Cinemassacre Productions

Background: Cinemassacre is the website and production company of James Rolfe, an indie filmmaker best known for his web series, The Angry Video Game Nerd. The company was started in 1989, while the website launched in 2000, and specializes in horror and comedy.

1st Logo

(2002)

Logo: We see the basis of what the 3rd logo will look like, but over the logo, we see

JAMES

ROLFE's

above it, and "Productions" below it, "Cinemassacre" is in purple, and the chainsaw drips blood three times with a puddle underneath.

Trivia: There was a print version of this logo when Cinemassacre was formed in 1989.

FX/SFX: The blood dripping.

Music/Sounds: None, unless you count James Rolfe talking over the logo.

Availability: Seen very briefly on James Rolfe's college biography documentary, ROLFE: A No-Budget Dream.

2nd Logo

(February 27, 2007-)

Logo: A chainsaw is protruding from a camera (with two skulls on the film container). "CINEMASSACRE" is written across the chainsaw/camera in red. The camera/chainsaw zooms in.

Variants:

• On early AVGN reviews with this logo, it is on a hellish fiery background.
• On the AVGN episode "Star Trek," the logo is on a space background.
• On the first trailer for Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie, the logo forms on an exploding background, and "CINEMASSACRE" forms one letter at a time in blue, then turns to red.
• On You Know What's Bulls**t, there is a custom variation. The Cinemassacre logo is present against a field with "Presents" under the logo. A bull then comes in as the logo fades out and squirts a comical amount of feces. The show's name appears in red, black outline, Squigglevision-like animated letters as the bull walks off and James Rolfe shouts out the show's name. When the show was revived in 2014, a completely different variant was used, showing a cel-shaded CGI bull, again, defecating a large pile of feces, before the new logo lands on it with the Cinemassacre logo above.
• In 2013, the logo was redesigned, where the "CINE" is in black with the camera, and "MASSACRE" is in red. Also, the chainsaw has sharper edges and there isn't a skull and crossbones on it anymore.
• At the end of most current Cinemassacre videos, ".com" is placed below the redesigned logo.
• On newer episodes of James And Mike Mondays, the updated logo is on a background that zooms out to show many game cartridges.
• On the Board James episode "Dream Phone," the updated logo has "A" above, and "PRODUCTIONS" below.
• On Board James starting with the "Omega Virus" episode, a 3D printed version of the updated logo zooms in on a dark background. This was created by A Pyro Design, and you can see how this was made in this video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uwGSlqCZWw" target="_self">here</a>.
• On the AVGN's 12 Days of S**tsmas series of reviews, the 3D printed logo is an ornament on a Christmas tree.
• On the AVGN episode "Atari Jaguar Part 1," the logo is imposed over the Atari Jaguar logo, replacing the word "Jaguar", leaving two big ominous yellow eyes (a la Fabrica or Vadimon).
• At the end of the AVGN episode "Alien 3," the Nerd jumps into molten lava. On the way down, the logo bursts out of his chest (a parody of the movie).
  
• On the AVGN episode "Resident Evil Survivor", the logo is black on a white square which turns gray and zooms out to reveal a barrel that then gets stepped on.

FX/SFX: The zooming of the chainsaw/camera.

Music/Sounds: Depends on the video. It may use:

• A brief 6-note electric guitar tune repeated twice, accompanied by sounds of explosion and whooshes. (from GameTrailers/ScrewAttack logo combo)
• A snippet of "Item Room Ambiance" from Super Metroid, consisting of a slightly creepy ambient beeps accompanied by the low-sonic drone, also accompanied by the same sound effects as above. (again, from GameTrailers/ScrewAttack logo combo)
• The opening theme of the game.
• On You Know What's Bulls**t, a banjo tune plays.
• On the new Board James variant, the opening theme plays, which is an ominous horror-esque tune with a choir.
• On the 12 Days of S**tsmas variant, an instrumental version of "The 12 Days of Christmas" plays.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• On the AVGN episode "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties", the logo has an abridged version of Kirin Entertainment's 1st jingle.
• On the AVGN two-parter "Atari Jaguar", the melody from the Atari Jaguar start-up screen, accompanied by the synthesized whoosh (inherited from the ScrewAttack logo). On the 2nd and last part, the growl is heard at the very end.

Availability: Seen on The Angry Video Game Nerd, as well as most of James Rolfe's other videos, most of the AVGN episodes plaster the GameTrailers/ScrewAttack logo combo. The first AVGN episode to use this was "Ghostbusters".

Editor's Note:It's a favorite among fans of James Rolfe's work.

3rd Logo

(July 21, 2014)

Logo: On a brown gradient, a blank version of the previous logo (the pre-2013 version) is seen at an angle, as the chainsaw quickly protrudes with fire effects. We then pan out and the word "CINEMASSACRE" from before flies to its place, flashing when it finally does. The logo then fades out.

FX/SFX: The chainsaw and the pan.

Music/Sounds: A chainsaw revving, and then deep whooshes. When the flash happens, a laser sound is heard.

Availability: Only seen on Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie.