VCII

Credits

Captures by
Eric S. and Others

Video captures courtesy of
DudeThatLogo and Eric S.

Background

This was a label used by adult video distributor VCX to release non-pornographic films, mainly B-movies like The Prowler.

(1980-1983)

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Nicknames: "Dark VCII"

Logo: Against a starry space background, nothing happens for 8 seconds. Then two red parallelograms, which face opposite directions, rapidly shoot in from both sides of the screen, forming a wide V shape while producing several shadows and a white trail briefly. A yellow C and a blue "II" (A Roman numeral 2) slide up from the bottom of the screen and stop just below them, forming the finished product "VCII" in an "X" arrangement. Then, a black version with a red triangle fades in with a black background, as several copies of the logo are seen getting "sucked" into the middle. The whole thing glows purple. The final result also greatly resembles the VCX logo.

Variants:

• There may be a copyright notice chyroned in at the end.
• On some tapes, including The Prowler and Boogeyman II, there's an ad for VCX blank tape preceding this logo. It starts with a rotating cube zooming in against the same space background as disco-sounding music plays, then it stops, and a text scroll travels up a yellow square showing two VCX blank tape boxes and a TDK blank cassette reading "The VCX secret to consistent quality is sealed in each VCX pre-recorded video tape. We are proud to introduce the first VCX blank tape in VHS format. Now you can pass this secret on to your friends..." as an easy-listening piece plays. After the text finishes scrolling upward, the cube starts rotating again and zooms out as the first part of "World Champion" plays. Then the VCII logo continues as normal.

FX/SFX: The shapes being arranged, the shapes getting "sucked in" (which is poorly edited in), and the glowing.

Music/Sounds: An edited version of "World Champion" by Keith Mansfield. There also exists a low-tone version.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on old tapes of the period, such as The Prowler.