The Last of Us: this phobia that the series awakens in fans

The post-apocalyptic series The Last of Us can cause unpleasant reactions in some spectators suffering from a very specific phobia…

Series The Last of Us breaks all records. The series adaptation of the famous video game developed by Naughty Dog has indeed delighted viewers, to the point that the post-apocalyptic fiction created by Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin achieved the second biggest start on the HBO channel after House of the Dragon. Available on Prime Video in France, the series follows the chilling adventures of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across part of the United States, twenty years after humanity was decimated by a parasitic fungus, baptized the cordyceps. The organism responsible for this pandemic thus takes control of its host and “zombifies” it. The infected seen in the series are simply frightening: mushrooms grow on their bodies studded with festering holes and disgusting bumps. Enough to stick viewers in a cold sweat, and in particular to those who suffer from a very specific phobia: trypophobia.

Discomfort caused by holes

victims of trypophobia they have a panic fear of holes and others geometric shapes very close to each other or in clusters. People suffering from this phobia can thus feel extremely uncomfortable when faced with images representing, for example, a honeycomb, a cheese with holes such as Gruyère or even a lotus flower. As specified Current wife, these images can then cause nausea, palpitations, cold sweats or even tachycardia. The disgusting appearance of the infected in The Last of Us therefore has everything to disgust trypophobes. As spotted by the Spanish site SensaCineInternet users who are victims of this phobia of holes were quick to express their discomfort on social networks after seeing certain episodes of the series.

“I have to look away”

“Episode two of The Last of Us give me goosebumps. Suffering from trypophobia makes it difficult to see these things”, “I have to look away during certain parts and my skin is still itchy 20 minutes after watching“, “The Last of Us activated my trypophobia and gave me goosebumps”can we read on Twitter, while some have even decided, with regret, not to watch the series because of their trypophobia. “I intended to watch The Last of Us but my trypophobia does not allow it“, said a user. One thing is certain: the mutation of the infected should not improve, the proof with the appearance of the Colossus in episode 5…

Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.