There had been no signs in the instruction manual or anything in the game that indicated that it was going to turn into a horror movie.
And the thing is that their introduction was a total surprise. Even Master Chief looked briefly disturbed after watching the video feed. You download the feed from one unfortunate soldier's helmet camera, watch the entire squad get slaughtered. You wander deeper and deeper into the ancient ruin and finally find what's left of the rest of his unit. You follow the trail of carnage into a vast, underground complex, all painted in Covenant blood and deserted save for one man, a wounded Marine so insane with terror that he can't tell friend from foe. "Allies" appears on the HUD, only to disappear almost immediately without any trace. Strange shadows and noises seems to follow you through the trees. The Grunts that used to flee at the mere sight of you run right into your killzone in a panicked retreat from something even scarier. The abandoned artillery pieces all facing away from you. The downed Pelican ("We're under attack by an unknown enemy! It isn't Covenant!"). 
Everything Flood-related, especially the first encounter with them in the level 343 Guilty Spark, which is loaded with creepy.
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