Entropy Films (Canada)

Background
Entropy Films was a film production company run by Linda Dunn, Ruth Dodd, Mandy Melon and Madelyne Moore, based in Steinbach, Manitoba. It was initially part of Sternwest Productions and used to bookend productions shot in Canada, but would break off from them in 1989. Entropy produced horror and thriller films, along with fantasy and children’s films. They frequently collaborated with Elliot Strange on numerous productions. After going dormant in 2010, the four opted to break the company up. Dunn and Melon would sell their shares to Dodd and Moore, exiting the film industry outright. Dodd and Moore had attempted to launch a new company, but financial issues held them back from doing so. However, an alliance with Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger led him to investing in a film production company that would serve as a unit of his 604 Records label.

1st Logo (1986-1989)
Logo: We see a video of a pale muscular woman with a beastly face, snarling and moving toward the viewer. The video freezes as the text "AN ENTROPY PRODUCTION" is scrawled in.

Trivia: The footage was taken from the TV movie Betty: Fugitive of the Atom.

FX/SFX: The video and the text.

Music/Sounds: The sound of a roar or the closing theme of the program.

Availability: Ultra rare, appeared on the TV movies Bad Dog? and Betty: Fugitive from the Atom. Also appeared on the short-lived show County Law as well as some episodes of The Halloween Gang 's syndication package; a hint for those that want to see it, this logo only appeared on episodes that were animated at Nelvana Limited. Most other episodes in the package were animated at DiC Entertainment, who produced the network seasons. Entropy were used to help bookend Canadian involvement.

2nd Logo (1989-1991)
Logo: On a black, or space background, we see the text "ENTROPY FILMS" set toward the bottom center.

FX/SFX: None, aside from the fade-in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: The black background version appeared on The H Word. The space background version appeared on Santa's Little Helpers.

3rd Logo (1995-2009)
Logo: We fade in to a butterfly on a black background. The body of it changes, with what looks to be a face forming on top of it. The butterfly begins moving toward a flickering lightbulb as a pair of yellow eyes form on the wings. "ɛn trə pi" (phonetic spelling of "entropy") fades in below as the butterfly flickers and bursts forth.

Variant: Sometimes the text doesn’t appear below.

FX/SFX: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: Two windy noises, ending with a rising electrical sound.

Availability: Appeared on the 1995 remake of The Beast of Yucca Flats, Dog Catcher, The Piano Teacher, Siphon, By a Name and Channel 2. Also seen on the shows Monster Club and Forget Tess.

Editor’s Note: While this logo boasts effects that have held up for well over a decade, it has become infamous for turning up on films aimed at children and adults, in spite of not exclusively producing films like those. Those who claimed to have seen most of their movies as kids claimed to have been terrified by the logo and rarely watched the rest of the film as a result.