Background[]
The ABM Group was a Canadian home video distributor from Ontario. They were one of Canada's largest video companies in the early 1990s.Formed in 1989 as a merger of various companies (including Embury Communications), ABM released public domain films and started licensing content from other companies, including Starmaker Entertainment, Nelvana, and Paragon International. In 1994, Front Row Entertainment purchased ABM, and they stopped using the brand name a year later.
Logo[]
(1987–1996): On a zooming space background, we just sit through eight seconds of nothing until finally, more animation arrives. It begins with a pink comet shooting from the right, then, when it hits the center, an explosion (Same as the Death Star Explosion from A New Hope) appears. The letters “A”, “B”, and “M” zoom in and spin, along with a fancy tail, all colored gold. A yellow line flashes quickly on the logo’s edges just before the explosion (now really white dust) disappears. The word “PRESENTS” in BrushScript font slowly fades in. After a few seconds, the logo fades out, and a warning scroll appears (Note: In some versions, they show no warning scroll). After 13 seconds, the screen fades to black.
Music/Sounds[]
An extremely long synth drone is heard, then, when the explosion appears, a “BOOM!” is heard, then a blowing wind is heard when the letter's are flying in, a clunk when the letters come into place, followed by a bell toll, then we still hear the synth drone before the space background finally fades out.
Scare Factor[]
Medium to high. The cheapness of the logo, combined with the awful synth droning, as well as the animation and letters, especially the explosion coming out seconds after the beginning of the logo, would scare a number of people, but the really cheesy and simple nature of the overall logo decreases its potential.
Video[]
The ABM Group Home Video 1990s