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'''Legacy:''' A pretty cheesily-animated logo, though it is a quite interesting one, considering it's probably one of the first ever home video logos. | '''Legacy:''' A pretty cheesily-animated logo, though it is a quite interesting one, considering it's probably one of the first ever home video logos. | ||
===2nd Logo (1981-1988; 1989)=== | ===2nd Logo (1981-1988; 1989; 199?-1999)=== | ||
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*A B&W variant exists. | *A B&W variant exists. | ||
*There is a still variant. | *There is a still variant. | ||
*On [[ | *On [[VCL]] releases distributed by the company, the stacked yellow words "EXCLUSIVELY DISTRIBUTED BY" fly down and reside at the center on the same space background, just before this logo begins. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The lasers, outlines, and space background. Choppy | '''FX/SFX:''' The lasers, outlines, and space background. Choppy leaning aside, this actually looks quite impressive for its time. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Same fanfare as the last logo, but | '''Music/Sounds:''' Same fanfare as the last logo, but other releases have no music. | ||
'''Availability:''' Common. Tapes that have used this logo include ''Night of the Living Dead'', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II'', the first three ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films, ''Day of the Dead'', and ''Halloween''. Outside of the United States and Canada, the logo can be found (PAL-tweaked) on VPD releases in the United Kingdom and Video Classics releases in Australia. The last video to use this logo was ''The Hidden'', although it did make one appearance on the original VHS of ''Troma's War''. On the Full Moon/Cult Video VHS release of ''Laserblast'' from the late 1990s, this makes a surprise appearance along with the original FBI Warning screen as well, with the Samuel Goldwyn logo following the MHE logo. Surprisingly, this logo also appeared on ''A Family Circus Easter'' when it aired on Disney Channel in the United States on Easter Sunday of 1999. On an Amazon Prime print of ''P.O.W. | '''Availability:''' Common. Tapes that have used this logo include ''Night of the Living Dead'', ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part II'', the first three ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films, ''Day of the Dead'', and ''Halloween''. Outside of the United States and Canada, the logo can be found (PAL-tweaked) on VPD releases in the United Kingdom and Video Classics releases in Australia. The last video to use this logo was ''The Hidden'', although it did make one appearance on the original VHS of ''Troma's War''. On the Full Moon/Cult Video VHS release of ''Laserblast'' from the late 1990s, this makes a surprise appearance along with the original FBI Warning screen as well, with the Samuel Goldwyn logo following the MHE logo. Surprisingly, this logo also appeared on ''A Family Circus Easter'' when it aired on Disney Channel in the United States on Easter Sunday of 1999. On an Amazon Prime print of ''P.O.W. the Escape'' (a.k.a. ''Behind Enemy Lines''), this is surprisingly retained as well, followed by the Cannon logo. Also appears on their print of ''Sexette'' before the Crown International Pictures logo. | ||
'''Legacy:''' This logo is a favorite of many thanks to the music and really nice animation. | '''Legacy:''' This logo is a favorite of many thanks to the music and really nice animation. | ||