Cinema Group Pictures

Cinema Group was founded by William J. Immerman in the late 1970s. It eventually bought home video distributor Continental Video in 1985. In 1987, Andre Blay and Elliott Kastner joined the company, which was subsequently renamed as Cinema Group Pictures. Eventually, that December, the company was renamed again as Palisades Entertainment.

1st Logo (1979?-1987)

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Visuals: On a black background, the words "a presentation of" appear in the center of the screen. It fades out, and 3 turquoise trails come in via a triangle formation, which settle in the center as the trails retract to reveal an abstract-looking "C". From the bottom, another trail zooms up and reveals "Cinema Group" in white. It sits still for a few seconds before the logo zooms in to the top and bottom parts with trails, which follow them a second later.

Variant: On some films, "a presentation of" doesn't appear.

Technique: Backlit cel animation.

Audio: None.

Audio Variant: On the Kino Lorber Blu-ray release of Take This Job and Shove It, the Embassy Television jingle plays over it, probably because of the audio being ripped from a TV airing.

Availability: Can be seen on Southern Comfort, Deadtime Stories and Witchboard (Canadian VHS only), among others.

2nd Logo (October 2-December 1987)

Visuals: On a black background, a teal square is seen at the top center of the screen, with a red and gold border surrounding it. Inside the square, the following text is seen:

CINEMA
GROUP
PICTURES

with the first two words in white and the third word in blue. At the bottom right corner of the square is a "TM" symbol.

Technique: A still image.

Audio: None on Zombie High. The trailer for Brain Damage uses the opening theme.

Availability: Seen on the original VHS release of Zombie High and the trailer for Brain Damage.

Cinema Group Pictures

Palisades Entertainment