Question: What is the main idea of this story? Francine and Tom desperately wanted to go to see a horror movie, but their mother would not let them see it. They went to see an animated movie instead. After their mother dropped them off, they decided to sneak into the horror film. They were walking out of the theater when the movie was over to see their frantic mom looking for them. The other movie had let out twenty minutes prior to the horror film and their mother couldn't find them. She was terrified that something bad had happened. Francine and Tom had a lot of explaining to do for their fun at the movies.