[ispolin]

Sounds very similar to the "Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat"[1] film shown at the dawn of cinema. Some of the audience supposedly jumped from their seats in terror as the life-size train seemingly came straight at them from the movie screen.

I wonder if this kind of thing happens for any mediums you aren't familiar with from childhood.

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'Arriv%C3%A9e_d'un_train_en_ga...