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''[[Dead Rising]]'' lulls you into a false sense of security with its over-the-top premise. You are a reporter ([[Narm|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?
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* Once you start investigating the actual plotline, everything goes to hell. The army attacks, led by a [[General Ripper]] hellbent on covering up the incident by burning everything in the mall (breathing or not), your quirky teammates are zombified before your eyes (except for the tech, who {{spoiler|is quite possibly the only other survivor in the end}}), it turns out that the zombie plague is transmitted by wasps (a fact that has left this troper with a crippling fear of the insects), and all the people you worked so hard to save are summarily disposed of to keep the mall's dirty secret under wraps. Even after a climactic escape involving a jeep and a knock-down, drag-out brawl-to-the-death against the deranged general, the protagonist remains infected by the incurable zombie plague, a walking time bomb that may go off at any moment. And, of course, our villain ([[Dropped a Bridge
* What, the [[Monster Clown]] with two chainsaws, who also happens to [[Laughing Mad|laugh while said chainsaws cut open his stomach]] and lets "all the little children go on his fun, killer ride?" Not to mention the [[Shell Shocked Senior]] you have to kill, who believes you and the zombies are Vietcongs? To say nothing of [[Psycho Lesbian]] Cop Jo Slade, who, when you meet her, has been doing God knows what with a night stick to four innocent women she took hostage...
** What made the [[Shell Shocked Senior]]'s defeat a [[Tear Jerker]] was how, just before he died, he realizes that you aren't a Vietcong, and tells you how he watched his granddaughter get mauled by zombies, then shows you her picture. Even though you were only defending yourself, and he's "only" a boss, [[Player Punch|that scene will stay with you.]] Which makes it all the more satisfying to then pick up his still-bloody machete [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|and bring Hell to the slavering, mindless hordes that took his girl from him.]]
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** To add to that, you should notice a small detail about the zombies scattered throughout the mall. Some are scratching their necks in the same way that survivor is. The exact same way.
** There's an incredibly chilling piece on the first day. Frank comes across a traumtised 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 [[Infant Immortality|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 [[I'm a Humanitarian|the zombies eating her baby]]''.
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*** Don't forget the hidden cutscene if you leave the main menu idle long enough. In it a mother and her daughter are driving down the road desperately trying to get away from the zombies, {{spoiler|only to end up stranded alone and helpless as a mob of zombies surround them while they scream.}} Imagine seeing that at around midnight after returning from a quick bathroom break or midnight snack.
* Sean and the True Eye cult are quite freaky. [[Uncanny Valley|The way the cultists move just isn't natural]] (a very slow, shambling crawl which is changed when they suddenlly rush forward))and they also have distorted voices that are very eerie sounding. Really, Sean is quite unsettling as well, with his penchant for public executions and his demonic tone of voice. And then, there's his [[Eye Scream|death]]. Really, if you haven't seen the cult yet, the curious player who explores the movie theater may be unnerved when they wander into Theater 4 and see the bloody eye symbols, the torches, and mannequin idol and wonder exactly what the hell went on in there. You just can't help but wonder: Exactly how long have they been doing this?
* While he's unexpectedly pleasant, cheerful, and genuinely polite, cannibal butcher Larry Chiang is still quite scary. The way he casually {{spoiler|tries to feed Carlito through a meat-processor}}, his horrifically fat and dirty body, all the carcasses hanging up in his room, whatever the hell he's eating out of those buckets when he recovers health... egh.
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