Best mystery movie audio problems of all time

Please vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top.

Gumshoe picture

Audio problem: When the saxophonist talks to Eddie (Albert Finney) before joining his band, which has already started playing, the saxophone can be heard although the player has not yet joined them on stage.

More Gumshoe audio problems
Breakheart Pass picture

Audio problem: In the scene just before the engineer falls from the train, all the main characters are gathered in the governor's car. Charles Bronson is pouring alcohol from a decanter. The "glug, glug" sound of pouring begins before the actual pouring starts.

More Breakheart Pass audio problems
Where the Crawdads Sing picture

Audio problem: Near the beginning of the film, when the sheriffs are chasing Kya, she takes her boat through some trees. The main sheriff says "in there," or something similar. His mouth doesn't match what he is saying.

manthabeat

More Where the Crawdads Sing audio problems
Knives Out picture

Audio problem: After Harlan knocks over the Go board, Marta says "I'm done with you." When she says that, which is when she puts the two vials on the table, her mouth isn't moving.

More Knives Out audio problems
Hellraiser picture

Audio problem: When Trevor is explaining to Riley how he wants to rob the storage unit, at one point there's an over-the-shoulder shot where he says "Totally anonymous... nobody's ever seen any one in there... but, like the shit..." If you look closely, you can tell Trevor is saying something completely different. True, his mouth isn't on-screen the whole time, but his jaw movements and his mouth movements don't match the words at all when they are visible, revealing they altered the dialogue in post.

TedStixon

More Hellraiser audio problems
Saw 3D picture

Audio problem: When Dina says to Ryan that she didn't love Brad, just him, there is one point where she says, "No, I never did." When she does, her mouth does match up for the word "No" but not for the rest. (00:06:05)

Ssiscool

More Saw 3D audio problems
The Gift picture

Audio problem: Buddy drives a manual truck, but when he goes around a corner, we can hear the truck's gears changing. Buddy's arm stays glued out the window, so he can't be changing gears.

kh1616

More The Gift audio problems
Night Train to Lisbon picture

Audio problem: When Armedeo and Estefania are ready to leave in the car, George stands in the driveway with a gun aimed at Estefania. Armedao gets out of the car, but the car's ignition goes off without Armedeo doing it.

kh1616

More Night Train to Lisbon audio problems
Dark Glasses picture

Audio problem: When Baldacci shoots the van that is coming at him full force, the sound bits inserted are of bullets hitting metal. Since he is aiming at the windshield, either his gun does not shoot straight or someone has been very lazy with the sound editing; even if he hit bulletproof glass, the sound it would make would not be like that at all. And a few seconds later his colleague shoots at the van from the side and there is no bullet impact sound at all; to Miss a static target of THAT size from a few feet of distance she'd have to blind as well. (00:43:05)

Sammo

More Dark Glasses audio problems

Audio problem: When the commissioner gets to the station at the beginning of the movie, a trans greets him, but their mouth does not move when they talk. (00:04:30)

Sammo

More Plot of Fear audio problems
Congo picture

Audio problem: When Charles Travis meets Jeffrey by the river bank, Jeffrey is heard speaking but his mouth doesn't match what he says. (00:04:30)

Hamster

More Congo audio problems
Candyman picture

Audio problem: At the police station, Helen and Jake are talking. When the camera is on Jake, Helen says her lines but her mouth and the words are out of sync.

kh1616

More Candyman audio problems
Stonehearst Asylum picture

Audio problem: When we see a close up of the LP playing on the gramophone, you can occasionally see the needle is not actually touching the LP but sound is still heard.

Ssiscool

More Stonehearst Asylum audio problems
Seven picture

Audio problem: After the Gluttony murder, both detectives drive to the forensic and have a chat. The audio is slightly out of sync with their lips. Spanish DVD release. Fixed in the Blu-Ray edition.

Sacha

More Seven audio problems
The Bourne Ultimatum picture

New this monthAudio problem: When Bourne is fighting Desh, he is into a display cabinet, breaking the glass. During the short sequence when they are fighting up against the cabinet, a large piece of glass falls but does not make a breaking sound, presumably indicating that it was missed during sound editing.

More The Bourne Ultimatum audio problems
Mirage picture

Audio problem: When Nico goes to Angel's house, he is confronted by a dog barking at him. The dog is shown aggressively moving its head up and down whilst the camera is focused on it. The camera then cuts to focus on Nico, where the aggressive barking is still heard, but the dog is standing completely still. The dog couldn't have been barking that aggressively if it were standing still; the barks were likely dubbed in. (00:05:12)

Casual Person

More Mirage audio problems
After.Life picture

Audio problem: When Deacon is talking to the cop's brother's corpse, he says "you're not talking to me now?" and his lips aren't moving. And moments later, he says "what? You don't want to?" And "you don't talk because..." Same things, his lips don't move.

More After.Life audio problems
Saw VI picture

Audio problem: Simone's scream at the end of her game is the same as one used earlier in the scene. (00:06:00)

Ssiscool

More Saw VI audio problems
Morgan picture

Audio problem: The chef finally gets the bright idea to fire his hunting rifle at Morgan's fleeing vehicle. In a previous scene he was grabbing ammunition for his rifle, and he also loaded it. The rounds appeared to be high power rifle ammo, probably in the 7mm Remington magnum or .30-06 range, very common hunting rounds. When he fires his rifle it sounds quieter than a suppressed shot, however he has no suppressor on the muzzle end of his weapon. (01:09:20)

More Morgan audio problems
Kiss the Girls picture

Audio problem: Hotel room scene; after assessing the state of a shirtless Cross' ribs, Kate says "At least now the FBI know who they are looking for." Most of the sentence is pronounced off-screen, but it begins with Ashley Judd with her mouth shut. (01:14:35)

Sammo

More Kiss the Girls audio problems

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.