, especially the fact that after Franklin or Michael kills Trevor, Michael goes on a rant in which he aggressively tries to justify what they did. It's been noted that his behavior and mannerisms in this instance are very similar, if not identical, [[AxCrazy to the way Trevor acted]] throughout the entire game.
80	--->'''Michael''': You always liked gasoline, Trevor!\
81	'''Franklin''': [[WhatTheHellHero Man, that was your best fucking friend!]]\
82	'''Michael''': Fuck you... you know what, tough guy? It's... it's time you grew the fuck up. I mean, I admit, I'm a bad piece of work, but that guy? That ''piece of shit?'' No boundaries! No sense of when to back off! No '''nothing!''' [[AxCrazy Twenty-four seven insanity]], day in, day out, ''all the time!'' Never regretted nothin', cared for nothin'... Well, fuck him! I mean... there's gotta be a limit, kid. [[EvenEvilHasStandards You know, a point where assholes like us say enough is]] ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards e-fucking-nough!]]'' [[ImAHumanitarian ...Human stew...]] that's my limit. I know that now.
83	** Worse, Haines [[TheBadGuyWins gets exactly what he wants]] in this ending, much like Devin in Ending B.
84	* Devin's death in Ending C. He [[AssholeVictim deserved it]], but the fact that Trevor beat him up so hard can make it scary. And then, Michael, Franklin and Trevor throw his car into the ocean, which later ''explodes''.
85	* The worst part of the two {{Bad Ending}}s is the fact that it ''relies'' on the player being wise to the way GTA stories usually play out. Most veterans of the series are used to [[BittersweetEnding Bittersweet]] or even straight up ''[[DownerEnding Downer]]'' endings. GTA isn't usually a series that offers you a choice between two people and then lets you save both, so the idea that [[TakeAThirdOption Ending C]] -- itself a MetaTwist -- is a GoldenEnding instead of leading to a scenario would never cross the minds of someone who didn't know.
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87	[[folder:Strangers & Freaks]]
88	* Trevor's "Grass Roots" mission, especially if you're afraid of clowns. The background music doesn't help either.
89	** Michael's "Grass Roots" mission as well. Just imagine that there are aliens everywhere, and they want to abduct you.
90	** A minor one, but if Michael or Trevor take damage during these sequences, [[FridgeHorror they will still have some health missing]] [[YourMindMakesItReal when they return to reality]].
91	** Trevor's is especially terrifying when you remember it's heavily implied he was molested by a clown.
92	* [[HillbillyHorrors The Altruist Cult]]. They are a malevolent group who, according to Ron, take people Trevor brings to them and "[[ImAHumanitarian just want them for dinner]]".
93	** One of the characters that you can take to the cult is Packie from the fourth game.
94	** And after you deliver four people to the cult, the cult decides to turn on Trevor. [[BullyingADragon Big mistake for the cultists]], but it's still pretty chilling to see their ritual, which was undoubtedly one of the last things all those victims you delivered saw.
95	** One of the random encounters has their members trying to ''kidnap a young lady''. Thankfully, [[VideogameCaringPotential she can be saved]].
96	* The way Peter Dreyfuss tortured, killed and mutilated Lenora Johnson in 1975 was utterly horrifying, [[EvenEvilHasStandards even by GTA standards]]. The only satisfaction is that you will have the option [[PayEvilUntoEvil to track down and kill Dreyfuss]].
97	** To summarize just how horrifying the Lenora Johnson case is, her hands and feet were lopped off and placed on the wrong limbs, half of her face was missing, a chunk of her thigh had “HAM” carved onto it and severed, a star was burned onto her torso with a hot cigar and her lips were mailed to her parents on the anniversary of her death. [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Did we mention this was based on the infamous Black Dahlia case?]] [[FromBadToWorse And that there are full-color pictures of her corpse on an in-game website?]]
98	* The OopNorth characters of Nigel and Mrs. Thornhill in the "Vinewood Souvenirs" strand of missions (done by Trevor, to make matters worse), spend their holiday in Los Santos stalking celebrities, including stealing several "memorabilia" from them (including Kerry [=McIntosh=]'s dog's collar, Tyler Dixon's swimming shorts, Willy of Love Fist's golden tooth and Mark Fostenburg's golf clubs). With the exception of Kerry, you are also given the option to kill the celebrities, and this is usually required to get a gold medal for the mission.
99	** Their final two missions involve kidnapping Al Di Napoli after a wild goose chase. Once that's done, the British friends leave Trevor to deal with the celebrity, who is [[PunkInTheTrunk put into the trunk of their car]]. One possible outcome (including the one needed for the golden achievement) is by leaving the rental car left on a train track while a freight train is coming at a high speed. Even though it's optional, it's still frightening to think of, especially when the closer you get to the train tracks, Di Napoli begs you to pull over in exchange for a large sum of three thousand (or, thirty thousand) dollars.
100	*** Regardless of which you choose, it's still implied that Nigel and Thornhill are still in Los Santos after they cut ties with Trevor, continuing to stalk celebrities... unsettling indeed.
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102	[[folder:Los Santos & Blaine County]]
103	* Grove Street. In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', it was the safest place for the player in Los Santos, being the site of your first hideout and completely free of Ballas control. In this game, it's the complete opposite. It's a dismal and grungy ghetto crawling with GangBangers who are ''not'' NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters. Every single one of them is armed and liable to open fire at the slightest provocation (up to and including the crime of simply not being one of them). Just like a real life ghetto, this is not a place you want to go to alone, if at ''all''.
104	** Heck anytime you have to fight the Ballas in missions is heart pounding. The two missions "The Long Stretch" and "Hood Safari" are basically escape or die missions.
105	** Even FIGHTING with the Ballas (or any gang in general) can be quite terrifying. What could be just a simple fistfight with some GangBangers could turn into a ''shootout.'' Bonus points if you don't even have a weapon yet and all you can really do is ''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere get the hell out of there.]]'' Just goes to show how dangerous it is to go around looking for trouble in places like these.
106	* If you try to go too far out into the ocean, your vehicle's engine will just stop out of nowhere and it will sink. Now you're stranded in open water, far, far away from land... [[ThreateningShark and a red dot just appeared]] [[OhCrap on your mini-map...]]
107	** Same if you're in an airplane and fly too far out into the ocean. You can either (a) slowly fall into the ocean in the cockpit of a plane with dead engines, or (b) jump out and free-fall into the ocean. Either way, you'll be stranded in open waters, miles from land and have to fear [[ThreateningShark Jaws...]]
108	* With the [[ThreateningShark sharks]] in the game, they often don't immediately attack you. Instead, they tend to stalk and circle around you before going in for the insta-kill, which leaves your character being violently shaken in the jaws of the shark and letting out a gurgling scream. As the "WASTED" screen pops up, your character remains frozen in an expression of terror, sinking into the depths in a cloud of blood.
109	** What's worse is that unlike cougars which you can easily fend of with your overpowered minigun or auto shotgun the only thing you have underwater as a weapon is the knife and fighting a shark with a knife more often than not [[CurbStompBattle has the same result as in real life]].
110	* Exploring [[EldritchLocation the ocean]] can be very unsettling, especially if you suffer from thalassophobia. The deeper you go, the less light there is, and massive underwater cliffs and spires appear practically out of nowhere constantly. The submarine has no radio (unless you're playing the Xbox One, Playstation 4 or PC versions), so you're stuck listening to either the eerie ambient music, the droning of the submersible's engines, or various strange undersea noises.
111	** Then there's 'crush depth.' diving too deep with the submersible will cause it to visibly compact under the water pressure. What's worse is some of the nuclear waste pickups require you to dive dangerously close, or into that depth.
112	** For added horror, [[http://imgur.com/a/FhY2m try crashing a plane in the ocean with the invincibility cheat turned on.]] But if you get down deep enough (as in, at the point where your boat or plane stalls and sinks into the ocean), not even invincibility will save you - you ''will'' die. While it's most likely due to technical limitations, it really sells just how [[RealismInducedHorror terrifyingly ''deep'']] [[TruthInTelevision the ocean really is.]] The guy who crashed the plane with invincibility on just above? It got so dark and deep he was legitimately ''terrified'' and bailed from the plane to get back to shore.
113	** On a related note... diving deep in the dark ocean is scary enough. Diving around looking for nuclear waste and stumbling on a dead body lying on the ocean floor? Ten times worse! And then, if you research enough, you learn that there are EIGHT dead bodies lying on the ocean floor, the work of the now-deceased Infinity Killer who hid the bodies in a secret place... and YOU just stumbled on that place! Nuclear waste or not, you will never want to explore the GTA ocean ever again. You could also find a sunken UFO deep underwater, as well as sunken ships and airplanes, skeletons in their own right.
114	** And the enhanced version of the game on current-gen consoles and PC allows you to experience all of this in first-person view. Go into first-person, turn off the minimap for maximum immersion, and [[SarcasmMode go for a nice swim]].
115	** The enhanced version of the game also adds hammerhead sharks, dolphins, orcas, and rare humpback whales. They're all harmless, even the hammerheads, but can still startle you. Hammerheads like to swim in schools, and even if they won't attack you, the sight of a bunch of sharks swimming around can still be unsettling. Due to their size, dolphins can be easy to mistake for the deadly San Andreas white sharks. Orcas make loud, high-pitched calls, and between that and their speed and size, they can make you jump out of your skin. And even though the humpback whales are rare and harmless, their sheer size is quite intimidating, especially if you're not in a sub.
116	* [[EmptyRoomPsych The]] [[AbsurdlySpaciousSewer sew]][[NothingIsScarier ers]], accessible by going through the subway, are also creepy because they seem to stretch on forever with no exits. Even though there are almost no people there (save for a few engineers along the section near the Union Depository), [[ParanoiaFuel you do get the feeling something will come round the corner at any minute.]]
117	* The abandoned mine located south-east of Fort Zancudo, which wouldn't be out of place in a horror game. Once you go in deep enough, it becomes almost pitch black. Even if you activate a weapon-mounted flashlight, you wouldn't dare turn around out of fear and paranoia that something may be following you, just WAITING for you to turn around so it can jumpscare you.
118	** In Story Mode, it's actually possible to find a DEAD BODY in there.
119	* Remember the [[CatsAreMean cougars]] in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''? They're back, waiting for you should you choose to head into the countryside. They're not as tough to kill as the ones in ''Red Dead'', and they'll run away from you if you're in a vehicle or if you aim your gun at them, but the sound of their yowling is still enough to send a chill down your spine. Oh, and while the ''Red Dead'' cougars would usually take two hits to kill you at full health, these cougars can do it in just one.
120	** Their killing animation has also changed from a comically unrealistic looking scratch to a much more realistic pounce then bite into your torso/neck.
121	*** Worse is - you are virtually guaranteed to find them when playing the hunting minigame, and you can't use invincibility in missions, so if you can't run away fast enough (or climb on top of something) you will get killed. It's the inevitability of them spotting you and chasing you faster than you can run away that is particularly scary.
122	*** If you've taken a taxi to the hunting area, sometimes your taxi driver can be attacked by a cougar.
123	*** To a lesser extent, you can also get attacked by dogs. It usually happens if you attack their owner, but sometimes it's just triggered by going too close. Larger dogs, such as Rottweilers, can potentially pin you to the ground and instantly kill you like cougars can. There are sometimes police dogs too.
124	* Elk can occasionally run in front of cars, which is quite a surprise if you see it happening well away from the hunting area where you'd normally find them.
125	** Michael and Trevor also have have lines consisting of sarcasm (for the former) and dark humour (for the latter) when they hit an animal.
126	* Go to Mount Gordo between 23:00 and 00:00 and you'll see Jolene Cranley-Evans. The catch? ''She's been dead since 1978''.
127	** It gets worse. When you approach her, she disappears and leaves a [[CouldntFindAPen message in blood]]. The message? Jock. As in Jock Cranley. You know, one of the candidates in the campaign for governor? One of the websites in the game implies that Jock murdered his wife.
128	** You can go to a little site down Mount Gordo with a few camping tents and possibly a van. You can see Jolene's ghost here too, and if you turn up your volume you'll hear creepy whispers, as well as echo-y voice clips of Jolene begging for mercy or screaming as she falls.
129	* One of the more hidden places in ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/gtaonline/comments/i3qjcv/newly_discovered_tire_graveyard_on_the_west_side/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share tire reef]]. Based off the real-life [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Reef Osborne Reef]], which was a [[GaiasLament failed]] attempt at creating a reef using 2 million tires, the sight of it is as creepy as the reef it's based on.
130	* The ocean floor is absolutely filled with shipwrecks and plane crashes, including the remains of a nuclear submarine and even an entire cargo ship. The only thing more disturbing than seeing these mangled hulks through the hazy waters is the implication that nobody even ''bothered'' to dredge or salvage these wrecks despite being so close to the surface.
131	** One of the wrecks found beneath the waves is an intact German tank from the Second World War. Was it a spoil of war or were the Nazis planning to invade Los Santos in the GTA universe?
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134	* The IAA has a deadly neurotoxin that they plan to unleash on the population of a metropolitan area in a [[FalseFlagOperation staged terrorist attack]]. Their motivation? Wanting to increase their funding. Yes, they're willing to murder huge numbers of people just to get more money from the government. Though the possibility that this was just a lie made up by the FIB dampens it up a bit.
135	* Go into first person and throw yourself off a building. It's strangely realistic and cringe-inducing.
136	** Same with the bridges going over the water. You'd think the water would give you a soft landing. Nope; you die.
137	* In TV, there's an ad for a show called "[[Film/ManBitesDog Dude Eat Dog]]". It's... [[{{Squick}} uncomfortable to watch]], [[{{Understatement}} to say the least]], even if played for BlackComedy.
138	* Some of the missions with the [[ChurchOfHappyology Epsilon Program]], since it involves interacting with members who sound BrainwashedAndCrazy, and have a DarkReprise of the Epsilon Program from their website.
139	** FridgeHorror comes into play when one of the members is Marnie from ''IV'' whom Niko helped to leave Liberty City in the hopes of kicking her drug habit, only to end up being sucked into a cult.
140	*** Indeed, Marnie is one of the only sympathetic members of the Epsilon Program - most of them are compromised of {{Jerkass}}es and {{Take That}}s to [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed certain celebrities following a certain Los Angelean faith]], but she's truly a BrokenBird.
141	** While Michael may have just been playing along, the fact that his dialogue pretty much dissolves into their catchphrase during their quests can be quite unnerving. Is our VillainProtagonist hero just faking it, or is he ''really'' becoming brainwashed?
142	*** In a bit of NightmareRetardant, [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan he either snaps out of it at the end]], or reveals he was pulling a BavarianFireDrill the whole time (provided [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder you kill the Epsilon Security team]], and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere make off with the car]] [[MoneyDearBoy loaded with cash]]).
143	** However, in GTA Online, we get what is quite possibly the most shocking [[TheReveal Reveal]] in GTA history: if a player dies, they respawn in a FluffyCloudHeaven - and then ''Cris Fromage'' shows up, [[WhosLaughingNow mocking those who considered him a fraud]]. In other words, ''[[TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight the Epsilon Program was right!]]'' And if that wasn't bad enough, the portrayal of [[DarkMessiah Cris]] as [[GodIsEvil the defacto ruler of GTA's heaven]] [[ReligionOfEvil doesn't bode too well]] [[InfernalParadise for those still on Earth.]] Of course, this can be entirely defused if one considers it a way to HandWave a respawn system, or even [[AllJustADream the player hallucinating as they're taken to the hospital.]]
144	* While the peyote sessions are funny for the most part, some of them can take on a more sinister edge from the interior monologue. Of note is when Trevor becomes a tiger shark, going from his usual persona to darkly serene and sinister.
145	* The UFO that flies over Fort Zancudo and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGMdDBMcWkQ sounds]] it makes. Dear ''god'', [[HellIsThatNoise the sounds it makes!]]
146	** The two other UFO's you can find have ''the FIB logo'' on them. Just think about that.
147	** Maybe it's just Haines [[AttentionWhore doing a publicity stunt]].
148	* Every once or so often, you'll see a police cruiser chasing a car with 2-4 criminals in it. Usually, they'll drive away and be gone for good, but there are also times where both sides exit their vehicles and ''shoot at each other.'' While it may be a little annoying at times, it's also quite disturbing to see just how chaotic the streets of Los Santos are.
149	* The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucZnBDeB8xY "Garbage"]] by Tyler, The Creator, who made the song just for the game. It's a surprisingly unsettling song about a drug dealer who ends up going on a killing spree.
150	* The show ''Kung Fu Rainbow Lazer Force'', a [[TheMoralSubstitute evangelical Christian]] parody of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has a scene where the team encounters a teenage couple who they claim have "unnatural desires". When the team proceeds to mock the asthmatic boyfriend in the relationship, they discover the boy has a picture of the Venus De Milo on his phone, which the team considers "amputee pornography", and end up killing him (with a heavy amount of {{Gorn}} too to save the girlfriend. It doesn't stop the girlfriend from having a mental breakdown and end up meeting the exact same fate as her lover. To think of it, it crosses the border of {{Squick}} and can come off as unsettling, even for the fact that the show is a parody of extreme conservative values.
151	** Later in the show, [[OnlySaneMan Louisa]], Sebastian Kayden's Mexican house maid, ends up getting killed the exact same way, although this time, it is accidentally done in a fit of rage from Sebastian seeing barely-clad cheerleaders. It still can't be excused from being utterly disgusting, however.
152	-->''[[PreMortemOneLiner "FEEL MY WRATH, WHORE!!"]]''
153	* One of the shows on CNT, advertised in in-game billboards and television advertisements, is “Serious Cougar”, a reality dating show about the sex lives between young men and elderly women. It’s just as uncomfortable as it looks and as it sounds.
154	* One in-game website advertises the “POW Cleanse” diet, which entails losing weight by taking on the “lifestyle” of a person held hostage in a third-world country.
155	* One radio ad is for the “Extreme Paleo” fad diet, which involves stalking and hunting your food like a caveman. And like [[TruthInTelevision our prehistoric ancestors,]] one of the meal options is [[ImAHumanitarian your fellow man.]]
156	* Accept the Chaos, an in-game internet site of an atheist (more like NayTheist) movement. One of the pictures in the site is "Click to Play God" and it involves a whole family graphically and literally torn apart by a speeding car. It's probably the only instance DeathOfAChild is graphically depicted in the whole GTA game.
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