Draft:Horror Channel

Background

Horror Channel (formerly Zone Horror) is a British television channel that showcases films mostly in the horror genre. It broadcasts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Italy.

Dead Angel (December 2006)

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Visuals: On a Christmas tree, there is a demonic Santa ornament with an evil grin, and red glowing eyes, laughing while holding a green cord. The camera then pans up to show dead Angel topper, strangled by a Christmas light cord and impaled on her head. The company's name, with "horror" in a stylish font, fades in below the dead angel.

Technique: 2D animation made by a small animation team, two of them being Tom Burton and Dan Pastore.

Audio: A very eerie rendition of "Jingle Bells" with the horror piano snippet playing at the end. Laughs from the Demonic Santa are heard.

Availability: This and others are only shown during Christmas in 2006.

Hung Santa (December 2006)

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Visuals: There is the legs of a Santa Ordainment, only to reveal that the ornament is hanging by a noose. Santa's face is also blue, and has his tongue sticking out. The camera then pans to the same demonic Santa Ordainment from the Dead Angel ID, laughing with his hands over his mouth. The same logo from the last ID then appears.

Technique: 2D animation made by a small animation team, two of them being Tom Burton and Dan Pastore.

Audio: Same as before.

Reindeer (December 2006)

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Visuals: At night with a giant moon, there is a silhouette of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, flying through the air, only to be shot, making his nose fall off, and leaving a blood stain on the moon. It's then revealed that the same Demonic Santa Ornament from the last two IDs, shot Rudolph, in a pink car with presents behind him. Rudolph's body then falls off, as the Demonic Santa catches Rudolph's now disembodied Red nose, and uses it as a car light. He then drives away, showing the now dead body of Rudolph, laying in a puddle of blood, as the company's name the appears.

Technique: 2D animation made by a small animation team, two of them being Tom Burton and Dan Pastore.

Audio: Corresponding sound effects before playing the same music as before, with the piano being more dramatic.

Santa's Grotto (December 2006)

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Visuals: At night, three elves stand on a conveyor belt that moves them towards a snow-topped building with two windows side-by-side and a third window below with metal bars, and a sign surrounded by Christmas lights that reads "SANTA'S GROTTO", with the sky beyond the building being red. Once the elves are inside, they are audibly butchered as the windows flash orange and red. Once done, the elves are rolled out of the building, with one having a spear through his head and another being headless. They are then rolled off to fall out of view as the Horror channel logo appears. A third body is then tossed out.

Technique: 2D animation made by a small animation team, two of them being Tom Burton and Dan Pastore.

Audio: Metallic creaking sounds, windy ambience, gunshots, screaming, fleshy noises, a music box tune and two thuds followed by a crunchier third one.

Corridor (2009-2013)

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Visuals: In a red tint, a Corridor is shown with flickering lights. The camera keeps on passing through different sections of the Corridor, before it enters an elevator, which opens, and has the text "horror" floating, which makes the glass break.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: An electronic drum beat, with the accompanying sounds of whispering and glass breaking.

Hook (2009-2013)

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Visuals: There is someone walking around a building while the background has a red-tinted effect. In the middle, there is the shadow of the person who happens to be holding a hook. After, there is the word "horror" appear in white.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Music that has the same nature as the previous ident.

Window (2009-2013)

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Visuals: As with the Corridor and Hook IDs, this is also red-tinted. The logo zooms out of approximately four ghost women. This results in someone falling out of a window and hitting the ground as "horror" appears in white.

Technique: A combination of live-action (for the ghost women) and CGI (for the building).

Audio: Same as above, but now with creepy female voices and a scream at the end added.

Electrocuted Santa (December 2011)

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Visuals: In a Christmas decorated room, there is a silhouette of Santa with his bag of presents, tip-toeing to a black Christmas tree with red Christmas lights. He steps on a Christmas light, which then breaks. Santa then trips on the Christmas lights' cord, which electrocutes him, making blood appear on screen, as the scene flashes, showing Santa's Skeleton. The scene then transitions to the text "horror" with broken ornaments, and a Christmas light around the text, as it flashes.

Technique: 2D animation

Audio: A rendition of "Jingle Bells", which gets distorted when Santa trips on the Christmas Light's Cord.

Availability: Only shown during Christmas in 2011.

Demon Present (December 2011)

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Visuals: In an attic, there is a Silhouette of a little girl, tossing a black present with a red ribbon. The girl then opens the present, as a silhouette of a jester with sharp teeth, claws, and a red tongue pop out of it, scaring the girl. The same logo from the last ID then appears.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A hip-hop style Christmas tune, which concludes with two distorted bell chimes. A child's laughter, followed with a gunshot, the child's scream and a demonic laugh accompany the music.

Availability: Same as Electrocuted Santa.

Child Eating Tree (December 2011)

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Visuals: Outside, there is a Silhouette of a little boy, putting a red Christmas Ornament to a black tree. The tree then grows arms, and proceeds to pick up the boy, and eats him. The logo from the past two ID's then appears.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: An instrumental for "Silent Night", which gets distorted when the tree comes to life. The child laughing and screaming, creaking from the tree, a swallow and burp from the tree. Zapping at the end.

Availability: Same as the last two ID's.

Chainsaw Dinner (December 2011)

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Visuals: There is Silhouettes of a family, sitting at a table with a turkey. The grandma proceeds to grab a Chainsaw, and attempts to cut the turkey with it, scaring the other family members. The same logo from the last three ID's then appears.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: An instrumental of "Deck the Halls", the sound of a chainsaw revving up, terrified screaming and zapping.

Availability: Same as before.

TV (2017)

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Visuals: In a typical living room, there is a TV that turns on, showing static. The screen then zooms rapidly into the TV screen (a few glitches of a girl can be seen), only for it to reveal a red-tinted bathroom. The room is probably flooded, judging by the ripples. The screen then cuts to another room, where a vase, two chairs, and a book are levitating. The screen then cuts to a foggy outside setting, where plants and a doll can be seen. We then get a close-up of the doll burning, and then we cut to a dark environment where we can see male and female statues. The scene briefly glitches, and then we cut to a woman staring out of a curtain. Much like the Corridor ID is footage of someone walking in a building, but the building is not red-tinted. We then see a gold light revealing another room with a curtain, and after a while, we get a close-up of the curtain. We then see a bedroom with a girl, who then wakes up. At a slime-green setting, there is a curtain with someone falling. The text "horror" then appears in white.

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: A creepy theme with sounds that correspond to the subject matter.