Cinephobia

Cinephobia is the fear of watching movies. This phobia is most commonly caused by getting really scared or even shocked by a movie during the childhood. Sufferers of cinephobia would typically not watch movies, while few may watch very calm movies without any bad events depicted. Cinephobia can be treated by having psychologists calmly telling patients that every event depicted in the movies are not real.

Cinemaphobia is the fear of going to a movie theater. People who fear movies would not go there. Sufferers of cinemaphobia may not fear just watching the movie there, but also fear sitting in the dark (achluophobia).