Sacha

Continuity mistake: After the bat-Gremlin gets covered in cement, it takes off and, a frame later, all the cement is gone, only to reappear when the Gremlin settles on the church's roof.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Gizmo grabs the remote to watch Rambo, a black chess piece next to the cage swaps from standing up to fallen between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Clamp is shredding the Gremlin, the amount of green flesh around the blades decreases between the first and second shot.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Marla holds a cigarette in her right hand. A frame later it's gone and both of her hands are crossed.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Futterman places the red slide with falling cement inches away from the Gremlin's head. In the close-up it's gone.

Sacha

20th Mar 2011

Gremlins (1984)

Continuity mistake: Amount of snow on Katie's hair increases / decreases between shots after drunken Murray exits his car.

Sacha

20th Mar 2011

Commando (1985)

Revealing mistake: In the close-up, Matrix is seen grabbing a balloon, but in the wide-angle he is swinging himself grabbed to some sort of safety harness and wire in the balloon. (00:37:10)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Whenever a complete image of Gizmo appears walking or dancing, the puppet is 10 cm taller and way chubbier than the one commonly used. For example, when he dances in the lab, count the metal squares in the cage: He grows from a height of 6 to 9 between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Clamp visits the office, there's a man with grey hair walking from the right side of the screen. A frame later he's moved 15 meters to the left.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Futterman throws the gremlin onto the cement, before moving the slide, the Gremlin's neck and back have no cement, but a frame later they're totally covered in it.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Forster is seduced by the Gremlin, his hand alternates between being on her shoulder or on her back.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Gizmo dances in the lab, the position of the cage door, and the distance between the door and Gizmo changes between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When David talks to the Fair, from the angle behind, he is standing parallel to her, from the front angle he is standing sideways.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Futterman is being attacked by the Gremlin, his wife is on the right, a frame later she is standing on the left side, several meters away.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After Clamp kills the Gremlin the desk is clean. A frame later, when Billy shows up, there's a gallon of goo all over the place.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: When Clamp has the Gremlin attached to his chest, his left hand is very obviously puppeting the Gremlin's arm. Clamp's fake arm is very long and makes a weird twisted bend around the Gremlin's back.

Sacha

20th Mar 2011

Commando (1985)

Audio problem: During the phone-booth scene at the mall, the same woman's cry is heard over and over and over again. (00:36:00)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When water falls on Billy's desk, a small squared object next to the pens keeps changing positions between shots.

Sacha

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