1982-1992
A blue bar with WARNING and the a warning text below.
As seen on Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet: The Videos (1987), Def Leppard: Historia (1988), Def Leppard: In The Round In Your Face - Live (1989) and Rush: A Show of Hands - Live (1989).
November 22, 1990-1993
The warning screen is the same as the A&M warning, but it had a red box with the FBI text and logo is white, different warning text and "WARNING" is larger and it's red.
As seen on NFL CrunchCourse (1992 PolyGram Video release) and Buffalo Bills 1993 Video Yearbook (1993).
1993-2002
The warning screen is the same as MCA/Universal Home Video (now Universal Studios Home Entertainment), but different warning text and "FBI WARNING" takes place of "WARNING" and in a different font.
As seen on PolyGram/USA video tapes and DVDs like Mr. Bean (TV series, 1990-1995) tapes, PolyGram VHS tapes of MMPR (TV series, 1993-1996), A Gnome Called Gnorm (1990), Poose (1993), Kalifornia (1993), A Home of Our Own (1993), King of the Hill (the movie not the show) (1993), Romeo is Bleeding (1994), Dream Lover (1994), PolyGram VHS tapes of ReBoot (TV series, 1994-2002), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Backbeat (1994), Jason's Lyric (1994), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), Shallow Grave (1995), Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), Panther (1995), Carrington (1995), Dead Man Walking (1995), Jack and Sarah (1996), A Home for the Holidays (1995), Land and Freedom (1996), Fargo (1996), Barb Wire (1996),The Portrait of a Lady (1996), Loch Ness (1996), Jude (1996), Gridlock'd (1997), When We Were Kings (1997), Keys to Tulsa (1997), Twin Town (1997), Going All the Way (1997), The Game (1997), Castle Rock films (1989-1994), Atlantic films (1974-1989), Nelson films (1987-1991), Epic films (1988-1993), Empire films (1983-1992), Hemdale films (1970-1995), The MatchMaker (1997), Bean (1997), Orgazmo (1997), The Borrowers (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Franklin (TV series, 1997-2000), No Looking Back (1998), Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie (1998), The Proposition (1998), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Return to Paradise (1998), What Dreams May Come (1998), Thursday (1998), Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Elizabeth (1998), Very Bad Things (1998), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), Trippin' (1999), Being John Malkovich (1999), Three Seasons (1999), Cookie's Fortune (1999), Thick as Thieves (1998), Plunkett & Macleane (1999), Waking the Dead (2000), Cherry Falls (2000), Where the Money Is (2000), Nurse Betty (2000), Traffic (2001), Series 7: The Contenders (2001), Session 9 (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), Cabin by the Lake Double Feature (DVD, 2001), One Night at McCools (2001) and Xena Season Finale (2001).
International Warning Screens
United Kingdom
1981–1986
Warning: On a black background, we see the word "WARNING" in white. Next to it is the white warning text.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extremely rare. Seen at the end of the first PolyGram Video releases in the UK, such as Rankin/Bass' The Flight of Dragons and The Wind in the Willows. Also appears on many PolyGram rental releases of Spectrum Video material, including Endless Love, An American Werewolf in London, King of the Mountain, McVicar and Quadrophenia.
1984-1998
Warning: On a black background, we see the word "WARNING" in orange, and below is orange warning text.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on all British PolyGram Video releases from 1984 to 1992. It can be found on releases from UK companies PolyGram acquired, such as 4 Front Video, Vision Video and Channel 5 Video releases. Starting in November 1990, coinciding with the PolyGram Video "PV, PV Videotape & VHS Assembly" logo's debut, the warning appeared at the start and end of later British PolyGram Video releases from 1990 to 1992.
Scare Factor: Minimal.
1992-1997
Warning: On a black background, we see the word "WARNING" in the same font as the 1993 PolyGram logo in white, and below is white warning text.
FX/SFX: The fading of the text.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on Barney, Dennis the Menace, Singing Kettle and other British PolyGram video releases from 1992 to 1997. Sometimes, at the end of UK VHS tapes, the logo is shown after the PolyGram Video logo.
Scare Factor: None.
1997-2002
Warning: On a black background, the white text split in two rows in Helvetica with "WARNING" on the top fades in, and after 20 seconds it fades out, sometimes slower.
FX/SFX: The fading of the text.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on British PolyGram Video/Universal Pictures Home Entertainment releases from 1997 to 2002. Also seen on some UK VHS and DVD releases from HiT Entertainment. Sometimes, at the end of UK VHS tapes, the logo is shown after the PolyGram Video logo or the Universal Pictures Home Entertainment logo.
Scare Factor: None.