Difusora Internacional De Vídeo, S.A. (Spain)

Background: Difusora Internacional de Vídeo S.A. (which would roughly translate as International Video Disseminator, Inc.) was a Spanish video distributor.

(1980's) Nicknames: "Spanish Antenne 2", "Trick Your Friends Into Thinking The Police Are Coming For Them", "How To Escalate Quickly", "Vision Test On Drugs", "Difusora Internacional de Slideshow"

Logo: On a space background, we read the words "DIFUSORA INTERNACIONAL DE VIDEO S.A." in yellow, next to a weird circle-like logo. The logo suddenly disappears as the sound drastically changes, and the logo, which now has a circle in it, flashes in many different colors and in two different patterns. The first logo appears back in, only this time is blue.

FX/SFX: The flashing colors.

Cheesy Factor: Very cheap animation and music. The second part of the music is just unnecessary.

Music/Sounds: An ominous orchestral theme - Isao Tomita's electronic rendition of Mussorgsky's The Old Castle - during the first part. The second part has siren-like synth sounds.

Availability: Extinct. It's found on the 1980 Italian film Patrick Vive Ancora (Patrick Still Lives in Italian) and some releases of their time. If you do not live in Spain, go there and look for these tapes with a Difusora Internacional de Vídeo print.

Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare. The unexpected change on the music and seizure-inducing flashing may scare a fair share of people. The ominous orchestral theme might be a bit too much for some people, too.