History NightmareFuel / DeadRising

* Late enough into the game to have rounded up too many survivors to keep track of, there's a detail about one of them that's nagging and inexplicably disturbing. When you meet the guy, Frank notices that he has a neck injury and he very anxiously insists that it's "just a scratch." [[ZombieInfectee Three guesses what it most likely is]], and even though it's obvious, after you get him to the security room, it's unsettling when you notice him ''vigorously'' scratching his neck through the window of the room he's in, only for him to stop as soon as you walk in. Sometimes the women in the same room start yelling at him, open for interpretation, also. And if you're waiting for a call from Otis telling you it may not have been a great idea to leave your survivors alone with this guy, [[NothingIsScarier nothing actually happens with him]]. There's an incredibly chilling piece on the first day. Frank comes across a traumatized survivor called Leah hiding in a Jewelry Store. When you talk to her, she grabs Frank and asks if he's seen her baby, but then she lets go and breaks down, confessing that her baby was [[DeathOfAChild killed by zombies]], and that she sprained her ankle running away. That isn't the scary part. It's when she begins to ''explain in detail about [[ImAHumanitarian the zombies eating her baby]]''.

** Speaking of the main menu, it manages to be a little scary itself. Showing a bunch of zombies slowly trudge their way to the mall, while out in the distance, zombies have surrounded the entrance already. Cap it off with the eerie ambience to show the loneliness, and slight idleness to the situation. It's a small reminder that despite the game being a little silly, this is still a horror game of some sorts.

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''VideoGame/DeadRising'' lulls you into a false sense of security with its over-the-top premise. [[OneManArmy You are a reporter]] ([[{{CatchPhrase}} he's "covered wars, you know"]]) who gets stuck in a shopping mall full of zombies in search of the ultimate scoop. Sounds safe, right?

* The ShellShockedVeteran you have to kill, who believes you and the zombies are Viet Cong after he went nuts when his granddaughter was EatenAlive by zombies? While ultimately tragic, the ShellShockedVeteran's intro is pure NightmareFuel. When you walk into the room, you see bloody bodies hanging upside-down from the ceiling [[OffWithHisHead with their heads chopped off]], and [[PaintTheTownRed the floor smeared with blood]]. While you're busy taking in all the {{Gorn}}, Cliff sneaks up on you, and yells "[[JumpScare NAME AND RANK, SOLDIER!!!]]" When you can't answer him, he interprets you as a DirtyCommunist, and takes a swipe at you with his [[MacheteMayhem machete]]. When you get back up -- [[TeleportSpam he's gone]]. [[OhCrap Then you hear his voice calling out to you]], claiming he's ready to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beat on you until you tell where the (nonexistent) guerrillas' hideout is]], [[FateWorseThanDeath and you'll be begging for death to take you away by the time he's done]]. The cutscene [[ParanoiaFuel closes with Cliff's footsteps on one side of the store, before suddenly going to the other]]]... Then, unless you're fast enough, the start of the fight has him impaling you InTheBack and hoisting your body a good three to four feet off the ground! Frank only survives by being MadeOfIron, and even ''then'' [[ThatOneBoss Cliff is easily the hardest fight of the whole game]].

* [[MonsterClown Adam MacIntyre the Clown.]] Wielding two chainsaws (and also ''juggling'' them), who also happens to [[LaughingMad laugh while said chainsaws cut open his stomach]] and lets "all the little children go on his fun, killer ride?"

** In the fight against them, the Convicts can quickly decimate groups of survivors and force Frank to abandon them so he can fight the Convicts alone. When you first fight them, Frank has to find Sophie and get her out of the park before the zombies and before Convicts can kill her. Considering that this fight more often begins at night, when the zombies are stronger and while Frank can be lower than level 6, it makes the fight much more stressful for unprepared players.