Dark Castle Entertainment

Background : Dark Castle Entertainment is a genre division of Silver Pictures, a production house affiliated with Warner Bros.. It was formed in 1999 by Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Gilbert Adler. Its first film was House on Haunted Hill.

(October 29, 1999- )

Nicknames : "DARK CASTLE, AHH!!!", "Super Scary Statue", "The House on Haunted Hill", "The Gargoyle"

Logo : On a black background, we see thunder panning around what appears to be a Gargoyle head. We zoom out, and the statue opens it's eyes and mouth and roars. Then we continue zooming out of a castle, which turns cartoonish. A box goes around the picture and crops it. The text "DARK CASTLE" in a grungy font appears, and "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in under it.

Variants :
 * On Echelon Conspiracy, horizontal sparks are shown at the beginning.
 * At the end of Suburbicon (the company's first film in four years), the logo is shortened.

FX/SFX : Wonderful CGI (for 1999).

Music/Sounds : Thunder sounds, a dark, ominous music composition, and of course, the terrifying gargoyle's roar. For the Echelon Conspiracy and Getaway versions, only the roar and thunder sounds. Silent for the shortened version.

Availability : Current, can be seen on horror and thriller movies like Gothika, House Of Wax, and Ghost Ship. This logo first appeared on House on Haunted Hill (1999).