Vicodore Productions

Background
Vicodore Productions was a production company operated by Linda Dunn, Penelope Charest and Ruth Dodd, launched in 1988. It was initially created to manage projects by Dunn's husband, actor and writer Robert Dunn and former actress and model Muriel MacPherson, the latter would be granted 25% ownership of the company after retiring from acting. Vicodore would break away from vanity projects and focus on middle to low budgets and international productions. The company was hit with a lawsuit by Bonneville International, who had helped contribute the company's nestegg and accused Vicodore of funding films promoting sacrilege against The Jesus Christ Church of Later Day Saints, owners of Bonneville. The suit was dismissed, as Vicodore only used Bonneville's funds for corporate purposes, and did not specify they would produce non-secular content. The legal fees from the suit and the financial failures of their titles led to Vicodore shutting down in 2004.

Background/Trivia: The name of the company is a merger of the names of the VIC-20 and Commodore 64. This is in reference to Robert Dunn's hobby of collecting old home computers.

1st Logo (1989-2003)
Logo: On a black background, various searchlights move about. Various segments fly in, which form a streetlight that illuminates a triangle. A brick building and a row of trees are also visible in the box. "VICODORE" appears below in white.

Variant(s):


 * Early on, the finished product zooms in and the company name fades in below.
 * An abridged version exists.
 * An in-credit version also exists.

FX/SFX: The searchlights and pieces coming together

Music/Sounds: A quiet orchestrated theme. The abridged version used a majestic fanfare.

Music/Sounds/Variant: On early uses, the film used a different majestic fanfare.

Availability: Seen on D.O.A.D., the 1995 remake of The Beast of Yucca Flats, Host, The Hunchback and The Nun (2003). The abridged variant appeared on the TV movies Rabies: A Neighborhood's Nightmare and She-Hulk and the in-credit version appeared on Fisherman's Den.