Audiovisual Identity Database:What's the scariest logo you've ever seen?

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Welcome! This is where you can post about what logo scares you and why, it could also be logos which no longer scare you as well.

gohan56782

VCI: This one creeped me out when I was younger, probably due to the dark background and the music. I am fine with it now, since I'm used to it..

Oz Film Company: Creepy and unsettling as hell, did not help that on one version, she gave a dark stare at the beginning and that I could see the outlines of her body, which did not help..

MGM: I think Tanner scared me a few times when I watched Tom and Jerry as a kid. It does not now though....

PS2: When the "red screen of death" first occurred, it creeped me out due to the reddish darkness and music.

VID: It's very nightmarish to me, since the animation is loud and unsettling, and I do not like the appearance of that mask

Bryanston Pictures: I don't like this, extremely dark and the creepy sounds make it like a retro horror game

Fabrica: Damn, I hate this one. Really creepy and unsettling to see, and it feels like the eyes are staring into your soul.....

naxo-olé

Horror Factory: The skinless man and the jumpscare are so scary...

Slaughterhouse Entertainment: The woman screaming and the drawing of the skeleton are too creepy for me.

BenIsRandom

Caution Video (Japan): I am no longer scared of this anymore, but when I first saw this I thought the man howling was weird, but then the text just jarringly appeared, and the loud clang just made it be like there's this weird dude, and then BAM! That startled me. I'm much used to it now.

Dominicmgm presents my scariest logos.

  • Master Arts Video (Canada): The dragon, music and fireball could really scare anyone, even the bravest!
  • United Artists (License to Kill variant): The V of Doom style zoom in, the black background and the sound really does freak me out.

On a side note, I am not scared of the infamous V of Doom and S from Hell.

Brochamp Media

(anex407 on the CLG Wiki)

  • Ragdoll Productions (1985) - This logo proves that dolls with creepy button eyes shouldn't be presented against a dark background. They make them look like they're dead.
  • WildBrian (1997) - I'll never be able to un-see that ugly face with that very pencil through the ears. His look is just disturbing.
  • Stretch Films (1998) - Somebody forgot to floss...
  • Oz Film Company (1914) - Acceptable for the 1910's, but not acceptable for little children. Thanks a lot, Vivian Reed.
  • More coming soon.

FireLaser244's Scariest logos

THX: The Deep Note was the embodiment of my childhood nightmares

Zombastic Productions: Why does it have eyes? Why would they inject the skull in said eyes? It's all very disturbing to me

TCN Productions: The way it comes closer slowly along with that fanfare that comes off as a wall of noise is something I don't want to think about at night

Ramsay Films (2nd logo): Those screams. They make me feel insecure

VID (6th logo): It's like it's counting down to your death

Valve Corporation: That music still creeps me out, especially with the image

Horror Factory Entertainment (3rd logo): If you thought the first logo was bad, you've never seen this.......

Prathima Films: That Hindu god freaks me out

SnowflakesOmega's Scariest Logos (because I have to take a long time to make a long video of my list, so have a preview while you wait for the big one):

Viacom (1976-1986): It just looks like it's going to get you, along with the grandiose synth theme and sudden abruptness of the ending, so I have to agree with it. At least I'm not scared of the dark and B&W variants.

DIC Entertainment (1987-2001): The darkness, the slow zoom-in to the spiked star, the music (especially the 1990 one), and the way they show the kid sleeping at the beginning is quite disturbing. It looks like the logo is actually stalking the house.

PBS (1989-1993): The theme comes abruptly all of a sudden with the big logo and black background. I find this to be more ominous than the 1971 ID.

Revue Studios (1958-1963), and the other Universal Television logos coming after: Mainly due to the fanfare.

MTE (1989-1991): If Universal had to answer Viacom with a V of Doom-like logo, this would be it.

Titwala Filmwalas (2001): I just want to smash that trumpet everytime it plays.

Hanna-Barbera Cartoons (Swirling Star logos): I'm not a fan of the dark animation and whooshing synth music. The later CGI version is more odd-looking.

More coming soon!

Chandragupta:

Delirium Films: What were they thinking

Gopal Karmacharya: Did not expect the Explosion noise. The little guy at the top is pretty cute though.

TV3 Horror: Its something to say the least.

Horror Factory Entertainment: Its a jumpscare, enough said.

MTM Enterprises (St. Elsewhere Finale Variant): Probably the saddest logo, made worse considering Mimsie died in 1988, when the episode aired

Rangeela Productions: Pakistan has a library of nightmare logos, but war footage is the worst.

Team Happy Rainbow Panda Bears: It being pixel art makes it less bad, but its really messed up.

Bravo (Rabbit Farm): A grenade is dropped on a field of rabbits. Bravo’s idents from 1997 were f***ed up.

Video Game Videos Inc.: The cat is worse to look at than any jumpscare logo, and it can cause seizures. Also the eye blinking in the beginning makes me feel uneasy. Apparently Hotdiggetydemon (who owns VGV) made shirts with the cat on it.

Now the scariest logo I have seen:

MTV Asia (Food for Thought): They kill an animal in the most realistic art style. This one is also hard to find.

Presley1323:

Nick Jr. Frogs (2003-2007): I saw it everytime when I was 1 years old, then I been scared of it somewhere in 2013, Due to The Blue Frog Crocking, But Now, I Been Not Scared of it on Like August 2018 when I was 8, and I’m now 10

eloc08 (CLG Wiki user aang1337)

Disney Channel Originals (2002): I hate this one because the logo wobbling and the liquid looks too scary for me.

rj4712

off-topic: I am not scared of the Viacom: (1976-1986) of Doom.

DIC Entertainment (1983-1987): The scene of someone sleeping is a bit creepy.

Oz Film Company (1914)- The music and Vivian Reed's face staring into your soul.

Logomax Productions' SCARIEST LOGOS!=

  • Gorgon Video: This is the most scariest thing I have ever seen! I mean, the flames, music, Medusa staring into my soul like hell, and Medusa sticking her tongue out! Though it was likely intentional since because it's a horror company.
  • Team Happy Rainbow Panda Bears: Whoever made this logo must been loving animal abuse, which PETA (I still hate them, though) might get mad at them for this! It's too disturbing to see a dead panda on screen.
  • Timpson Films (2015 logo): "I think i'm gonna be sick." *barfing* Come on, this "logo" is nothing but a stupid excuse! I mean, it's THRPB 2.0, because it has a dead naked man shown on this logo. (very inappropriate for a logo)

I'll find more scary logos later.

- Logomax Productions

Originalsboy11

Logos That Scare Me

  • 1998-2008; 2012- Klasky-Csupo "Splaat" I absolutely hate Splaat and it makes it worse that he stares right at you with this weird look on his face with his big blue eyes makes me want to crawl into a deep hole and never come out. I can tolerate his voice to a degree, but I can't hear it at night though.
  • 1998-2007 O Entertainment logo- Seeing a big creepy "O" drop down on a black background with a deep voice does not make a good combo for me.

NightmareEnterprises

NOTE: I am used to these logos mentioned today.

20th Century Fox (1994):I was scared by the drumroll. I got used to it by watching the logos on YouTube.

Neversoft (Tony Hawk's Underground):I was scared by the sewer monster eating a person. I got used to it by how much I played Underground.

nihirichan's Scary Logos!

(Please note that I'm not going to link some of my picks because it means I'm truly scared of them. Also, I'm not scared of the V of Doom, S from Hell, Mask of Doom, Fabrica, nor Horror Factory.)

KWSU (1st logo): While I don't consider this scary by animation, the sounds make this logo unhelpful. I recommend you watching this at daytime.

Oz Film Company: The face of Vivian Reed will forever haunt my daydreams.

Dwarakish Chitra (1st logo) : When I first set foot on this logo, I was perplexed by the way Dwarakish smiles. Later, I suddenly got scared of his smile, which is much scarier than Vivian's. It also made me not to look at Indian logos that don't have a CLG page ever again.

Rainbow Releasing (1st logo)/International Rainbow Pictures: May I ask why Orson's face is in these logos?? It's really unnecessary for his face to be there as the logo is about a rainbow! Not an angry face!

Boje Buck Filmproduktion (Knallhart variant) : While I'm usually a bit jumpy when I see the other variants, the Knallhart one makes it super unsettling with the zoom-out of the rabbit's face.

Gaumont (6th logo; original variant) : See KWSU.

Coliseum Film (both variants) : That elephant is very unnerving.

Shivalik Films: See KWSU.

Topitoomay's Scariest Logos!

The Curiousity Company: Leave My Eyes Alone! I'm very scared with my eyes by "tick-tock" sound and waves washing ashore sound

Klasky Csupo (2nd Logo): Oh No! My Dream is getting ruined with eyes, I was scared i have sleep see my laptop and TV by a black ink stain on a blue background with a liquid effect appears by splattering all over the screen and also the music and sound effects is getting nightmare

TrickyMario7654's "Formerly" Scary Logos:

Yes that's right, I'm one of the few on here who isn't scared the heck out of by any logos. But growing up, there were plenty of logos I hated seeing, such as these...

ABC TV (Australia) - When I was younger, I hated EVERY ABC logo used (with the exception of the ABC Kids logo). The design of the Lissajous Figure and the jingle freaked me out, and I had plenty of nightmares over the years. Thankfully, I no longer find it scary and the last nightmare I can recall of this logo was in 2009 (despite no longer finding the logo scary at that point).

(NOTE: There's another variation of this logo that was used between the two above, but I've yet to encounter it on a tape I have)

Zoot Review - Believe it or not, these logos were used at the start of a series of "product recommendation" adverts aired in countries such as Australia. Shown at the start of each commercial, we see a red blanket-like background with a black overshadow. In the center of this is a red oval with "review" written under it in white. The word "Zoot" is drawn out in a metallic cursive-like font. After the word has formed, "with *insert reviewer's name here*" appears below "review". For the audio, we have this inhuman guy saying "Zoot Review" while crashing-like noises play in the background. I hated seeing this logo because of the unfriendly logo design and the loud audio. Even worse, it often catches you off-guard as it's the first thing seen in the ad. I had so many nightmares about this logo because of these factors. Even the later redesigned version still looks creepy. While I'm not as scared as this logo as I used to be, it's still startles me whenever I'm transferring commercials from tapes due to the fact I'm watching these blind. Thank goodness these commercials died off in Australia something during 2010.

TheEye12's Scariest Logos

I'm not scared by many logos, but these are the ones on here that used to scare me.

Tell-Tale Productions: I remember seeing this when I was little. It scared me mostly because of the abstract-drawn face at the right, but I don't find it scary today.

Right Entertainment: This was one of the scariest logos I came across. I remember me having my DVD player set to a loud volume, and the sounds were so loud that it scared me to death.

Audi: This is a commercial logo, but even then, I found it so scary, due to the black background, the theme, and the animation. I had nightmares for weeks about this logo and it doesn't help today

that it feels a bit creepy today.

BBC Two BBC Two (Zapper): I was scared by the zapper breaking, but nothing more.

THX: Oh my gosh... this logo used to scare the heck out of me when I was a kid. The black background, the large, metallic logo, and the one, the only, Deep Note. I had nightmares from whenever

I would see it. Definitely NOT recommended for people with THX-phobia.

Kennithball97's Scariest Logos

1. Klasky Csupo: 2nd Logo A.K.A. "Splaat"

While I'm not scared of this logo nowadays, Splaat was my worst nightmare when I was young. It mostly came from how realistic his eyes and mouth were, however his robotic voice and the "Music" could be factors as well. Despite this, I still have a special place in my heart for this logo, especially seeing that the company treat him like a character, instead of a logo.

2. A.K.A. Cartoon (Canada) A.K.A. Cartoon Incorporated: Boo-Haw-Haw Variant of the 2nd Logo A.K.A. "Bloody Guy From Hell"

Say what you want about "Team Happy Rainbow Panda Bears", or "Timpson Films", at least those were shown with unsuitable content, THIS was shown on a KID'S SHOW!I don't think kids would enjoy seeing blood, let alone a dead guy in it.

3. Zombastic Productions Incorporated: Either Variant for their Logo A.K.A. "The Cheapest Scary Logo Ever"

To Begin with, can I just say that prefer it if the nickname "The Low-Budget Nightmare" applied to this logo than Vadimon? Anyway, just about everything is disturbing about this logo. The music, the skull's design, the blood curdling scream, the blood coming out of the logo, the injection of some painful fluid, and other things. I get that this was made to be scary, and they did that very, very well.

That just about it, I'm not scared by a lot of logos.

LogoAshbyroad

VID: Most of you guys aren't scared of this logo. I hate this, that evil mask staring into your soul and that scary and terrible fanfare. The animation is unnecessary and unsettling. I don't wanna see this logo again! 2013 logo was little less worse, though I still find it creepy.

Klasky-Csupo (Robot): When I saw this for the first time, it didn't scared me, at all, though I think the face creepy, and still is. Who approve this? This has scared many kids during their childhood! If I see this logo again, I would close my eyes and mute the TV. That was nasty!

Viacom "V of Doom"

A.K.A. Cartoon Inc.: WAY OFF THE CHARTS! This is inappopriate for a children's show, it's worse than THRPB and Timpson Films. It's really nothing special, just a dead guy being impaled by a pencil. This is disgusting!

Stretch Films: You thought that KC logo was bad? Wrong! This is even worse! I hate this logo! The mouth is creepy, the laugh freaks me out, not to mention that this is placed in a black background, as well as appearing on a children's show!

PBS (1971-84): Why this logo has ever come to exist? It's a kind of logo that you should not view it in the dark.

WGBH "Flash of Doom": Who thought that was a good idea? The music is eerie and terrible, the animation sucks, not to mention that is also in a black BG! No comments.

Renaissance Pictures

Gracie Films "Treehouse of Horror" Variants: I hate that scream! Wilheim variant is less worse, I think it's funny.

VCI

Oz Film

Fabrica

3G Home Video

Screen Gems "S From Hell"

Paramount Television "Closet Killer" (1969): There's no closet killer on the logo. I don't know why they called this nickname.

ThatRandomOshawott's Scariest Logos

Vadimon Video- This logo would be relaxing andａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ if it weren't for the eyes at the beginning. Goodness! Did they have to make them so unsettling?

Fabrica- The first part of the Fabrica logo (where the eyes open) is reminiscent of horror movie jumpscares.

The white text-only NET logo variant- Sometimes, no sound can be scarier than screams. Did they have to drag out the logo for so long? I wouldn't be very comfortable in a dark room with this on the TV.

Ear Booker Productions- Fun fact: Did you know the music in the logo was from a track that was meant to be a jumpscare for those unfortunate fellows who forgot to take out the CD? Also, it appears that the people who made the logo have never heard of epilepsy in their entire life.

DARKIPLIER'S scariest logos:

Klasky Csupo "Splaat": this one scared me as a kid, i will admit. The sudden appearance of Splaat plus the look of him and the fast paced logo overall made for a horrifying moment for me, not to mention it was at the end of a Rugrats movie.

Horror Factory 1st Logo: This one also got me when when i knew it was coming...

A.K.A. Cartoon Inc. What...the...hecc. IT HAS BLOOD ALL OVER THE BACKGROUND AND IT'S A KIDS SHOW! WHAT COULD BE WORSE?

Team Happy Rainbow Panda Bears: ... I don't even want to talk about this one.

Any Neversoft Logo with the spear through the eye: I just don't like eye stuff.

HiT Entertainment (5th Logo) This scared me as a kid for some reason, i think it was the music


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boje buck: the rabbit looks scary as it stares at me. it's also eating a snake. that's very unsettling imo

ear booker productions: it's so loud as heck like it's trying to junpscare you. not to mention the flashing screen

fabrica: the eyes. nuff said

Stretchgirl

Stretch films: that sudden laughter, oh my god it's too much.. XD

Windchill Films: I'm not scared of it now, but i was before, the snowman becoming evil is just horrifying.

Nick Is Kids bumper: The splat pulsating is that bad, i feel the splat is going to go into my face, and the music sounds like summut outta horror film... when it isn't. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (NOTE: I'm not scared of this logo now. Phew!)

PerformLPS Logos: Still scared of, no longer scared of, never scared of Still scared of: Horror Factory: Mainly cause of the jumpscare. NSFW scary logos: Because they’re inappropriate. No longer scared of: Klasky-Csupo (1998): The face was the reason. Nickelodeon “Box” (1994?): Again, because of the face. Columbia Pictures (1993): I don’t know why. I first saw the high pitched version of it at the front of Hotel Transylvania in 2012, but I had a nightmare in which the fanfare was super loud, which made me scared of it for a while. Sony Pictures Television (2002): I don’t know, cause of the sudden loud fanfare. Windows XP (2001): Not a logo, I know, but the shutdown music was creepy. Movie theater logos: Because they were too loud. THX “Tex” (1996): Probably because of Tex coming up to the camera at one point in his first logo. Paramount Television (1987 and 2002): The loud fanfare caught me off guard for a while. Never scared of: Viacom V of Doom: Come on, it’s just a zooming V! Screen Gems S from You Know Where: Not scary at all. VID: Nope. A VID mask ain’t scary. Oz Film Company: That girl seems friendly… And a whole bunch of other scary logos.

The scariest logos (According to Serval The Sugoi)

MGM: Oh my Glaceon. The mask on the bottom used to scare me so bad. When I first saw the MGM logo in other media besides Tom and Jerry, I just ran to my room and cried. Warner Bro's: The heavily dramatic music scared me so bad. I kept crying when I first saw it. Tristar: The Pegasus is cute, but 3-6 year old me was so scared of the way the Pegasus's head looked front facing.

HibiscusCrown20's recount of a scary logo (guest-starring a bumper!)

I was surprisingly a pretty hard kid to scare for my age, so I wasn't bothered by most logos I've seen that are deemed "scary", though that's not to say that there were exceptions to that. I remember finding the famous Deep Note of THX a bit too much for kid me to handle, and I would have to look away from the TV screen and cover my ears with something like pillows until it was done playing, though I've loooooong grown out of it. However, while a bumper and not a logo, nothing compared to the traumatizing horror (to little me) that was the sprinkler bumper of PBS's "It's All How You Look At It" interstitial series. Every time I saw that it was on, I would make a mad dash to my mom's room while screaming and crying, probably because of the helicopter whining noise that played before the sprinkler took to the skies. I've also loooooooong outgrown that fear of it, and it's definitely nowhere near as scary as little me made it out to be.


RubyLovesLogos


The THX logo scares me because of the sound. First time I saw it was when my stepfather did a speaker test. And my two sisters were pretend-playing as cats. Then, the THX logo appeared on screen, and I started running!

And you know, Sony Wonder’s music sounds beautiful. But it gave me a heart attack for no reason XD

AlmightyKingPrawn's Scary Logos

As a kid, I was terrified of THX (except Moo Can of course) and MGM. I like them now. I also hated the logo for Disney Sound, which is still one of my least favorites.

In my early days of logo fandom, I was scared of a good majority of nightmare logos. I was scared of the Viacom V of Doom, Klasky-Csupo Splaat, Oz Film Company and pretty much all of the Indian logos that were deemed scary. MTV Asia's Food For Thought and its dorper sheep killing was the worst for me back then, and I'd still call it the worst if its authenticity as a real bumper hasn't been put into question.

Now, I am scared of very few logos. Mostly they are ones that are scary for more typical reasons than most logos people are scared of: jumpscares (Horror Factory, Ear Booker, Teletoon Night Planet Baby, I don't know if Video Game Videos is a real company or a fake logo for the end of some Hotdiggetydemon videos but if it is real it goes here) or horror themes and/or gore (TV3 "Horror", some MTV bumpers, some Adult Swim bumpers but especially "Long Pork", Bravo Bravo UK, and my personal scariest logo that I don't even want to link here, Timpson Films. Team Happy Rainbow Panda Bears does nothing for me cause it seems like try-hard edgelord Newgrounds stuff).

There are, however, three traditionally (as in unintentionally) scary logos that still freak me out every single time I watch them, even with me being not very scared by any other "typical" logos.

  • Nickelodeon "Nick Is Kids" ID: yeesh. Did David Lynch direct this? Probably not, cause he made Asymmetrical Productions and that's child's play compared to this. That heartbeat sound, the slow motion black and white footage of children, the creepy announcer whispering "Nick is"... it feels like I'm being brainwashed.
  • Bryanston Pictures: Those sounds. Those effing sounds. They make my skin crawl. Apparently the studio was funded by literal actual crime? That just makes it even worse...
  • Rainbow Releasing Productions and International Rainbow Pictures: I thought I was over these guys until I edited their pages. Orson Welles, please stop staring into my soul like that.

And here's one that my relationship with is... interesting! It's our good old friend from Serbia, Delirium Films. When I first saw this logo, I was terrified of it in a way I haven't been scared of a logo since my "nightmare logo" phase. But now I... like it? While still finding it horrific? But it's kind of cool? And I'm not usually a horror fan but I'd watch a horror movie like this? It reminds me of the animations of Cyriak Harris for some reason? I really don't know what to say about my weird relationship with this logo. I've always had a similar relationship with MTV's Bug Man Fly ID, though that one I don't really find scary so much as gross.

Chris L./Boodle2003

Boje Buck: Bugs ends up becoming a carnivore. No questions needed.

Zombastic Productions: One reason why I never take Pepto-Bismol.

UAV Corporation/3-G Home Video: This is why they stopped bringing jets to football games.

Horror Factory: Be prepared to wet your pants with this one.

Ear Booker: FLIPPING WEIRD AL MADE THIS CRAP?!?

A.K.A. Cartoon: BLOOD AND BALLS IN KID SHOWS! Why would they even allow this?!

Behaviour Communications: This logo puts Godzilla to shame.

VID: Friday the 13th leaked footage

THX: The Audience is now Deaf

DNA Productions/Pony Canyon: WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!

MGM DVD: The Lion King, except Simba has no indoor voice.

Viacom V of Doom: Change the channel before the V pulls you into the screen.

Arman Julian: The poor CGI does not make up for the loud music.

Guntzelman-Sullivan-Marshall: Live footage of Humpty Dumpty falling off his wall.

The Bedford Falls Company: It's a Wonderful Life EXTREME.

Big Ape: We don't need Kong for this logo.

Carlton Video: Letters out of Hell.

Klasky-Csupo: That face haunts my childhood.

Working for Monsters: JESUS, IT'S GOT TEETH?!

Twisted Pictures: Teases the gore Saw is going to bring.

Valve: Must be pretty expensive to install that thing.

Starbreeze: Babies don't spawn viruses.

Strand Releasing: Nuclear warfare looks like this logo.

WVF2010's scariest logos...for real

I remember these scary logos in the late 2000s or the early 2010s, yeah...I am 23 nowadays. Still scared of, not scared of. Whether you chose, whether you not.

  • Almost every Indian/Pakistani logo: Creepy! I hate them! Even they scare me when I saw them for the first time.
  • BND (1990): That mask is extremely super scary, as it is the Klasky-Csupo of Russia. The L-Club April Fools variant did not help as it's showing its tongue.
  • Oz Film Company (1914): I am not gonna link this one, but her face is so sinister. There is a closeup variant where she faces the screen closely, that didn't help at all!
  • MGM (almost every logo): I remember the Tanner version of that logo, where there is a lion in the ribbon circle which roars very loudly. I was a bit unsettled by that lion.
  • V. V. Creations (1984): Same thing as the Oz Film Company logo.
  • BND of Doom (2010, dare you not to click it): Not really a logo, but I remember it some time ago: It was the 1976 Viacom logo that appeared, until the BND logo appeared and hit the camera. That scared me so much!
  • Boje Buck (1992): What a creative way to put a hungry bunny in that logo!
  • Timpson Films (2015): I don't feel so good. *vomits*
  • and the moment YOU are WAITING FOR...every Nepali logo: Self explanatory.

Catto/TLD's scariest logos: MTM Enterprises (St. Elsewhere variant): That high-pitched beep jut made me nearly vomit, +I love cats,and that's just sad. Timpson Films: WTF WERE THEY THINKING???? George Schlatter Productions: That just not a hammer sounds. WMC-TV: It's just..plain creepy, like the next my logo. Westward Television (1961): WTF, who came up with that music idea? Zespol Filmowy RYTM: It's loud and bizzare. THRPB: WTF IS THAT??? but it's less scary, than the Timpson Films. WSIB (Construction) (it's not really a logo, but still): the jumpscare of zombies creep me out.

Chea’s Scary Logos

A.K.A. Cartoon As like I said in my username. I really hate this logo! Why would Danny Antonucci come up with this gorey cr*p!?

CN Skull I may hate it. But I like those who uses the logo as a living logo character.

Stoop!d Monkey I may hate this logo. But I like the web series and the characters!

Magical Elves Not gonna lie. But… THIS LOGO GIVES ME THE FR*CKING CHILLS!!!

Sick Duck This logo is ABSOLUTELY FR*CKING DISGUSTING.

PFFR Aw H*CK Na!

Ginormous Madman This logo was seen on a FR*CKING NICK SHOW THAT NY BROTHER WATCHES!

Debaser The sound gives me NIGHTMARES.

Working For Monsters The 1st logo gives me nightmares.

Chuck Lorre Logo w/ the woman and the crows I seen this at my school before.

Rob Thomas Plz tell me that the mice aren’t evil! 😰

I’ll think of some more soon!

Gideon Grey's Scariest Logos

MGM VAMPIRE (1967) THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY DISTURBING LOGO. THIS LOGO IS THE MOST FRIGHTENING MGM LOGO EVER. I ACTUALLY FIND LEO'S VAMPIRE TRANSFORMATION DISTURBING.

Bonus:

  • BND of Doom (2010, dare you not to click it): Not really a logo, but I remember seeing it in freshman year: It was the 1976 Viacom logo that appeared, until the photoshopped VID Mask appeared and hit the camera. That Caught Me Off Guard! DO! NOT! WATCH!

LMgamer36's Scariest Logos

  • Shera Films "Lion of Doom": Easily the scariest one from the company's library. Who even convinced this?
  • Regal Entertainment, Inc. "King R I": Used to be afraid of this one, but not now. Well I'm used to logos zooming to the viewer (like the V of Doom).
  • Walt Disney Home Video "Neon Mickey": I know it's a reused Mickey conductor animatronic but he looks sinister in this logo. Early variant still startles me to this day because of not always expecting the Handel Gothic logo.
  • Zombastic Productions: Who created this monstrosity? I know it's a B-movie producer but what the?!
  • Coliseum Film (Thailand): Everything in this logo, especially if you aren't expecting to see it. Also the cut to the movie.

Tabit's Scariest Logos

Honestly, I don't really get affected by scary logos, but here's a list of logos that actually made me uneasy.

Horror Factory Entertainment (2015-, France): When I first saw this, I flinched so hard, and backed away from the screen, probably because of that creature.

Sushil Enterprises (1981, India): I wouldn't recommend watching this if you have the volume turned all the way up.

Any THX Trailer: The deep note just puts me on edge. That's all.

Delirium Films (2005-, Serbia): Considering the subject matter, their movies are completely different compared to this acid trip. This logo is just not my cup of tea.

FEARnet (Bigstar ID) (2006-2010): Too much going on in the logo, with a bunch of sounds superceeding it and a ton of disturbing imagery. Although, it's rather intentional.

Zespół Filmowy X (1972-1980s, Poland): The fact that the swallows are approaching towards the viewer and the sounds get louder and louder, which soon tames down when the X is formed. Suddenly... BOOM! GUNSHOT! Swallows suddenly black out the screen. I wouldn't recommend watching this if you're faint-hearted.

National Films (1957, Deteriorated variant, India): What even happened to cause this

Télé-Université (1970s, Canada): I know the chick is fine but the overall weirdness of the logo and the theme is just... ugh.

Bomb Bird 64's Scary logos

MGM: the lion creeps me, but i'm not scared of the lion.

THX: DEEP Note, now that's bad, and spooky

Bad Robot: That robot used to scare me

Blumhouse Productions: A scary logo with a scary background nothing said

Indian logos: they are all Bad- AND SCARY

Timpson Films: that's DISCUSTANG, and gross

Oz Film: bruh a scary thing, what could i do.

BND(VID): The Mask, But in B&W

NBC (undead Peacock) That is In livid Color and Creepy.

Neelyryan95 Scariest Logos

Columbia Pictures (1993) The Torch Lady's face used to freak me out a little not anymore though!

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2001) Same reason for the 1993 Columbia Pictures logo!

Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978) The dramatic music freaked me out a little but now I actually like it!

Buena Vista Film Distribution (pre-1984) A lot of the old Disney movies from the time period had some dramatic fanfares that freaked me out a little not anymore though!

HBO Feature Presentation (1999) The fast paced zooming of the buildings freaked me out a bit when I was little though I like it now! Still, it dulls in comparison to the 1982 ID!

Bravo UK Idents (1997) A lot of those idents were down right disturbing! I watched it on YouTube a few years back!

There isn't a whole lot of logos that I can think of that scare me too much!

Charlie Fiddlesticks' Scariest Logos

Little Airplane Productions: Girl Walking fast, voice thats fast. Its fine when its on YouTube but not fine on TV.


Team Happy Rainbow Panda Bears: me: oh look at this, this is gonna be awful. Seriously, what were they thinking.


Klasky-Csupo (Splaat & Graffiti): I only hated this because of the "credits cut" to the logo. This is especially for graffiti.


Nick Jr Productions. (Puddle): That's some depressing music you got there


Nickelodeon Productions (2008 Lightbulb): I wasn't able to see the "Abstract" logo as a lad, but that laugh was creepy to me

Andrew Daly Productions: This is a scarier version of Paramount's (Closet Killer). The head is creepy, the music is way worse, and the zoom is more detailed.

MTM Enterprises (St Elsewhere Finale): It's pretty clear what happens here. Mimsie died about a month after the finale first aired and WHAT do you see that is the last of Mimsie? HER LITERAL DEATH ON TV. Of course, she is being portrayed by another cat, but just think the last of an iconic part of MTM is shown dying on TV. And not to mention the credits that have the loud beeps during the logo, but the heartbreaking fire alarm-like flatline. This could have a whole family crying, top that off with the sad music in the background ending with the most heartbreaking final note "ding" ever. And yes, I know this gets plastered with either 20th Television or Surgeon Mimsie on reruns, but just imagine the utter fright on 80s faces seeing the original airing. Horrible!

TVB's Scariest and Unscariest Logos

Once I entered the logo company, I was extremely fine, not going to lie. But that was a year ago. I now got unnerved by a few, although I ain't really scared of any anymore. Also, all of them I got unnerved by will be in a Bullet List.

  • Dan Curtis Productions/Metromedia Producers Corporation (Though it is in-credit) (1973)ː This is my first example of a logo that's actually scary. Imagine going on to some list or something & you see this horror face. Not pleasant, worse than any THX logo period. Also, the music is nightmare fuel (tho I don't get effected by scary ahh music). We won't have to deal with that anymore. But even though it scared the black off of me, I think that's where my interest of scary logos started.
  • Fearnet (Bigstar ID, 2006-2010)ː The fact this came from Comcast is honestly unnerving. Nothing much to say, go figure.
  • Rangeela Productions (1972-1973)ː Honestly, every Pakistan logo got it's fair share. But this is entirely different. Who even thought having an actual explosion & war is a good idea? Hitler, that's whoǃ It's also as eerie as most Analog Sign-offs.
  • Farooq Productions (1977)ː Self-Explanatory if you seen it. One thing I want to mention is the dark nature of the logo, & somehow, the guy shown is fine.

Now here are the logos that I used to get scared, but now I think it's stupid calling it.

  • Zombastic Productions, Inc. (2001,2005,2016)ː The logo is so bad, it takes it's own cheese and made it as scary as the floor. Who knew.
  • Ear Booker Productions (1997,2011)ː Very Surprising, but if you don't have a seizure, that's the only thing that makes it scary. And if you have your device muted, it loses hope on making it scary. I would go far as to say that the noises are funny.
  • THX (Cimarron, idk)ː I used to get jumpscared by this a lot, but growing up, I don't think it's that much of a hiter. Immediate, that is.
  • Bryanston Pictures (1972-1975)ː Remember the cheesy piece of existence known as "horror"? You gotta be 6 years old to be scared of this trash. Synth animation is nowhere scary (at least nowadays) and the sounds are inexistent in the music universe.

That's all

Serval the Sugoi's scariest logos from back when she was like six... Again!

  • Warner Bros. Distrubution: I have no clue why I was scared of this. Ok, so whenever my dad watched a sitcom (I remember it being like Seinfeld or something) and always after the credits, the logo came. Now, 5-8 year old me was always extremely scared of it. I remember it's because of the EXTREMELY dramatic music!
  • Columbia TriStar: Now, I never really liked both of those logos. I hated Columbia due to the dramatic music and I hated TriStar because of the way the Pegasus looked front facing. But I didn't like it when both of them were there!
  • MGM: While most people were scared of the lion, I was scared of... The mask. Now, when I first saw an older version, I hadn't seen any MGM logo outside of Tom & Jerry. Why was the mask so creepy?
  • Nelvana Limited (Canada): Now, growing up, one of my favorite shows was Max and Ruby. But for some reason, I always hid behind the couch when I saw it!

Scj323347's Scary Logos

Here is what scares me!

  • Treehouse logos (2004-13 and 2013-present): Annoying jingle called "You're watching Treehouse!". That is why I am in another room during the channel's promos and IDs.
  • Sesame Workshop (2008): All because of Elmo the red monster! I hate that guy, so I watch a series by Marcello Animations called "Elmo Gets Grounded", made with Plotagon.

Nova's Frightful Picks

Note: These are not logos I find scary, rather logos that would frighten a young child.

  • Ear Booker Productions: I get that it's Weird Al's production company, but maybe flashing and nonsensical noise isn't the best choice for a logo found a children's show, imagine giving an epileptic child a seizure, that's messed up, even for him.
  • A.K.A. Cartoon (Ed, Edd n Eddy's Boo-Haw Haw Variation): Everyday, I laugh at how the Cartoon Network censors allowed this to be shown.
  • THX: The Deep Note would definitely frighten a child... Unless they knew that if they heard it, a good movie was gonna play.
  • MGM DVD (1998): The louder roar could scare a child, especially if they didn't see it coming.

Cassie Grandstaff's scariest logos

PBS Kids School

  • ADV Films (2002) - The logo was scary when it was shown on [RETRACTED]'s now lost Logo Evolution: The Extravaganza, and was scary since then. The fact that we hear wobble sounds when we are at the ring's center and the moving makes it so scary. The even worse part is the 10th Anniversary variant due to the ring being closer and the text being far away, with the ring saying "10TH ANNIVERSARY" in gold.
  • Columbia (2010, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs variant) - That variation was bad because at the end, you won't expect the Banana fall down with a loud "Cha-meow" sound. The sequel used the same variant, but the ending have the Banana turn to a Bananastrich with Berry coming to the screen.

Robloxfan999's scariest logos

  • Nelvana Limited (Canada)(Grossology version) - The slime coming down on the logo scared me. Even when I see a picture of the logo, I get chills.
  • Spiffy Pictures - idk why this logo scares me, maybe the accordion tune, idk.
  • Boje Buck Filmprodukton - OH, MY, GOD. This logo scares the s**t out of me. Hell, it's so scary that I can't even link the clg wiki page.

Ashley Taylor

  • Columbia Pictures 6th Logo (June 13, 1993-) (formerly): I'm literally dying for sunburst back when i'm was 5 years old, now i'm fine with it.

Tito’s creepy logos

(side note: I’m not scared of THX, Screen gems, Klasky Csupo, Timpson Films, or Viacom.)

BND of doom - not a real logo, but I still get pretty startled by it.

Literally every indian logo - SELF. EXPLANATORY.

jrStudios' Logo Nightmares from when he was 3 till 13...

(I am no longer scared, just get what I call logo goosebumps. I am used to them :))

Alright, so when I was little, I had numerous nightmares of the lilac blue Disney Feature Presentation bumper. I felt like the voice, the font, and the sharp music was SO creepy. My nightmares were about the logo "tricking me" into going through my TV into a 1984-like world, where I get tortured with the sharp note of it. It loops over and over.... Some of the tricks include:

  • Saying I had mail when I didn't. Even if I say no, the event occurs.
  • Fake "Coming Up Next" bumpers which say after 9 previews, the FP bumper comes. It comes in 3 instead.
  • Me having a dream and abruptly, I "wake up". The TV comes on and it occurs.
  • FORCING me in.
  • Cameos (What happens nowadays

The last one of these ended with me using a PS3 interface to destroy the bumper once and for all. Also, the TV in them is no longer in my room. However, in my dreams, "cameos" appear. One of the more recent ones features a clip on thing with the "AND NOW, OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION" music played. It gave me chills due to everything above.

I think the auto-rewinding of the VCR in my room contributed to the nightmares, as it was near midnight when they occurred.

Chiagozie Elobuike's Logo Nightmares

I am still scared of the Horror Factory Entertainment logo. I don't wanna look at that person's faceless face because if I do, I will get shivers and I also might almost get a heart attack if he jumpscares me.

YoshiGuy14

DEFINITELY the Klasky Csupo SSF and nothing else. UPDATE: I got over it.

Young Serval's Scariest Logos

Now, I'm not "scared" of any logos today. And by "scared," I mean "holy shiz! That's horrifying! I'm gonna have nightmares AND cry in my sleep tonight!" But, the "scariest" logos I see give me this uneasy feeling... I don't know how to describe it! It's sort of like the uncanny valley, but only small. So.... Uh... Let's start, I guess!

  • Warner Bros. Distrubution: So, my dad was the kind of dad that loved sitcoms like Seinfeld. However, he now watches "classic" anime like One Piece, so there's barely any chance that I'll see this logo on TV again. But when I was little, maybe 5-8 years old, I had so many nightmares about this specific logo. I'm pretty sure that it was because of the dramatic fanfare instantly blaring, because it had no "startup" sound, unlike the actual Warner Bros. logo from the time. Every night from that time I was watching it, I had some nightmares about the "shield" zooming in on me and for some reason eating me.
  • MGM: Now, when I saw my parents watching some movie with the MGM logo, the only MGM logo I ever saw was the Tom & Jerry variant where Tom replaces the lion. But unlike other kids, who were scared of the lion, I was horrified of the mask UNDER the lion! I HATED that the mask had a heart-shaped mouth and hallowed-out eyes! I just- I just didn't get why the mask had to be under the lion.
  • TriStar Pictures: Ok, so younger me loved unicorns and pegasi, like basically any 6-year-old girl. But... I was scared of the front-facing Pegasus! Somehow, it seemed really scary to little me!
  • Nelvana Enterprises: I really loved Max & Ruby as a kid. Like, REALLY. I basically watched it every day. But whenever the credits appeared, I hid behind the couch! Why, well, it's because I was super scared of the Nelvana logo! I don't even KNOW why!

Eliternal's Scariest Logos

  • Viacom (1971-2006) "V of Doom" - The filmed variant only; it got me running from my lives. 😰
  • Oz Film Company - The face, she's staring into my soul. Thanks a lot, Vivian Reed.
  • Intrepid Pictures (2006-2012) - This is the scariest logo that I've ever seen. The sound, the red sky, the creepiness, it gave me huge nightmares with it. I wish that this logo needs to be forgotten before 2006.

keipe008's SPOOKY-OOKY LOGO COLLECTION!

Before I go on further, please assume any logo with the suffixes "Of Doom" or "From Hell" in their nickname doesn't scare me and never did.

  • Ear Booker Productions - "Haha, nice photosensitive epilepsy you've got there! It'd be terrible if this logo I made were to trigger it and make you have a seizure!"
  • This will be updated in the future.
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