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[[caption-width-right:640: The ВИD death mask, a good reason why this logo is one of the big three scary logos in the community. [[SarcasmMode Sleep tight, Russian kids!]]]]
You would think that the little logos at the end of TV shows and the start of movies and video games wouldn't have the potential to scare anyone. These examples prove otherwise.
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* When bringing up the topic of "Scary Logos" it is guaranteed that someone will bring up Viacom's [[https://youtu.be/10LDTLjEPDM 1976 logo, nicknamed the V of Doom]]. It is one of the most popular examples of a "scary" logo within the closing logo community, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou thanks to that giant V coming right at you]] along with the [[HellIsThatNoise downright unnerving synth fanfare and ominous drumroll]].
** Variants of this logo are [[FromBadToWorse (unsurprisingly)]] much worse. The lack of color in the [[https://youtu.be/gkhwchv8VY0 Black and White version]] gives the logo a much more gloomy and sinister vibe.
** [[https://youtu.be/iB5wQZyIgS0 A warp speed version also exists]]. As if the original logo wasn't scary enough, we now have the V zooming in even faster with the music sped up.
** [[https://youtu.be/-FrML59oDlk There is also a "vinegar syndrome" variant]] that is just an eyesore to look at.
* The infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQd-ls7Psh8 Screen Gems]] logo from the 1960s, nicknamed the [[FanNickname "S from Hell"]]. The heavily synthesized music, composed by Eric Siday, and abstract shapes have scared quite a few people and can startle anyone who isn't prepared.
* THX, period. Its infamous logo sound effect, the "Deep Note," which to many young filmgoers and film viewers on VHS in the '80s and '90s, was very much a BrownNote. Sure, there are plenty of funny trailers (such as the ones starring Tex), but between those are some... scary ones for this sound system phenomenon.
** Perhaps the most infamous one is the [[https://youtu.be/BminMwOP268 Broadway trailer]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPRqx5D4chA Especially the VHS version]] where the deep note is at an [[SensoryAbuse even higher pitch]]. It made children fear watching anything with the THX logo on the box (even if it a was harmless Disney film or an Epic Star Wars film). However, many people also enjoyed watching this (especially those who were fans of George Lucas' work).
** [[https://youtu.be/4XVo-xEMX-Y?si=y0qIwQ3afTiCwNNH Cimarron]] (at approximately 00:31) opens with a conductor flicking a baton, before opening a giant blue wormhole set to a noise that would break cinema speakers. Fortunately, the most widely available and remembered one uses a less harsh and different soundtrack by James Horner that debuted in the early 90s, the original audio track being lost media for years with how quickly it was pulled.
** [[https://youtu.be/eu5s7GYj4NM The Science of Sensation]] mostly due to the slow, dark atmosphere.
** [[https://youtu.be/_s-6pSdoctI Cavalcade]] which depicts a blue ball [[JumpScare exploding]] suddenly before forming the THX logo in a dark and stormy environment, with the THX logo being formed by the pieces of the blue ball being struck by lightning. It's especially creepy considering how the animation for the ball / THX logo seems to be inspired directly by the [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay T-1000]]...in fact, it was originally produced as a tie-in for the film's Ultimate Edition DVD release.
** [[https://youtu.be/sPY3Y2qhyXk Eclipse]] is a serious contender for the scariest THX trailer ever made. If the eerie space environment doesn't creep you out, the loudest version of the Deep Note most certainly will. It takes everything scary about the original Deep Note up to eleven. And if that wasn't enough, some variants are 45 seconds to even a minute long!
* Russian TV network ВИD (VID) has had some pretty creepy idents throughout its time.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i37V-g9N7T4 The most infamous ident]], used from 1990 to 2002, starts with a ball bouncing off a vibrating line. The ball zooms out far away from the screen, only for it to explode into a black background as a [[NightmareFace scary-looking]] mask fades in, accompanied by a fanfare of five loud and dramatic [[ScareChord scare chords]], ending with ominous synth whirring. The loud noises and especially the creepy-looking mask make this one of the most infamous logos in the community.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qV_Pr5Fr7A This one]] from 1994 to 1995 has a countdown from 3 to 0, with the number "0" morphing into a monochrome version of the mask while a more sinister version of the [[ScareChord Scare Chords]] play.
** [[https://youtu.be/8jVgNlhKw7E The Oba-Na variant]] actually starts off pretty funny. But then you get to the part where the mask morphs into the head of Igor Ugolnikov, who says in an electronically distorted voice in Russian "VID, VID. Nothing is viewed from your view!".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4UeX-Dq5f8 Boje Buck]], which features a [[HairRaisingHare rabbit]] with a dead snake in its mouth, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou looking right at you]] with a "You're next" glance in its eyes.
* When the former UK satellite channel Bravo started becoming DarkerAndEdgier towards the end of TheNineties, there was a campaign of bumpers that ran for a few months that were outright creepy. Not to mention the music in all of them. Here are some examples:
** [[https://youtu.be/cx_CyB7HauM One]] features a man with pins on his head (a la Pinhead from the ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' franchise) twitching while staring directly into the camera. They did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FGHTmD6z58 another version]] in which the man speaks at the beginning, once again shaking his head around, but appearing right up close to the camera at some points.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTYQA0O6nWg Another]] shows a jar of [[EyeScream pickled eyeballs]], in which someone proceeds to take one out with a fork.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiIb1gzWhbU This one]] starts with a group of white rabbits hanging about, then a grenade falls, which promptly blows them up off-screen.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjdMfu8YYvk This one]] features an old lady getting her mugshot as the camera zooms in, allowing us to see her [[SarcasmMode lovely]] DeathGlare.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N3QcxxwHCc One]] features [[ToThePain a girl licking a cheese grater]] (without her feeling any pain).
* Indian logos have a reputation for being eerie. These are no exceptions.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldm1qFe6lGc Ramsay Films]]. This logo is known to be infamous among the logo community for the off-putting [[{{sculptures}} statue]][[note]]"Art/TheRapeOfProserpinaBernini"[[/note]] and dark atmosphere, followed by an extremely loud roar that plays twice in the logo. The creepiness of this logo was likely intentional, as the company made horror films. It is recommended to turn down the volume before watching videos of this logo.
** [[https://youtu.be/-r2VSsvWIdo D.S Films]]. If the cheap animation doesn't bother you, the ear-piercing soundtrack definitely will.
** [[https://youtu.be/-Iiap5FncWw?t=20 Julibee Productions]]. Do you ever hear something that's depressing but also manages to creep you out? The synth theme in this logo is one of those things. The Christian Virgin Mary on an extremely dark background is chilling enough, but the theme is almost funeral-like. The trumpet theme near the end of the logo sounds like something you would hear in a 1960s horror movie.
** [[https://youtu.be/XqyPYw8Gn6M Murghan Enterprise]]. The fire behind the statue makes it look like you're descending into hell, and the music sounds like it came from the deepest fiery depths of hell itself.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfKK6R0zUj0 The National Arts logo]] is often classified as one of the scariest Indian logos, thanks in no small part to the dark atmosphere and ominous music, ending with three off-key trumpet blares.
* If you love panda bears and/or are planning to eat, we highly recommend steering clear of the Team Happy Rainbow Panda Bears [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvQrt71gnws logo]], because, despite its name, it's far from happy, as it features a dead, mutilated panda bear in a dark room.
* [[https://youtu.be/fI8z73BSyiw Timpson Films' second logo]] is NSFL for a reason, as it features a man shitting out his organs.
* [[https://youtu.be/c4ev2mRjXj8 The first Horror Factory logo]] is bound to make people jump out of their seats. We are instantly taken to a rather familiar-looking environment (reminiscent of the opening of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'') when we see a strange, goblin-like creature in the distance. The creature slowly lifts his head. While this is happening, you can hear a heartbeat that gets louder and louder. The creature suddenly drops down, and the Horror Factory logo comes into the distance ([[NightmareFace which is a rectangle with a grey drawing of a screaming face with blood on its lower lip]]). Then the goblin creature [[JumpScare jumps out of nowhere and shrieks loudly at the viewer]]. For those who have a heart condition, it is highly recommended not to watch this logo. For those of you who have seen it, [[SarcasmMode sweet dreams]].
%%* [[https://youtu.be/wmiaYW0KxcM Master Arts Video]]. In a rocky landscape, we see a bubbly pool of water. We zoom in on it and a dragon statue [[EyeScream (that doesn't have any EYE PUPILS by the way!)]] rises and rotates. It then rotates to the viewer and shoots a fireball at the camera.
* The [[https://youtu.be/B5_vWORhRU8 Tigon Studios]] logo on ''VideoGame/AssaultOnDarkAthena'' can come off as a JumpScare for people who don't expect it. It's like the evil twin of MGM, only this time the lion is replaced with a ''very'' angry, snarling tigon (a reverse liger essentially), and the tigon's face takes up the entire screen! What's even worse is that it appears after the familiar Universal logo, which would make one let their guard down. Again, refrain from watching if you have a heart condition.
* Starbreeze Studios has quite a disturbing logo concept. The logo depicts an infant getting a blood test by a mad scientist accompanied by a dramatic fanfare. As the scientist looks into his microscope and sees a blood cell resembling the company's logo, he gets his eyes out as the fanfare builds up into a climax with an abrupt stop. The evil smile on the sun's face is also creepy.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrO3WVDMY4k Slaughterhouse Entertainment]], which shows a spinning oval-like shape with a drawing of a skeleton behind a short cylinder with a drawing of a house, coming at you as ominous music plays in the background. The logo ends with a woman screaming loudly in terror, which could definitely make some people jump.
* It's basically the prime definition of a cheesy logo and may come off as Narm for a lot of people, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg4CrYY94bQ Zombastic Productions]] has a logo that's just foreboding and quite bizarre, to say the least. A skull with eyes turns around in a jittery manner, and a man's arm holding a syringe full of pink liquid appears from the left. He injects the liquid into the skull's left eye, causing him to scream out in pain, before cutting to the logo, and switching back to the skull, its face covered in the pink liquid. The skull turns white and suddenly zooms up close at breakneck speed, letting out a more anguished scream. It looks like something you would find on the dark web.
%%* [[https://youtu.be/AGGm5TEyx54 Deep Water]]. Again, a very cheesy logo that looks like something Video Briquendo would make. But it's the shark attack and floating, severed arm that doesn't necessarily make it a pleasant viewing experience.
* [[https://youtu.be/9PtUJToOTIM A.K.A Cartoon Inc]]. The logo shows a drawing of a guy who is impaled by a pencil through his head, complete with drops of blood flying out. Mind you, this was for [[WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy a kids' show]].
** [[https://youtu.be/3vrmI4BExPQ The Boo Haw Haw variant]] is even more brutal. The whole thing is in a black-and-red color scheme and is now covered in more realistic blood, making the drawing seem much more violent. It is quite shocking that they would allow this to be shown after a show aimed at ''children''. Granted, it was intentional because this variant came from a Halloween special, but ''still''.
* [[https://youtu.be/8OQgYichsP0 Bloody Earth Films]]. The dark, ambient music definitely sets the logo's ominous and dreadful nature. The hand scratching the (now decrepit) earth doesn't help at all.
* [[https://youtu.be/gyCA-jPPcLA Nextreme Film]]. The very dark, horror-like symbolism is surprising as this company sometimes produced films that weren't horror-related. The music itself sounds like something you would hear in a slasher film, it would fit a scene where the killer sneaks up on one of the victims and slaughters them.
* Many who grew up with the ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' games have not-too-fond memories of the logo for Creator/{{Neversoft}}, which consists of [[EyeScream an impaled eyeball]]. [[https://youtu.be/urSzZBDMaN8 The Neversoft logo]] from ''VideoGame/TonyHawksUnderground'' has a man (admittedly, [[TakeThatScrappy Eric Sparrow at least]]) skateboarding at night, only to get ambushed by a hideous monster that is totally not a ''Film/{{CHUD}}'' and dragged down the sewer. [[EatenAlive His bones are seen flying back out onto the street]] and the abomination belches out the Neversoft eyeball.
* [[https://youtu.be/jELKJFtY-Ts Rolling Thunder]]. Granted, it is Creator/QuentinTarantino's company so of course it would be Nightmare Fuel. But the meat hook coming in and disfiguring the "A" is a little unexpected.
* Creator/ValveCorporation's logos are this to a lot of PC gamers.
** [[https://youtu.be/KPSdxS8hR7Q The 1998-2006 logo, named "Open Your Eyes"]], has a photograph of a man with a valve [[EyeScream lodged in his eye.]] Ouch.
** [[https://youtu.be/5t1n-YvI9gg The 2006-present logo, named "Open Your Mind"]] is even worse. It has a photograph of a back-facing bald man with a valve drilled into his head. And if that wasn't enough, there's a ''VideoGame/Portal2'' variant [[https://youtu.be/dA0kR3SLJJc where the man turns his head towards you.]] It even got a [[https://youtu.be/MfzgLBSVqvM remake]] in ''VideoGame/HalfLifeAlyx'' where the atmosphere is even more ominous. Try that one in VR for size.
* [[https://youtu.be/yxpTqWXJ2o0 Terror Visio]]. This is a division of Horror Factory Entertainment (You know, the people who made that aforementioned logo with the goblin creature). And just by reading that, you know that their logo will be horrifying. But don't worry, [[SarcasmMode there's something much more wholesome in this one]]: instead of a goblin, you have a skull that roars at the viewer. [[HellIsThatNoise His roar sounds like it came straight from the deepest, fiery depths of hell.]]
* The MGM logo. A big lion on the screen roaring at you could send chills down a kid, at least if you're not [[FriendToAllLivingThings the kind who finds all animals adorable.]] While all of the lions were scary to some degree, any of the pre-1957 lions have been especially frightening and off-putting to some who are used to seeing the current lion, "Leo", at the beginning of most MGM productions in the last 60 years.
** [[https://youtu.be/-PFhZFxaGzE?si=52C1nmwScEDbHPN7 Tanner]] is often regarded as the scariest of all, due to appearing especially angry. This may be why Tom replaced him on the Chuck Jones-era ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' shorts, besides RuleOfFunny[[note]]Interestingly, MGM was already using a different lion (Leo) in their logo for most of their films by this time, so using Tanner came off as an odd choice[[/note]].
** The Greek theater mask below the lion is sort of creepy, as well.
* [[https://youtu.be/8dW7jKXQQP8 Wild Horse Productions]]. The creepy expression the horse makes, seizure-inducing animation, and weird sounds are likely gonna scare people. However, to some, this is a funny logo.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90U0dYQDft0 Klasky-Csupo]] logo from 1998, which has been known to scare many children, involves a sudden splat of ink bringing forth a creepy-looking face that looks like it just came out of a little kid's nightmare, with huge, bulgy, realistic looking eyes and a thick-lipped mouth on yellow construction paper. The ink splat is named, [[MeaningfulName meaningfully]], Splaat.
** An unfortunate side effect of Nickelodeon's CreditsPushback was that sometimes, this logo would appear after the credits on a show it wasn't supposed to: ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. This doesn't happen anymore, thankfully.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrysMovie'' closes with [[https://youtu.be/SSxAa4R1G1c this ident]], where, before fading to black, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Splaat creepily looks and smiles at the viewer through the Klasky-Csupo logo]].
** For some, this logo getting overused for "logo edits" on Website/YouTube a lot has led to it becoming NightmareRetardant. Klasky-Csupo themselves took notice and ended up "spinning off" Splaat to his own web series called ''WebAnimation/RoboSplaat'', even having him discuss his "scary" legacy in the [[https://youtu.be/Zc4y2jv1F_g first episode.]]
* [[https://youtu.be/8XacPo731t0 Asymmetrical Productions]] ('''epilepsy warning'''), a work of none other than Creator/DavidLynch. There's a reason why this is on so many "Top 10 Scariest Logos" lists. Aside from the robot voice and the unusual subject matter, there is also a V Of Doom-style zoom-in along with some foreboding drone music. The whole thing looks like a fever dream and a nightmare combined into one.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmNvceI8efI This logo]] from Films Incorporated. The epileptic animation combined with loud electronic warbling both create a rather unsettling experience.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iswrciul0MQ This ident]] from an obscure television network called Sumo.TV features Santa Claus as a long snake with glowing red eyes and a demonic voice, who vomits up the logo and lots of presents, accompanied by an eerie music box with moaning. Just the mere thought of something like that entering your chimney is terrifying. This ident was made by WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}}, the creator of animations such as "Baaa" and "cows & cows & cows".
* The logo from Creator/{{PBS}} affiliate [[https://youtu.be/EUWygGsyCyY WGBH]] has scared many with its dark colors, eerie animation, and ear-splitting synth music.
* We recommend turning down the volume (and refraining from watching if you have epilepsy) before watching Music/WeirdAlYankovic's [[https://youtu.be/Lv5WKNq72LA Ear Booker Productions logo]] seen at the end of his [[Series/TheWeirdAlShow short-lived TV series]]. The soundtrack is an edited version of "Bite Me," the hidden track from Al's 1992 album ''Music/OffTheDeepEnd.''
* [[https://youtu.be/UaxlFQTTlLk This BBC ident from the early 90s]] is best known for its piano piece. Which can either be blood-chilling or just morbidly sad, depending on your POV.
* MTM Enterprises is usually an adorable logo, with a kitten named Mimsie meowing in a parody of MGM, with a tendency for [[LogoJoke Logo Jokes]] on most productions. But [[https://youtu.be/fce6tlwwjQo this variant]] from the ''Series/StElsewhere'' finale will send shivers down your spine (It's also a MASSIVE TearJerker). For those of you who haven't seen it, it shows Mimsie unconscious and on life support, hooked up to an IV, with a heart monitor beeping in the background eventually flatlining at the very end of the credits. It was so upsetting (especially to animal lovers) that later releases of the episode thankfully replaced it with the usual credit roll. The [[SoundtrackDissonance credits music playing over it]] doesn't help. Logo Website/{{YouTube}}r [=JontyMaster=] intentionally didn't include this particular variant in his logo history of the company because of its horrifying nature. Watch at your own risk.
* Some Creator/{{MTV}} idents are weird and disturbing, especially the Halloween ones.
** [[https://youtu.be/LTs23BgAm5U This one features a character named [=FrankenSkippy=]]] and boy, is he terrifying! He's an undead, zombie wolf hybrid who sings in a voice not unlike Frankenstein's monster; "[=FrankenSkippy=], [=FrankenSkippy=], [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou [=FrankenSkippy's=] coming for YOOOOOU!"]]. He even pulls out his heart at one point and near the end of the ident, he starts up a chainsaw and proceeds to cut the screen in half. Now that's BreakingTheFourthWall!
** [[SarcasmMode If Frankenskippy wasn't cutesy enough for you]], [[https://youtu.be/YZcg8mkWSG8 take a look at Microskippy]]. There's something odd about a creature that has a microscope for a body, and the way it's animated doesn't make it any less ghostly.
** [[https://youtu.be/k1feB3FmwDI This one, titled Food for Thought]] feels like one very trippy nightmare. In outer space, we see an extreme close-up of a creature with two pairs of legs (one of the pairs is upside down) with an eye. Then it cuts to a close-up of another creature with lips in the center, sucking on a white, blue, and black striped straw. The camera zooms out to reveal the previous creature and it is depicted with two eyes. Both creatures are standing on a steel platform with eyeballs and bones on the ground. Off in the distance, we can see fossils on circular platforms, straws blowing on jacks, and Earth. The leg creature proceeds to suck on its fellow creatures' skin which is torn apart to reveal the rib cage bone inside, which includes an "M"-shaped heart (similar to the one from the "[=FrankenSkippy=]" ID). Once it's all done, the mouth opens up revealing the MTV logo. In other words, this ident portrays cannibalism in a bizarre and eerie manner. It's also very reminiscent of the stuff you would see on Adult Swim at midnight.
** [[https://youtu.be/Ca6X_T-DK0g "Blowfly Heaven".]] This one, despite being 30 seconds, is a very uncomfortable experience from start to finish. After grainy footage of a wooden barrier with the words "Outback Dunny", we see a swarm of blowflies flying around a creature that looks similar to a human ear. A blowfly closes up on us and bites in front of the screen before going back into the swarm. The worst part is the audio, which is heavily distorted and well, buzzy, in a [[SensoryAbuse very overpowering manner]]. It's pretty unsettling, and by the end you just want it to be done and over with.
** Things get much worse with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1MvuW_XBDc this ID titled "Atama,"]] which has a man being attacked by small, parasitic humanoids that [[OrificeInvasion enter his body]] and cause his head to gorily explode. The dark atmosphere of the location and the stop-motion movement make the already disturbing content extra nightmarish.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF0Bq98U1Rg Air Programs International]] logo consists of a rapidly spinning black vortex wildly zooming in and out as the three letters "A", "P", and "I" show up, followed by three ear-piercing synth notes. The whole thing ends with an ominous drum roll.
* [[https://youtu.be/c_TDRyrTmUs Ghost House Pictures]]. Sure, it's intentional, but the door slam is extremely startling even if you know it's coming. The skull appearing doesn't make things LighterAndSofter, and they made it look like the skull is staring at you through the keyhole.
** Their second logo has the skull in full view because the first logo just wasn't scary enough.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvz39rWehrs PFFR logo]] is shown at the end of shows like ''WesternAnimation/TheShiveringTruth'' or ''Series/WonderShowzen'', and it features a crude drawing of a... ''thing'' spewing blood out of a face on its buttocks, with a voiceover groaning out the name of the production team.
* While the Gracie Films logo is usually laid-back and relaxing with an iconic tune, some of the variations used in ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' are another story. At the end of ''II'' and ''III'', the music is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZyNAiEWRGA a haunting, somewhat badass organ variant of the Gracie Films theme]]. In ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zUWdMc94SI IV]]'', the woman's shush is replaced by the bone-chilling scream of a woman. This variation has continued to be used in almost every Treehouse of Horror special since then.
** There have been some other effective variations, the one used at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPb2a2KUMi8 Treehouse of Horror VII]] being possibly the most frightening of all, in which a woman shrieks in a more shrill and realistic way.
* The rare [[https://youtu.be/v72a-BhI_ss?si=dhPFJesQUuy8PNY0 Mad-Dog Production]] logo, only seen on shows like ''Outlaws''. It features the close-up still picture and background sound of an angry Doberman with large, sharp teeth who barks and growls. There's also [[https://youtu.be/lAs7QlUktuA?si=jVXCbAmqgqC9tp62 a variant]] that has the same imagery, only the dog is heard angrily snarling instead. Not helping matters is how it's often coupled with the infamous 1975-1991 Universal Television logo, which is known for its dramatic themes.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMrMCwu47k Children's Television Workshop's 1983 "Sparks" logo]] has creeped out many children with its weird descending synthesizer notes, strange visual effects, otherworldly font, and dark background. They also did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPDlSZsR_Mo another variant]] (found on ''The Best of Elmo'' and ''Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years''), which features ascending chimes that are ''incredibly'' eerie and ends with a loud clang.
* [[https://youtu.be/A7YJmJjm5Fo?feature=shared This Nintendo logo]] from ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'', where a plume of smoke forms into a mirage of a red, skeletal zombie with glowing green eyes. It snarls at the viewers before being swept away, and the Nintendo logo forms afterward. Needless to say, it's especially creepy, even more so when combined with the Edgar Allen Poe quote that precedes the opening logos.
* [[https://youtu.be/s7XJYDPQA-o The Bloody Disgusting logo]] which features a skull being split in half with a chainsaw in gratuitous detail.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSAzT3mLVc0 The 3-G Home Video ident]], which was also used on children's videos, shows the logo trailing into the center in pitch black, accompanied by a scary whoosh sound.
* [[https://youtu.be/Jfa2u5VldPA This ident]] for Irish TV channel Creator/VirginMediaTelevision depicts a band of four playing music together, only to take a turn for the worst. The guitarist attacks the lead singer with his guitar, causing her to shriek, holding her injured, bleeding neck, and a traumatizing battle ensues, ending with '''''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath a member's head being sliced open with a cymbal]]''''', before the drummer sits down to casually play the drums with blood everywhere. Honestly, you'll never watch a band performance the same way again after that!
* When eerie Indian logos come to your mind, the first thing one would think of would be religious statues, creepy singing, and bone-chilling thunder footage. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX5VXmSR3t4 The "Horror" ident from Indian pay television channel Zee Aflam]] shows you don't need those visuals to be scary, instead using a HauntedHouse setting, a bunch of skulls spelling out "HORROR" and a StringyHairedGhostGirl peeking around the logo before disappearing back behind it.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjEchu4Qnxk Carlton Screen Advertising]] logo, which was shown in UK and Ireland cinemas in the 2000s before advertisements, is well-remembered by British and Irish cinemagoers for its startling, threatening tone. The advert consists of a star-shaped iron poker being placed into burning hot coals (with multiple somewhat eerie shots of the poker getting increasingly hot) before it is pulled back to a dramatic brass sound and then rapidly thrust into the screen with a startling, fiery crash, leaving a burning, red-hot mark of the Carlton star. It's almost as if the advert is taking place in the fires of hell. And then, once the adverts are finished and the trailers are next, the advert is briefly reprised - the logo re-appears with the red-hot mark of the poker still burning (the embers then quickly disappear) as a haunting brass note plays.