Coliseum Film

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(1979?-1987)

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Nicknames: "The Swinging Elephant", "Thai MGM Parody", "Thai Elephant", "Elephant of Doom"

Logo: On a blue paper background, there is a red/blue ribbon circle. The letters "CF" in gold are seen on the blue part of the ribbons. Inside, there is a live-action capture of an elephant swinging its head on a sunny sky for about five seconds straight before it freezes. Light rays of various colors then appear spinning in behind the ribbons. The green Thai text "โคลีเซี่ยมฟิล์ม" ("COLISEUM FILM") then appears below the ribbon, before the elephant freezes. The light rays keep spinning before they stop.

Variant:

  • There is a detoriorated or darker version.
  • On Police of the Steel ("ตำรวจเหล็ก"), the logo is in Techniscope, the blue background is darker, the sun-rays looks more brighter to the other logos, and the film quality is looks rough like Kha Ma Kab Phra variant, mostly due to film deterioration.

FX/SFX: The live-action elephant, the light rays.

Music/Sounds: A loud stock triumphant fanfare (which is the Space 1999 theme), with the roars from the elephant. Two films in other words, Kha Ma Kab Phra and Police of the Steel used more furious roars than the original logo with a male announcer.

Availability: Rare. Was seen on Phayak Yikae, Kha Ma Kab Phra, and The Mountain Lion. It was also spotted on the trailer for Police of the Steel, which can be found on YouTube.

Editor's Note: This gained infamy as one of the scariest Southeast Asian logos due to the elephant's menacing look and uncanny motions, alongside the loud fanfare. You may have also noticed that someone is moving the elephant, notice when you see clearly, that the trunk is on its head first, and then falls like laces, and it's probably that the elephant is a puppet.

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