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Out of curiosity, reading up about the closing logo of MTM shows (which were abundant here in the 1990s), I started reading about the concept of the Closing Logo or Vanity Plate. As I did, I came across several instances of the Nightmare Inducing Vanity Plate. Looking at the list, I wonder, what's so scary about these? They just appear a little disturbing, with the high-contrast and colourful motion graphics all around. Some find the sound a bit too loud.
Paramount's Business Card: I mean, it's just a business card with a lot of loud horns. I found big-screen logos of Paramount, with the stars surrounding the mountain a little intimidating, but this one, I wonder.
Universal's so-called Globe of Doom: I've seen this globe after A-Team, Magnum PI, Knight Rider and a few episodes of Miami Vice, and don't remember getting scared at all. Some folks have an issue with the music. I'd say the TV logo is a lot less scary than the one in movies.
20th Television Fox' Searchlights (possibly) from Hell: It's just another Fox logo to me, and that one in particular has some kind of old world charm. I thought the loud TELEVISION font was poor production, rather than a scary element.
Viacom's V of Doom and wigga-wigga: Just a badly-produced clip, not scary at all. Even the wigga-wigga is intimidating, but not scary.
Screen Gems and old Hanna-Barbera: It's just a whole lot of colourful shapes.
These logos, however, were scary.
VID: Now a subject of jokes on Youtube. Scary jokes, though. That mask was disturbing. Not surprisingly, for some odd reason, there's a casualty, and that was made very public by them.
MTM: The cat doesn't scare anyone, but the cat at the end of the depressing St Elsewhere in the scrubs is scary. Then there's the end credits sequence of the last episode. Good lord, that is really scary. Makes you want to hate that show a lot. Nobody's laughing at this one.
MGM: The original. This one surely can scare. Goodness me, that is one ferocious lion! Make that five. Hang on, was everyone safe then?
Doordarshan: Before there were multiple channels and 24-hour television in India, the day on TV began with this scary rendering of the logo, and made a popular patriotic song sound creepy.
Frost/Lynch: The show (Twin Peaks) was disconcerting. The end credits, to a soft tune, were disconcerting. Then there were zapping and scratching sounds with lightning all around. Another Lynch logo, for Asymmetric, is also scary. Anything by Lynch is expected to scare.
GSM Productions: One man falling off a roof, screaming.
Nothing can go wrong: Except a car driving off a cliff with screaming voices inside.
Intrepid Pictures: Watch out for lightning!
These had a little scare value, but not enough to have one under a table.
Stephen J. Cannell: He's the brand in this title sequence. He can also appear a little intimidating to some.
Marvel Productions: There was that CGI thing with Spider-Man jumping on the Marvel logo, then turning chrome. This made Spidey look scary at times, but the animation and sound were quite neat.
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