Door Video

Background: This was a sub-label of BUG/STRUCTURE Video for low-budget, classic, and TV movie releases on video, later reactivated by Great Structure Home Entertainment as Door DVD to distribute budget DVDs.

1st Logo

(1983-1985)

Nicknames: "Space", "Door Video In Space"

Logo: On a computerized space background, the words "DOOR VIDEO", in a yellow Helvetica font, appear with a dissolving effect. The words are arranged in a spiral-like fashion. They spin and spiral around five times, then arrange themselves in a straight line. After a couple of seconds, they dissolve out with a "chyron mist" effect.

FX/SFX: The space background, and the words dissolving, spiraling, and arranging in a straight line.

Cheesy Factor: This logo just reeks of early 2D CGI graphics, the font is too plain, and the "dissolving" effects are very, VERY outdated by today's standards. The clichè starfield background also looks cheap.

Music/Sounds: A heavy in synth theme that seems to increase in pitch during its duration.

Availability: Extremely rare.

Scare Factor: Medium, due to the spiraling words and music.

2nd Logo

(1985-1990, 1995)

Nicknames: "The Door", "Tri-Colored Door"

Logo: On a shady gray background, two 3-D elongated shapes and a little circle flip towards the screen. The shapes align together, forming the outline of a door, as the 3-D words “DOOR VIDEO” zooms out below. The logo “shines” and turns colorful, the top half blue, the circle part red, and the bottom half purple. The “DOOR VIDEO” words are a shade of pink, white, and blue.

Variants:

The logo sometimes appears in black and white.

This has appeared in green, yellow, and orange colors at least once (forget which one, but it was on a Vicky Bain movie).

The Chance Surround Sound logo may appear at the top left of the screen.

FX/SFX: The entire formation of the logo, the shine.

Cheesy Factor: The early CGI effects, and the synth tune. The CGI is rather primitive.

Music/Sounds: A synth tune with a long beginning, followed by 3 chords.

Availability: Door Video releases can be identified by multicolored stripes that ran through the center of covers. However, they are quite hard to find, so be on the lookout.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the dated music and the primitive CGI might turn some off, but it's mostly harmless.

3rd Logo (As Door DVD)

(2000s-20??)

Nicknames: "The Door to Boredom"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: None. This is a still logo.

Cheesy Factor: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Can easily be found on any DVD spouting the Door DVD logo.

Scare Factor: None. This logo is boring.