Fabrica (Italy)

Background: Fabrica is a communications research centre, film studio and school based in Italy. It is part of the Benetton Group, owner of the United Colors of Benetton clothing line.

(1999-)

Nicknames: "The Eyes", "Italia ti osserva" (Italian: Italy Is Watching You), "Black Super Scary Face", "Super Scary Face from Italy" , "Italy's Super Scary Face" , "Face of Doom" , "Eyes of Doom", "The Werecat", "Extreme Close-Up!", "Somebody's Watching Me", "Private Eyes, They're Watching You", "Vadimon's Little Italian Brother", "The Lost Lellicle", "Black David Bowie From Hell", "Vadimon's Italian Friend", "The Pinups Logo", "4th Place In The English Hong Kong Logos Award" "Super Closeup (its from 過年回家) "ubojite oči zla (Bosnian for "The Killer Eyes Of Evil")

Logo: We see an extreme close-up of a black-toned face, along with the white text "FABRICA" below its closed eyes. Suddenly, it opens its eyes (blue-green on left, very dark brown on right), revealing almost cat-like pupils. In fact, the pupils are covered by a black bar in the middle of a blue screen (all that supposed to be a window), reflected on the eyes, mostly cleary seen on the left eye. The face show us its eyes for a few seconds, until it closes it's eyes again.

Variant: In the opening of Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea and Deragliamenti, the logo cuts to black after the face opens his eyes. After the ending of the closing credits, the logo begins with the face with the open eyes, being closed. In addition, the logo is brighter. A still version exists.

FX/SFX: The eyes opening and shutting.

Music/Sounds: None, which adds to the scare factor. On the film Guo Nian Hui Jia, a snare-like instrument is heard.

Availability: First seen on the Chinese film Guo Nian Hui Jia (過年回家, Seventeen Years). Also seen on the 2001 Bosnian film No Man's Land, Secret Ballot, Fararishtay kifti rost, Adanggaman and Deragliamenti.

Scare Factor: Depends on the variant: Editor's note: this logo is infamous for the unfriendly eyes, music (Seventeen Year Variant) and more.
 * Original Version: Nightmare. It has scared many people due to the scary face, the dark environment, the silence, and the sudden eyes opening. The scare factor is even higher for those who are afraid of the dark, but it may be reduced for those who are used to and expected it. This is one of the scariest logos of all time, along with VID's "Mask of Doom", Viacom's "V of Doom", and Screen Gems Television's "S from Hell".
 * Aral, Fishing in an Invisible Sea and Deragliamenti variant: High to nightmare, because the logo is brighter, so the eyes pupils can be seen better behind that black bars. However, the eyes are still scary, in addition of the silence.
 * (Seventeen Years)過年回家 Variant: Medium to high. The logo (including the creepy statue's eyes) is still scary, but the music sounds comfy, making the variant tamer than the original one.