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vhslogos and Camenati
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Pingu and Camenati
Editions by
Nightspears
Video captures courtesy of
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vhslogos and Camenati
Captures by
Pingu and Camenati
Editions by
Nightspears
Video captures courtesy of
Little Whore Records, vipcosvault and Camenati (mirrored by Gilby1385)
Video Instant Picture Company
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Video Instant Picture Company (VIPCO) was a video company that was best known for distributing obscure and cult horror films as well being the leading distributor of the video nasties/pre-cert era and previously banned films in the UK. It was founded by Mike Lee in the late 70s as "VIPC". The company was infamously known for several video nasties such as Zombie Flesh Eaters. In the 2000s, VIPCO began to re-release many films to DVD in the UK that were previously banned by the BBFC. The original company became defunct in 2007. Fifteen years later, in 2022, BayView Entertainment acquired the name for its horror production and distribution company.
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1st Logo (December 1980-2005?)
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Visuals: On a black/dark blue starry background, there is a spinning globe in the center of the screen. A pink ring is then seen spinning horizontally on the globe and the ring turns into a green ring after spinning around once and then spins again to turn back into a pink ring and then the globe fades out and after that the pink ring spins yet again to turn back into a green ring and then the spins one more time but leaving a trail of every frame when spinning around. After spinning one more time, two thicker white rings appear from the ring and zoom out from the center to the sides of the ring with both of the rings happening to leave a trail of every frame while zooming out with the left ring having a green trail and the right having a pink trail while the big green ring in the center fades out. After the white rings completely zoom out the white text "VIPCO" appears between both the rings while glowing up in pink. Then a reel pops outside the "VIPCO" text with the white rings now as spools. The text then stops glowing and pink text zooms out to the logo leaving a delayed trail with the text on the top of the logo "Video Instant" and the text on the bottom of the logo "Picture Company".
Trivia: The company was originally named "VIPC" but customers often misread the trademark "VIPC" surrounded by the spools of a videocassette as "VIPCO". As a result, the company decided to change it to VIPCO instead.
Technique: Cel animation with the globe being a model.
Audio: None.
| Media Title | Format(s) | Date(s) of Release | Additional Note(s) |
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| Zombie Flesh Eaters | VHS | December 1980 | |
| Island of Mutations | VHS | December 1980 | |
| Psychic Killer | VHS | December 1980 | |
| Immoral | VHS | December 1980 | |
| Starcrash | VHS | 1981 | |
| The Diamond Mercenaries | VHS | 1981 | |
| When a Woman Is In Love | VHS | 1981 | |
| The Three Musketeers | VHS | 1981 | |
| Lady Ice | VHS | 1983 | |
| Andy Warhol's Dracula | VHS | 1983 | |
| The Evil Force | VHS | 1984 |
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Visuals: On a red expanding smoke background, multiple faded shots from various horror movies fade in and out on multiple sides of the screen. The sequence later fades out to be replaced with the logo from before, with the "VIPCO" text, discs, and oblong intact.
Technique: CGI, fading effects, and live-action.
Audio: A shrill sound effect plays at the start. Then, there is a mix of audio clips from various movies from Vipco's Vaults of Horror collection. Notably, the last audio clip features a woman saying "Please help me- I don't know if he's still alive; but until I'm certain that he's dead, I'll keep on looking for him, even if I have to do it alone".
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Visuals: An inactive TV screen is shown on a desk in a dark room. As the TV turns on, static displays within the tube, and later the VIPCO logo from before alongside play overlays. The static gradually decreases and stabilizes until the end, when the screen turns off.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: Cold and dark ambience plays in the background, which is later joined by the screen turning on, and later off, alongside ominous static for a few seconds.
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Visuals: Fading in on a red background with a film grain filter, "VIPCO", in a black serif font, is in between two detailed white skulls in a front-facing angle. The two are inside two printed black circular marks. The circles are connected by a static soundwave over the text.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: A dark, slightly vibrating synth drone that starts with a pitch shift.
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