Scream Factory

Background: Scream Factory is an imprint of Shout! Factory dedicated to the release of horror and thriller films on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Ultra HD.

(September 18, 2012- )
Nicknames: "White and Black Tombstones", "The Other Skull of Doom"

Logo: Against some foggy clouds in a supposedly abandoned area, the Scream Factory logo (which looks like Shout! Factory's logo, albeit in the style of gravestones) zoom out very quickly away from the viewer. The zooming comes to halt once a creepy skull rises from "the graves." It slowly creeps out, then pounces out at an extreme speed. His nose eventually engulfs the screen.

FX/SFX: The zooming of the logo and the skull, which are done very poorly. The effects are very choppy, though this could be an intentional throwback to classic horror films and B-movies, as this logo is done badly and is even in black-and-white.

Music/Sounds: A low-pitched and slowed-down version of the sound of a either a screaming woman or a howling wolf (it's kind of hard to tell), and a "whoosh" sound from the skeleton.

Availability: Common. Can be seen on releases by the Scream Factory label, starting with the Collector's Editions of Halloween II and III. Starting later in the 2010s, the Shout! Factory logo would precede it. Strangely, this isn't seen on the 2022 Blu-ray of The Ghost and the Darkness, despite the Scream logo being shown on the packaging.