Interglobal Video (Canada)

1st Logo

(1985-1986)

Nickname: "Peach Saturn of Doom"

Logo: On a space background, we see a peach colored circle, zooming in. Around it, there are stars, changing throughout. A white flash then makes aring of the same color around the circle, forming Saturn. Then, stars coming from both sides make the name "INTERGLOBAL" and then "VIDEO" appears under it.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: Really cheap effects. "Video" only fades in as opposed to sliding in like "Interglobal" did, and the space background lacks stars.

Music/Sounds: A Moog synthesizer tune with seven rising loops, with each loop having four synth beeps, and after the seventh loop, synth space sounds are heard.

Availability: Ultra rare. Can be seen on the earliest prints of The Making of the Terminator. If you're lucky, eBay or Amazon may have other tapes with this logo. Other tapes that have this logo are The Private Affairs of Bel Ami, Rain, Sisters of Death, Carnival Story and Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent.

Scare Factor: Medium to high. The cheap effects and eerie music will put off many viewers, though the scare factor may be lower for those less affected by it The next logo is even scarier, due to the downgrade in the animation.

Nickname: "Black Filmstrip Earth of Doom"

2nd Logo

(1987-1988)

Logo: On a zooming space background, a 2-D image of a stylized Earth with a filmstrip around it (a la Universal) zooms in from the center of the screen really quickly while flipping really quickly. Once it settles, "INTERGLOBAL HOME VIDEO" in blue zooms in below the Earth.

Variant: On videos released by Kid Flicks, the red words KID FLICKS A DIVISION OF appear on the screen, then fade out as the Interglobal Home Video logo plays.

FX/SFX: The background, flipping and zooming.

Cheesy Factor: The animation is even cheaper than the first logo. The variation with the KID FLICKS text is poorly chyroned in and looks out of place, especially in the font that it's in.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo, but muffled.

Availability: Can be seen on Prosecution and The Outer Space Connection, however their tapes are really hard to find these days, but quite wider in distribution than the 1st. Also seen on tapes released by its kiddie division Kid Flicks.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare. This is even scarier than the 1st logo because of very quick zooming and the cheap(er) animation, combined with the music.