Okay, so this isn’t the case anymore, but I used to be terrified of Gremlins.
And what’s didn’t help was my overactive imagination, which continues to this day.
So imagine this thought for me: You are laying in bed when you suddenly feel some weight on your chest. You open your eyes to see that thing standing on you. It notices that you’re awake, and perceiveds to put its face closer to yours, all the while it’s slowly getting a bigger and nastier grin, complete with teeth and wide eyes of pure evil.
That scared me.