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* Lara's crash when trying to break into Area 51 is over-the-top and yet somewhat unnerving, because this is one of the only times short of a fall or death scream that she canonically [[OhCrap screams for real]], before eating dirt and stone in a quadbike incident that knocks her clean out and would've killed the average person not as lucky or as much of a {{Determinator}} as her.

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** Lara's death at the hands of these statues. They pick her up using the pointed ends of two swords, use the other four to [[DeathByAThousandCuts slash her to death]] and throw her on the ground. The statues ''[[EvilLaugh laugh wickedly]]'' as they do so.

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** Lara's death animation at the hands of these statues. They pick her up using the pointed ends of two swords, use the other four to [[DeathByAThousandCuts slash her to death]] and throw her on the ground. The statues ''[[EvilLaugh laugh wickedly]]'' as they do so.



* Towards the end of the All Hallows level, Lara swims through a set of flooded tunnels riddled with floating corpses.

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* Towards the end of the bonus level All Hallows level, Hallows, Lara swims through a set of flooded tunnels riddled with floating corpses.corpses. This level was originally supposed to be the second London level, but it wasn't the case due to time constrains. Since it has to do with Sophia Leigh's experiments, those corpses are likely the bodies of who didn't survive those experiments.
** The Gold expansion, the Lost Artifact, has "Sleeping with the Fishes", set in an underwater laboratory that is used by Sophia Leigh herself for experiments on humans once again, this time with the Hand of Rathmore. There are giant mutant fish through the level, and there are naked humans with fish scales. And there's also a dolphin held captive that Lara has to save.
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* Towards the end of the game, things begin to get much darker. By the time you are in the last few levels, the sky has turned to an [[AlienSky unearthly shade of dark green]] to make it clear just how ''bad'' things have become. The enemies also go from being largely human and animal enemies, to undead beasts and mythological monsters.
* The ending,[[spoiler: Lara ends up trapped under the pyrmaid, sure she survives and was rescued by an Egyptian Tribe (As cut AOD content/pre-release interviews about AOD told us) but the idea of being trapped and unable to move, slowly waiting to die for at least a day or two is utterly horrific, no wonder Lara's on edge and angry Von Croy didn't find her earlier in AOD.]].

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* Towards the end of the game, things begin to get much darker. By the time you are in reach the last few Cairo levels, the sky has turned to an [[AlienSky unearthly shade of dark green]] green and then a stormy red sky in the Giza levels]] to make it clear just how ''bad'' things have become. The enemies also go from being largely human and animal enemies, to undead beasts and mythological monsters.
monsters, and the atmosphere in Cairo feels post-apocaliptic with the empty streets, closed shops and locusts all over the place.
* The ending,[[spoiler: Lara ends up trapped under the pyrmaid, sure pyramid. Sure she survives and was rescued by an Egyptian Tribe (As cut AOD content/pre-release interviews about AOD told us) but the idea of being trapped and unable to move, slowly waiting to die for at least a day or two is utterly horrific, no wonder Lara's on edge and angry Von Croy didn't find her earlier in AOD.]].

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* [[UnderTheSea 40 Fathoms]]. The level starts with Lara swimming at the bottom of the ocean in near-total darkness, with no way of surfacing for air or obvious means of escape while her OxygenMeter rapidly drains and [[EverythingsWorseWithSharks sharks]] are circling her. It's panic-inducing even if you know where to go. It also gets bonus marks if you've been using the level skip cheat to casually pass through the game, since ''[[NoFairCheating you can only input the cheat when you're on solid land.]]''

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* [[UnderTheSea 40 Fathoms]]. The level starts with Lara swimming at the bottom of the ocean in near-total darkness, with no way of surfacing for air or obvious means of escape while her OxygenMeter rapidly drains and [[EverythingsWorseWithSharks [[ThreateningShark sharks]] are circling her. It's panic-inducing even if you know where to go. It also gets bonus marks if you've been using the level skip cheat to casually pass through the game, since ''[[NoFairCheating you can only input the cheat when you're on solid land.]]''

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* Brother Obscura/The Red Ghost in ''The Hall of Seasons''. His groaning is quite scary, and if he even touches Lara, her health instantly depletes.

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* Brother Obscura/The Red Ghost in ''The Hall of Seasons''. His groaning is quite scary, and if he even touches Lara, her health instantly depletes.it's a OneHitKill.
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* Brother Obscura/The Red Ghost in ''The Hall of Seasons''. His groaning is quite scary, and if he even touches Lara, her health depletes.

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* Brother Obscura/The Red Ghost in ''The Hall of Seasons''. His groaning is quite scary, and if he even touches Lara, her health instantly depletes.

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* Wandering the deserted streets of Paris at the beginning while that ominous music plays in the background is quite unnerving, especially since you've been hearing about the Monstrum and have no idea where they might be.
* Coming across one of the Monstrum's victims in Bouchard's hideout. The loud gurgling noises he keeps making are downright horrifying.
* Brother Obscura/The Red Ghost in ''The Hall of Seasons''. The groaning he makes is quite scary, and if he even touches Lara, her health depletes.

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* Wandering the deserted streets of Paris at the beginning while that ominous music plays in the background is quite can be pretty unnerving, especially since you've been hearing about the Monstrum and have no idea where they might be.
* Coming across one of the Monstrum's victims in Bouchard's hideout. The loud gurgling noises he keeps making makes are downright horrifying.
* Brother Obscura/The Red Ghost in ''The Hall of Seasons''. The His groaning he makes is quite scary, and if he even touches Lara, her health depletes.



* At one point in the Strahov Fortress, Lara witnesses Luddick being brought to Eckhardt, having been caught loitering around the loading zone. Amid pitiful pleas for mercy, Eckhardt reaches up to Luddick's face with his glove... and [[ShockAndAwe his death isn't pretty.]]

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* At one point in the Strahov Fortress, Lara witnesses Luddick being brought to Eckhardt, having been caught loitering around the loading zone. Amid pitiful pleas for mercy, Eckhardt reaches up to Luddick's face with his glove... and [[ShockAndAwe his death isn't pretty.]]pretty]].



* The deformed prisoners in the ''Sanitarium'', which run at you pretty fast. The clawed ones in the ''Maximum Containment Area'' are even worse.

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