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Background

Dark Castle Entertainment is the horror/thriller 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: "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. As we zoom out, the statue opens its eyes and mouth and roars. Then we continue zooming out what is revealed to be a castle in front of the full moon tinted in yellow, 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 The Echelon Conspiracy, the logo flickers black/dark red/yellow like a damaged TV would do. On some other films, it uses different tints.
On Gothika, the logo is tinted in blue, and after the logo is done, it dissolves in a blurry effect to the opening credits of the film.
On Ghost Ship, the logo is tinted in sepia.
On the direct-to-DVD films Return to House on Haunted Hill and The Hills Run Red, the text below "DARK CASTLE" says "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" instead of "ENTERTAINMENT".
Many other variants also exist on some films, including Orphan, Whiteout, The Losers, The Reaping, Ninja Assasin, Unknown, RocknRolla, Splice, and some others.

FX/SFX: The gradual zooming out, the gargoyle moving. Excellent CGI.

Music/Sounds: Thunder sounds, a dark, ominous music composition, and the terrifying gargoyle's roar.

Music/Sounds Variants:

Sometimes, there is no music and only the sound effects are heard.
On The Echelon Conspiracy, only the roar, the static and thunder sounds are heard.
Sometimes, it's the opening theme of the film.
On House on Haunted Hill, after the last note of the music composition, it morphs into the opening theme.

Availability: Common. Can be seen on horror and thriller movies like Gothika, House of Wax, Thir13en Ghosts, The Hills Run Red, Getaway, Ghost Ship, and the end of Suburbicon.

Editor's Note: Even though it's clearly intentional, the dark atmosphere and especially the gargoyle's design can still startle first-time viewers.

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+===Background===
+Dark Castle Entertainment is the horror/thriller 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-)===
-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.
+'''Nicknames:''' "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. As we zoom out, the statue opens its eyes and mouth and roars. Then we continue zooming out what is revealed to be a castle in front of the full moon tinted in {{Font color|yellow|yellow}}, 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.
-(October 29, 1999- )
-Dark Castle
+'''Variants:'''
-Nicknames: "Super Scary Statue", "The House on Haunted Hill", "The Gargoyle"
+*On ''The Echelon Conspiracy'', the logo flickers black/{{Font color|darkred|dark red}}/{{Font color|yellow|yellow}} like a damaged TV would do. On some other films, it uses different tints.
+*On ''Gothika'', the logo is tinted in {{Font color|blue|blue}}, and after the logo is done, it dissolves in a blurry effect to the opening credits of the film.
+*On ''Ghost Ship'', the logo is tinted in sepia.
+*On the direct-to-DVD films ''Return to House on Haunted Hill'' and ''The Hills Run Red'', the text below "DARK CASTLE" says "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" instead of "ENTERTAINMENT".
+*Many other variants also exist on some films, including ''Orphan'', ''Whiteout'', ''The Losers'', ''The Reaping'', ''Ninja Assasin'', ''Unknown'', ''RocknRolla'', ''Splice'', and some others.
+'''FX/SFX:''' The gradual zooming out, the gargoyle moving. Excellent CGI.
-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 in front of the full moon tinted in yellow, 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.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Thunder sounds, a dark, ominous music composition, and the terrifying gargoyle's roar.
-Variants:
+'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
-    On Echelon Conspiracy, the logo flickers black/dark red/yellow like the TV does. On some other films, it uses different tints.
+*Sometimes, there is no music and only the sound effects are heard.
-    On Gothika, the logo is tinted in blue, and after the logo is done, it dissolves in a blurry effect to the opening credits of the film.
+*On ''The Echelon Conspiracy'', only the roar, the static and thunder sounds are heard.
-    On Ghost Ship, the logo is tinted in sepia.
+*Sometimes, it's the opening theme of the film.
-    On Return to House on Haunted Hill and The Hills Run Red, the text below "DARK CASTLE" says "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" instead of "ENTERTAINMENT."
+*On ''House on Haunted Hill'', after the last note of the music composition, it morphs into the opening theme.
-    Many other variants also exist in some films, including Orphan, Whiteout, The Losers, The Reaping, Ninja Assasin, Unknown, RocknRolla, Splice, and some others. You can see the CLG info here.
+'''Availability:''' Common. Can be seen on horror and thriller movies like ''Gothika'', ''House of Wax'', ''Thir13en Ghosts'', ''The Hills Run Red'', ''Getaway'', ''Ghost Ship'', and the end of ''Suburbicon''.
+'''Editor's Note:''' Even though it's clearly intentional, the dark atmosphere and especially the gargoyle's design can still startle first-time viewers.
-FX/SFX: It's a (excellent) CGI logo.
+[[Category:American Movie Logos]]
-Music/Sounds: Thunder sounds, a dark, ominous music composition, and of course, the terrifying gargoyle's roar. Sometimes, there is no music and only the sound effects are heard. For the Echelon Conspiracy version, only the roar, static and thunder sounds. Sometimes, the opening theme of the film.
-Music/Sounds Variant: On House On Haunted Hill, after the last note of the music composition, it morphs into the opening theme.
-Availability: Common. Can be seen on horror and thriller movies like Gothika, House of Wax, Thir13en Ghosts, The Hills Run Red, Getaway, Ghost Ship, and the end ofSuburbicon.
-Editor's Note:None.
 [[Category:American Logos]]
 [[Category:Movie Logos]]
-[[Category:American Movie Logos]]