Palisades Entertainment

Background : Cinema Group is a film distribution company established in late 1970s. It purchased home video distributor Continental Video in 1985. It was renamed to Palisades Entertainment in 1988.

Cinema Group Pictures
1st Logo (1979?-1987) Nickname : "The C"

Logo : On a black background, we see the words, "a presentation of". The words then fade out. Then four light blue streaks steak across to the center of the screen, forming an abstract "C", and the words "Cinema Group" below the "C". Then the logo and words streak toward and away from the screen.

Variant : On some films, "a presentation of" is not shown.

FX/SFX : The fading in/out of the words "a presentation of', streaking of the logo and words, etc.

Music/Sounds : Usually silent.

Availability : Extremely rare. Can be seen on Southern Comfort, Deadtime Stories and Witchboard, among others. On some VHS tapes of its movies released by Continental Video, the logo was skipped and go straight to the film.

Editor's Note : None.

2nd Logo (1987-1988)

Nickname : "The Green/Pink/Blue Rectangle"

Logo : On a black background, we see a blue rectangle with a yellow outline and a red outline, and the text:

 CINEMA GROUP PICTURES

is on the rectangle. "CINEMA GROUP" is in white and "PICTURES" is in turquoise. At the bottom right corner of the square is a "TM" symbol.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : None or the opening theme of the movie, or possibly the same music as the 1st home video logo.

Availability : Extremely rare. Seen on the original VHS release of Zombie High and the trailer for Brain Damage. As with the previous logo, on some VHS releases of its movies, the logo was skipped and it went straight to the film.

Editor's Note : None.

Palisades Entertainment
(1988-1989) Nickname : "The Palisades Square"

Logo : On a back background, we see the blue rectangle with a white border. Over the rectangle is the words "Palisades" in a cursive font, and below it is "ENTERTAINMENT" in a serif font.

FX/SFX : None.

Music/Sounds : An ascending synth theme. Sometimes silent or the opening theme of the movie.

Availability : Seen on its later theatrical films from 1988 until its closure in 1989, such as Zits, Jack's Back and A Chorus of Disapproval.

Editor's Note : None.