Nastoyashcheye Strashnoye Televidyniye

Background
Nastoyashcheye Strashnoye Televidyniye (English: Real Scary Television) is an all-Russian TV channel that broadcasts films and series in the genres of horror, thriller, mysticism, science fiction and black humor. The company was a member of the NKS Media media holding. In 2015, after the merger of the assets of VGTRK and Rostelecom, the channel became part of the digital television package of thematic TV channels.

1st ID (Branding ID) (2006-August, 2011)
Visuals: The logo starts with a close-up of several white lines on a black background. More lines start crossing as the logo zooms out. The zooming reveals the lines are creating the Cyrillic letters "cyrillic" and "cyrillic" in a white outline. When the letters are done forming, a white spotlight pans between the letters, revealing a shadow that resembles the Cyrillic letter "cyrillic". The shadow jitters and the light starts to spaz out as a version of the letter "cyrillic" plasters the shadow. Red smoke is shown behind the letter as the letter starts to drip blood, and the white text WWW.STRASHNOE.TV fades in below the batch of Cyrillic letters.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A dramatic orchestral theme was heard throughout the logo. A few sword-slashing sounds, a suspense-like sound effect interrupted by the sound of thunder, a girl screaming when the "C" jitters, and the sound of blood dripping with an ominous chime theme overlay the theme in the represented order.

2nd ID (August 2011-2014)
Visuals:
 * Chainsaw: There is a couple walking in a shack with a shelf that includes a destroyed doll and a metal sphere. The POV changes to first-person, and scenes of a guy with a chainsaw are shown. The chainsaw man opens the door and walks towards the couple, who are making out. The chainsaw starts, the couple screams, and the text "HCT" on a wooden surface with light coming out of it is shown once the aftermath begins.
 * Forest: The sequence starts with a dark night sky setting with the moon and a few clouds. The logo cuts to a forest with lighting visible, and a girl running and jumping over bushes in the forest is shown, with whatever is chasing her not visible. She trips and the screen zooms into her worried face. The logo pans closer to the girl until a tree bark with the HCT logo inside an orange circle is shown over a black background.
 * Psycho: The sequence shows a woman taking a shower with several close-ups of her face. A person walks towards her, opens the curtain, and stabs her (not shown) as the HCT logo is shown on the shower window with numerous water droplets shown from the shower.
 * Parking Lot: A few shots of a woman in heels walking towards a car in a parking lot during the night time are shown. The woman grabs her car keys and blinks her car as a clip of a shadow of a serial killer holding an axe next to the car's light is shown. The female walks closer, notices, and alerts her car as she runs further away from the man while the killer runs towards her. A couple of clips are shown containing the female running as the Parking Lot lights turn off. A final clip is shown with the HCT text in a black circle against a wall. The ident finalizes with the lighting for the wall glares.

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: Depends on the variant.

3rd ID (2014-2015)


Visuals: A room with a tiled floor and two lights hanging up is shown. The lights blink, causing a transparent face with glowing eyes to appear, with another transparent face following the previous face screaming. A black sphere forms, similar to the 20th THX Trailer, which reveals the text "HCT" in the same font as the last logo. The sphere stops forming, making a black circle.

Technique: A mix of CGI and live-action.

Audio: Some somber piano notes along with the blinking of lights, then a distorted sound.

Audio Variant: On trailers for upcoming programs, it has the program theme. Most likely, an announcer would say something.

Availability: Outside of being a station ident, the ident can be seen for trailers on their YouTube channel.

4th ID (2015-April 14, 2021)


Visuals: The camera zooms out to a white door with two railings on each side inside of an old mansion. The door opens to reveal a night sky with the moon behind the text "HCT". A few trees can be seen, along with clouds and fog.

Technique: Live action.

Audio: Piano tunes can be heard.

5th ID (April 4, 2021-)
Visuals:
 * Morning ID: On a black background with lights on the wall making eight diamonds, there is a close-up of a human face with a Jason-like mask. Another close-up is shown consisting of the bottom part of his face. A clip showing his entire face plays with the current HCT logo glitching.
 * Afternoon ID: Similar to the Morning ID, but this time, it's a person in a gas mask. The close-up starts at the mouth (with emphasis on the spikes) and then the eye. The background is the same as before, but with a few tilted lasers which switch to  when the HCT logo appears like last time, but in.
 * Evening ID: Similar to the previous IDs, but it's a face where half of the face is a skeleton and lights show up everywhere. The close-up starts at the left eye, and then the teeth. The background is with  tilted lasers, and the HCT logo is in.
 * Night ID: This time, the ident consists of a black plastic skeleton with glowing red outlines resembling a sugar skull and a cowboy hat. The close-up starts at the left eye, and then the teeth. The background is dark but with and  lasers tilted at different angles while they flicker. The HCT logo is shown to be in.

Technique: Live-action, with computer animation for the HCT logo's appearance.

Audio: New generation low-tone music, as well as phone beeping noises at the end.