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1st Warning
(June 1981-1990)
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2nd Warning
(October 6, 1988- )
1st Warning
(June 1981-1990)
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Warning: We see a white outline box, with a white filled box with "FBI" in black. Below it is a black box, with the word "WARNING" in red, which blinks on and off, and below it is the Warning text in white.
Variations:
FX/SFX: The word "WARNING" blinking.
Music: None.
Availability: This warning screen was first seen on most FHE/USA/IVE Video releases throughout 1982-1988. It has also appeared on various other companies tapes too, some of them not affiliated with IVE, FHE, or USA (i.e: Tenth Avenue Video, Magnum Entertainment, V.E.C., VCA Pictures). The warning remained on FHE releases until 1990. It is also seen on tapes from Caballero, especially the earlier variant, which can also be seen on the Monterey Home Video release of Deadly Games, among possible others. The variant with the Times New Roman font appeared on Palm Beach Entertainment releases from the mid '90s.
Scare Factor: Medium to high, because of the word "WARNING" blinking on and off, including the jarring cut to scary logos. Low for those who are used to seeing it. None for the Palm Beach Entertainment variant.
Variations:
- Early tapes with this logo had slightly different warning text that was capped off with the copyright year and was in all caps. It's also more compressed to make room for "CABALLERO CONTROL CORPORATION" at the bottom of the black box. Also, "WARNING" blinked at a faster rate and by the time the screen fades to black it had blinked 23 times.
- On USA Home Video releases, the warning screen splits into quarters, which exit to all four sides of the screen.
- Later Monterey tapes with this warning screen had this split in half at the end and the two halves move toward the left and right edges of the screen to make room for the Monterey Home Video logo.
- On some prints of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings , the red "WARNING" text is strangely deleted.
- A still version of this was spotted on Monster Madness Volume 1.
- A variant exists where thered "WARNING" text isn't blinking, the text is all set in Times New Roman font and fades in and out smoothly. This variant appeared on Palm Beach Entertainment releases.
FX/SFX: The word "WARNING" blinking.
Music: None.
Availability: This warning screen was first seen on most FHE/USA/IVE Video releases throughout 1982-1988. It has also appeared on various other companies tapes too, some of them not affiliated with IVE, FHE, or USA (i.e: Tenth Avenue Video, Magnum Entertainment, V.E.C., VCA Pictures). The warning remained on FHE releases until 1990. It is also seen on tapes from Caballero, especially the earlier variant, which can also be seen on the Monterey Home Video release of Deadly Games, among possible others. The variant with the Times New Roman font appeared on Palm Beach Entertainment releases from the mid '90s.
Scare Factor: Medium to high, because of the word "WARNING" blinking on and off, including the jarring cut to scary logos. Low for those who are used to seeing it. None for the Palm Beach Entertainment variant.
2nd Warning
(October 6, 1988- )
Warning: We see the word "WARNING" in red, and in 3D. Below it is the warning text in white, and in italics.
Variations:
FX/SFX: None.
Music: None.
Availability: This warning screen is currently present on all late IVE, Family Home Entertainment, Artisan, Live, and Lionsgate releases. Also appears on Vestron releases distributed by Live Entertainment. Also seen on Pioneer Entertainment, and Vidmark Entertainment releases as well. The warning appeared later on FHE releases in 1990 and on Baby Einstein VHS tapes from 2000 to 2002. Can still be seen on some recent DVD releases such as the 2009 DVD release of My Bloody Valentine. Don't look for a French version of this warning on French-language Lionsgate releases, because they use the Astral Video warning screen instead.
Scare Factor: None. Much better than the previous warning.
Variations:
- On some tapes, the top text was referred to as "FBI WARNING".
- On Lions Gate releases since 2004, the word "WARNING" is in white and in the same size as the warning text, which is now smaller.
- Some Live Home Video releases, as well as Vidmark Entertainment releases, have a gap between the two sentences.
FX/SFX: None.
Music: None.
Availability: This warning screen is currently present on all late IVE, Family Home Entertainment, Artisan, Live, and Lionsgate releases. Also appears on Vestron releases distributed by Live Entertainment. Also seen on Pioneer Entertainment, and Vidmark Entertainment releases as well. The warning appeared later on FHE releases in 1990 and on Baby Einstein VHS tapes from 2000 to 2002. Can still be seen on some recent DVD releases such as the 2009 DVD release of My Bloody Valentine. Don't look for a French version of this warning on French-language Lionsgate releases, because they use the Astral Video warning screen instead.
Scare Factor: None. Much better than the previous warning.
3rd Warning
(February 9, 1989-July 20, 1989)
Warning: Against a blue background, we see a white box outlined in black. The left half contains a black box with "FBI" and, to the right, warning text.
FX/SFX: None.
Music: None.
Availability: Exclusive to IVE releases under the King Bee Video label.
Scare Factor: None, though it may surprise those expecting one of the other two warnings.