Forum:Give me a "scary logo" and I'll explain why I'm not scared of it.
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How about this one https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7bMn-58Hiys The music is the scariest one yet |
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Hello. As someone who has a large interest in logos for a decade, I have stumbled across dozens of scary logos. Here's something that I'd like to express from myself: I'm not scared of logos in general. Granted, there is a very few amount of them that I resist rewatching, but let me say that the ones I find the most unnerving personally are those that are unintentionally creepy. However, there are thousands of these "scary" logos that do not, and I mean do not, make me feel uneven or disturbed whatsoever. Even I have an immunity towards bloody logos. So, like the title of this thread says, I'd like some scary logos to tear apart and discuss why I don't think they frighten me as much as other people do. |
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I might be on the same page since I don't really get affected by scary logos but alright. What do you think of National Arts? |
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.png) The male singer sounds monotonous, but the brief melody he sung in the third verse is rather something I found a bit satisfying about rather than creeped out about. And not to mention, this whole logo is very slow that not even the dark atmosphere can make it feel eerie. No, not even the lightning is scary because not only does it look cheap by today's standards, but their sounds aren't loud, harsh, and powerful to produce such a sudden and frightening feeling. To put it simply, the logo's scare factor is no substance and weak atmosphere that doesn't provoke anything terrifying for my tastes. I will say that like with many other Indian logos, I feel sentimental over them, including this logo, due to how the look and setting of these logos reminds me of a different place, particularly ancient times. So while this logo is not scary whatsoever, my fascination with ancient times as well as other cultures do make me somewhat like this logo personally despite the slow pace. |
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Eh. There is one logo that affects me hard. Dan Curtis Productions (USA, 1973)... |
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Even one who's used of the S from Hell and the V of Doom would be scared of this. Yours? |
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 Hmm... this is a tough one to explain, but I will say that it is a little startling to me. However, that doesn't mean I am truly scared by it. I don't really care for horror soundtracks (that's not to say that I do like listening to some themes to horror media), and this logo's music is no exception. It's basically something I'd hear out of many other horror films. But then there's the close-up of that man's eyes that is the true selling point for the logo's scare factor. When I said "tough one", I mean that the close up is effective enough to make even a person who doesn't express strong emotions in real life flinch a little bit. I will say that the close-up is a rather interesting shot and a highly unusual one for an in-credits sequence. And you know what? When I appreciate how unique the scariness of something is, I would become more and more used to this rather than so scared of it that I don't want to come near it. That is where I used to be scared of the WSIB "Top Chef" PSA but rewatched it multiple times where I don't find it scary anymore. That, alongside seeing this logo appear again and again, is because I came to appreciate their effectiveness and eventually grew to personally like them. This logo is something that may make me shudder a little, but this is one of those instances where the uniqueness of something's scare factor will eventually make my personal fears of something wear off the more I got used to it.  Again, fanfares don't scare me, not even when you make it so loud. I assume that was because of the poor quality of the video. Rather, I am more creeped out by the bad film quality rather than the logo itself. But what about the elephant itself? Choppy and stiff movements makes it seem more cheesy than uncanny. But the design does sort of fall in that category. And those aggressive roars feel pretty generic. I would say another elephant logo has more effective roars and that was because it felt pretty unpleasant. Sounds like the elephant roars in Coliseum Films (including its variant with slightly more surprising roars) aren't unpleasant and harsh-sounding, just there. And honestly, the background effects cancel out the elephant itself more since these neat and fairly colorful effects dominate much of the screen than a small picture of a cheap elephant simply shaking up and down. |
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At least the other elephant logo you're saying, Maharaja Movies has a tamer fanfare, and the logo, and movie with that logo is still in B&W. Anyways, Asian cultures admire the high intelligence and good memory of Asian elephants. As such, they symbolize wisdom and royal power, just like how they do on dragons and the depiction of them on (mostly) East/Southeast Asian logos. |
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Hey Camenati, what is your thought about this logo: TV Cidade Caxias (Brazil) |
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_(Credit_-_Yuri_Brilhante).png) To be honest, I have never heard or seen this logo so you've just introduced me to a loud logo I hear no one talking about! But anyways, I think this logo started off well enough. Of course, there's nothing scary about the first hal-oh. That loud fanfare at the end. A bit startling, but nowhere near the level of surprise earrape in meme compilations. And besides, I sometimes find loud things hilarious! But only if they're inaudible and not trying too hard to please. This logo does not fall in either category. Not loud and sudden where it really startles me and sends my ears to therapy (I would say the whole video featuring this logo was a bit loud to begin with) or funny to the point of me wanting to replay it over and over to the same pleasure. |
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 Ok. lemme see if we'll test you with this one: The second logo of Regal Entertainment, Inc. (Philippines) |
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 Oh, this logo? I actually like this one. Besides the Tiyanak variant (the sudden thunderclap at the end is the only thing that is truly surprising), part of me felt sentimental about the logo's eerie vibe and cloudy city landscape. And speaking of the vibe, I really dig both tracks. The 1985 fanfare is catchy and the "R" fading in synced to the track is neat. As for the other soundtrack, once again, horror-like tracks are never scary to me and some of them I find more interesting than scary and this music's deep and dramatic tone kind of fits that, especially the first half with that one descending note. As for the "R" zooming in, its speed and choppiness makes it seen a bit surprising, but that was because I was expecting a loud thunderclap at the end. Besides that, I don't think the speed is that jarring and pretty easy to get used to. Overall, it's a cool logo I'm fascinated with rather than horrified by its scary vibe largely thanks to the synthesized music. Those type of tracks never frighten me. |
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.jpg) What about a lion zooming to your face at the speed of sound, roaring to you at the loudest volume possible? If you show this in Times Square everyone will sure be deaf. |
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If that wasn't scary enough, try this logo: |
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This logo has animation that is too simple to make me flinch; a lion zooming in, opening its jaw, and then some text comes out with its eyes turning red. Is that really it? Especially with it ending in a strange, soothing note? That would kill the scary mood of the logo, but how about the lion? Looks menacing enough...until the part where it roars. The animation on that is more laughable than uncanny or terrifying. As for the roaring itself, I don't think it's ugly or highly strange to give me shivers and in general, screams and roars doesn't do the trick, a frightening vibe and atmosphere would. None of it audibly fits what I think would scare me. But to be fair, I find this logo fascinating for its simplicity and concept of a picture of a lion zooming in and not cover up most of the screen. I have grown a liking to weird and scary close-ups for their stylistic and unusual approaches. Oh yes. this one. It's an easy logo to get used to and not be scared by. I think the obvious reason for that is the bombastic music and as you may guess, I really like the build up and triumphant finish at the end. The synchronization of the text zooming in and appearing also amps up the satisfying factor within this logo. I don't have much to say other than if this logo pops out of nowhere, then I'll be glad to sit through its exciting score and simple but effective animation. |
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What about the scariest *real* logo??? .png) |
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That's not a logo, just an in-credit notice. |
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And what about this unnecessarily loud Indian logo? |
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What about this? |
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Yeah, I agree with LMgamer36. This is more of an in-credit notice than an actual logo, but let's pretend it is a logo because calling a logo not scary because it's not a logo makes no sense. Anyways, very cheap freeze frame in the beginning aside, I honestly think people are overexaggerating the war sequences. Yes, it is intense, multiple things are set ablaze, and so forth, but this is pretty generic. Everyone seems to be in combat and have their war faces on, but that seems to be about it with this little sequence. Anything that happens in this scene feels like something I've seen from another war scene from the angry sniper to soldiers running around. Besides smoke fuming all over the place, none of this provoke the horrors of war. Not to mention there is a shot where there are a couple of soldiers hopping and does absolutely nothing. So yeah, pretty generic and not scary at all. Could've been bloodier but that's just me. _(Star).png) And here's another logo I think some are overexaggerating on, but unlike the previous entry, I can kind of see why with the startling loud note and the booming announcer. The former can be surprising at times, but after being held for 6 seconds, it quickly wears off its welcome. And the creepy announcer part? Meh, too long and that tone of the voice is something I've heard so many times already, it is tiresome. But, when you take the audio away from this, it won't even survive a scary logo countdown list. Seriously, a star slowly zooming in and then an audio graph? Eeek, that is the scariest thing ever! The sheer simplicity of this cancels out the audio since that's what I mostly think of when it comes to this logo; too busy indulging in its laziness than its scariness  And we're back to Pakistan with another logo that feels a bit anticlimactic in its finished product. Firstly, the thunderstorm feels like you take stock footage of a storm, then apply multiple flashes to it and call it an effect. Not very convinced by that. And then comes down to a dark structure rotating within a really dark room. There isn't anything jarring or uneven about that, it's just a structure rotating which I seem to like a bit. As for its last trick to give me a scare...I got a horse with some smoke flowing around. A rather cheap looking horse at that. Also, that theme coupled with the loud rumbles seems to be trying too hard; I'm just not frightened by how it starts with an ominous piano sting that I've heard many times in other media. And despite its cheapness and stock-like audio, I personally seem to like this logo for its fast pace and darkness. The latter especially would tap into my imagination for what's really in the background as well as what it would be like if it were there in real life. |
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The fact that this movie where this clip comes from is about that infamous dictator. Quite fitting as well. |
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These two, perhaps? |
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Just see these, they're not exactly scary but.. JUST LOOK AT THEM: |
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_.jpg) Looks simple and dull, honestly; just a slow zoom out and then a sudden zoom in ending with a bombastic fanfare with a similar effect. When you factor in the design of the logo (save the film quality), then the zooms don't offer much. I kind of don't understand what makes that flaming figure scary. As for the big elephant in the room, the fact that the logo looks heavily deteriorated, it does nothing to enhance the scariness of the logo. As I have said, the design of this logo doesn't bear anything highly unusual or unintentionally creepy, just a flame on a pedestal with a filmstrip on the bottom. So to put it simply, it is nothing remarkable and easy to get used to the most jarring part of the logo.  The poor quality of this logo has me more amused by how bad the animation is and how hard the score and text tries to surprise rather than be really scared by it. I mean, the score got lazy in the second half and repeated the last note over and over again that I got a bit irritated at first but seemed to enjoy the depth within it. And of course, the text displayed later on is ugly looking compared to many other Pakistani logos. The thing that makes it less surprising is the fact that it fades in and I sometimes appreciate its more stylized appearance (I mean, I do like seeing stylized versions of foreign writing systems and this one kind of falls within that category). And those videos? Way too terrible-looking to give my shivers. I would say the "suits" those people are wearing look uncanny, but their faces seem relatively fine despite the bad animation done on them. The second video is particularly more amusing due to the unnatural poses and the very bad lip animation. To put it simply, I am more weirded out and sometimes amused by those rather than expecting them to haunt my dreams. As someone who enjoys weird things, perhaps this isn't too far away from the border. |
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These 3 which are considered scary: And these 2 which are considered cheesy: |
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The co-founder of the first one's company thinks the it's not as scary as intended. |
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I think that's way too much for him to explain and cover. |
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Hey Camenati, what is your opinion about these RKO Television logo that creep out the kids in 80's?: |
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What about the Pakistani Jin Productions logo? Some may be startled by this loog, but I find it mostly funny thanks to the Dancing Baby. |
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I don't know why but Camenati has been unactive in this forum for 3 weeks. (Also sorry for being unactive in this wiki for that same 3 weeks) |
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I don't know why but Camenati has been unactive for 3 weeks. Too busy for other things for sure, but eventually, I will explain these options soon. |
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That's honestly the correct choice to me. Maybe one at a time will help. -TVB |
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The 1979 D.L. Taffner logo :P Yes, this was ACTUALLY ranked as a nightmare logo one time. |
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 Really, this one...the one that scared many and made others perplexed on why it's scary for others. To give my own brief explanation, I have easily grown used to this logo and even then, I wasn't scared of it. Starting things off, the goofy sound effects makes this one something as they are unusual but catchy at the same time. If there's nothing scary about the sounds whatsoever, then Splaat also fits within being more cartoony and goofy rather than uncanny and terrifying. Perhaps I kind of like the slight smile he shows after delivering that one line or that I have seen worse than really big eyes slapped on two rectangles of a face. Overall, it's silly and harmless. I would say that kids overexaggerating the logo's scariness might be a factor, but I'd like to stand by my own scare factor. .png) As I have stated before, if the animation is way too simple, then it will not send shivers or make me flinch whatsoever. That's what essentially describes this logo with the beams shooting downwards rather than directly at you. You know what? A more sudden appearance combined with flashing lights may make this one more surprising and overcome its simplicity. Also, that track is a weak, orchestral note that is not loud or dramatic enough.  And then there are eyes opening within darkness. Nah, it's a cool one in my book. It is unsettling, but the details on the eyes as well as them opening is somewhat satisfying and I don't specifically know why. Perhaps it's something to do with how unique this logo is and those eyes aren't next to unusual like the ones shown at the Dan Curtis logo I have described. So yeah, it's far from scary and close to satisfying for its uniqueness and simplicity.  What makes Photo Video scary again? Is it because of the rapidly changing colors? To me, that immediately gets washed away by how amateurish all of this is. And yet, that, alongside the design and look of the logo somehow gives me nostalgic vibes for the 80's. There is another obvious expression I have besides giggling at this logo's cheesiness and sentimentality: boredom thanks to its near two-minute long length. If a scary logo is that long, then it'll might as well not be unsettling at all especially if it has little to no substance. This one certainly does not quality as scary.  Hikon is a weird one for sure, and that's got me more weirded out rather than horrified by its cheesiness. A lot in this logo doesn't make sense and is rather executed too badly to send shrieks. I mean, an eye slowly zooming in towards us? Some guys repeating "Hikon" over and over combined with strange synthesizer music? And to shoot down its scariness, a silhouette of a couple fading in underneath. All of this feels thrown together, making it highly unusual, which is why I don't like this logo more for its weirdness than being uncanny. .png) On the opposite direction, we have another one that is more cool and awesome rather than dark and terrifying. There's nothing sinister about that track. I find it rather catchy, especially in the second half with the ascending chimes slowly fading out in a dark ambient sound. There is also the lightning that isn't sharp-sounding, of deafening volume, or appears all of a sudden, and that is thanks to the steady pace of the logo and how it goes by rather quickly. Of course, I don't care about the lightning at the beginning, but the symbol sliding at the end is worth mentioning, particularly with its speed and the fact it leaves a colorful trail behind. So this one is steady, very 80's, and not sudden or highly strange. The rest of your requests will come soon. |
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Hey, I found a contender for this forum lately: |
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That's probably just cheapo Scanimate effects. |
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Another hiatus from Camenati. |
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That's probably just cheapo Scanimate effects. What about analog synthesizer drones? |
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I've got some: Erry Vision Films PS2 Red Screen of Death MTV Corpses Calzone (Contains moderate animated gore) A.K.A Cartoon (any variant) |
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Some logos to cover: Working for Monsters (first one), Monkey Massacre, Bad Hat Harry (first one), Horror Factory, Heel & Toe, any vanity card with no sounds and even the infamous logos like Aggressive Mediocrity (second one) and Lansdowne and even HARVEY LEVIN prods. |
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I got one. |
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It's Christmastime, and how do I celebrate it but tackle scary logos I am immune to. Since I have received a lot of undone requests over the past several months, I am starting over from the latest one. Post your undone request in a new reply (one at a time please so that I do not become overwhelmed), but now here is:  The only thing worth the scare factor in this logo is its fanfare elevated to such a volume. But even at that, the loudness is so baffling it's funny. Enough so that I burst in laughter for its unusually high volume. Besides that (or when you mute the logo itself), it is fine. The rings spinning are too long, the movements are choppy, and it is overall too cheap to be scary. It is standard African cheese that I seem to enjoy. Yes, it's one of those "so bad it's good" logos. |
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Post your undone request in a new reply (one at a time please so that I do not become overwhelmed) I'm pretty sure one of them was the 1979 D.L. Taffner logo. |
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Ubu Productions, that logo kind of terrified me but not to a big degree. |
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what about aka cartoon logo and valve logo from 2007 and 2012 |
