==Logos==
1st logo (1987-1993): Against a live-action sky background, a white grid can be seen with its tiles advancing forward. This scene then zooms out to reveal that it takes place on a rich lilac-colored background. Once it's zoomed out all the way, the words "CASTLE" and "VISION" on black squares in cyan can be seen above and below the sky/grid scene respectively. The sky/grid scene then splits in two and a flash of bright light appears in the middle of the screen, causing the logo to disappear and leaving just the background when it dies down.
2nd logo (1989-1999): On a black background, a teal square with a blue, stylized, slightly slanted portcullis appears. Below the teal square are the words "CASTLE VISION".
3rd logo (1990-1992): Against the white/blue gradient sky with the reddish-white horizon and the midnight blue ground, the scarlet, amber and celadon green arrows with elongated tails and the black drop shadow fly down to the middle one by one and the tails shorten, then two parallelograms with "CASTLE" and "VIDEO" in the modified Microgramma font slide in from the left and from the right, respectively, forming the portcullis design, and the company name flashes.
4th logo (1988-1998): On a white cloudy background, three down arrows fly to the middle of the screen. A square appears on the arrows, forming a even more abstract portcullis design, and the background fades to white. Then, a chrome ribbon circles around the portcullis and a thin red line appears below the square. The words, "CASTLE HOME VIDEO" appears under it then flashes.
5th logo (1999-2007): On a space background with the Earth and the Sun in the distance, we pan over the lowercase letters "castle", as if we are standing on the letters, from left to right. Around the letter "t", the camera pans down and turns in the opposite direction, then zooms out to reveal the text is rotating around the Earth (a la the Universal logo). As this happens, a series of rainbow light trails (a la Star Trek) cover the space background, and after a couple seconds, the screen flashes white to reveal nothing but the new Castle logo on a space background, as pictured above.
Music/Sounds[]
1st logo (1987-1993): A synth-timpani plays throughout. When the sky/grid scene begins to zoom out, a harsh distorted guitar drone begins playing. When the flash of light appears, both the timpani and the guitar stop and a loud, dramatic orchestral sting plays.
Music/Sounds Trivia[]
The guitar drone was also used in the 1991-1993 opening of the Russian news program, Vesti.
2nd logo (1989-1999): None.
3rd logo (1990-1992): Three whooshes then the arrows fly down and the slamming sound when the company name flashes.
4th logo (1988-1998): A dramatic synth note, which is a stock sound effect used in some horror films, coupled with three whooshes, a phaser-like sound and a reversed cymbal crash.
5th logo (1999-2007): "The Limit" by Gary Scargill and Peter Oldroyd
Scare Factor[]
1st logo (1987-1993): Minimal to low. The explosion might surprise you, but this is a cool logo.
2nd logo (1989-1999): None; many will find it boring.
3rd logo (1990-1992): Low to high. The sounds and logo taking up the whole screen might unnerve some.
4th logo (1988-1998): Depending on the variant:
- Original/Pictures variant: Low. The creepy music might scare some, but it’s a cool logo.
- 2nd (Pictures) variant: See above.
5th logo (1999-2007): None to minimal. Like the 4th and 1st logo, this is a cool logo.