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'''Logo:''' Same as the 1955 logo, excluding the clouds and the additional captions. Only the name "{{font|Impact|SCREEN GEMS}}" remains, and the words are smaller and somewhat stretched out, and are shown on each side of her lower body and legs. | '''Logo:''' Same as the 1955 logo, excluding the clouds and the additional captions. Only the name "{{font|Impact|SCREEN GEMS}}" remains, and the words are smaller and somewhat stretched out, and are shown on each side of her lower body and legs. | ||
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* This logo has gained a relatively large cult following (even transcending the core closing logo community), due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers (particularly children), earning | * This logo has gained a relatively large cult following (even transcending the core closing logo community), due to its notoriety for scaring some viewers (particularly children), earning its nickname, the "S from Hell". This is mostly due to the animation and Siday's early Moog stinger, which has been described as "creepy"<ref>http://www.milanofamily.org/scrngems/scrngems.htm</ref> and "horrifying"<ref>https://mfqreviews.medium.com/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-is-quentin-tarantinos-ultimate-love-letter-to-60s-cinema-and-bare-edeab9ef10a4</ref>. Commonly referred to alongside other "scary" logos, such as the [[Viacom]] "V of Doom", [[VID (Russia)|VID]]'s "Mask of Guo Xiang", [[Klasky-Csupo]]'s "Super Scary Face", [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]]'s "Closet Killer", and [[THX]]'s "Deep Note". Its notoriety was even enough to spawn a short mockumentary in 2010 called ''The S from Hell'', as well as get featured in a particularly tense scene in Tarantino's ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood''. | ||
* Despite its notoriety, a large swath of viewers love the logo, with some calling it "charming and innovative"<ref>https://vimeo.com/18332484</ref>. | * Despite its notoriety, a large swath of viewers love the logo, with some calling it "charming and innovative"<ref>https://vimeo.com/18332484</ref>. | ||