The real knife stopping a quarter inch from Tom Cruise’s eye in Mission: Impossible 2 is certainly enough to trigger one's aichmophobia.
Watching the real knife stop a quarter inch from Tom Cruise’s eye in Mission: Impossible 2 is enough to trigger aichmophobia, the visceral fear of sharp, pointed objects, because the danger isn’t implied or simulated but terrifyingly real.
Aichmophobia - The fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
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