When I was about 3, I saw the movie Fantasia. I was horrified by the big monster guy, and I thought that if I didn't close my eyes when I saw him he would jump out of the tv screen and feed me to the broom people, who I was also very scared of.
A childhood belief about films

others believed things like this
- I used to think that at the movie theatres, the actors were just acting behind the screen. — Srushti
- If you look at a screen too long, your eyes will turn square.Anon
- I always thought you could break through the tv screen and walk into whatever was on the screen at the time.— Linda
- i used to be scared of under my bed and thought that my cat became a monster only at night.— sumayah
- I was born brunette with brown eyes and dark hair, i thought people with blue eyes, had water in them.Anon
- I used to think that if you don't close your eyes while you sneeze YOU DIE!!!!— Nutter