What I was afraid of as a child

When I was about 8 years old, my family and I watched the movie It. In the movie, there is a clown named Pennywise and what scared me was that he ate children. A few nights after we watched the movie, my dad got up in the middle of the night and printed off some pictures of Pennywise and other scary clowns and put them on the floor beside the bunk bed my brother and I used to sleep in. In the morning, I woke up and looked down on the floor and saw that pictures. I began to cry because I was so scared. My mom came into my room and saw the pictures and got mad. My dad was standing outside the bedroom laughing hysterically. Even a few years after that, I am still afraid of clowns. What is much worse is that my aunt is now part of a group and they dress up as clowns. I guess I won't be able to get over my fear for some more time.