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The Howling picture

Corrected entry: After Karen finds Terry's corpse, she goes to the desk and tries the phone. She then walks back over, and now Eddie is under the sheet. How could he have removed Terry's body, and got under there, firstly in such a short time, and secondly, with Karen hearing any noise whatsoever? (01:03:20 - 01:04:10)

Hamster Premium member

Correction: Werewolves are supernatural beings with some supernatural skills. One of them seems to be an ability to sneak up on a person unnoticed and making no sound whatsoever, as proven by many similar incidents throughout the film. Besides, in this particular scene, Karen is distracted by strange loud noises and has turned her back just long enough for Eddie to act.

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Correction: He could have been posing for a reconstruction as opposed to being 'in the field.'

Andy Benham Premium member

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Corrected entry: In the 'Rose Tint My World' number from the first film (Rocky Horror) Brad makes the comment 'help me Mommy.' In this film, it is revealed that Brad was orphaned at a very young age. Wouldn't Brad have sense enough to know that his Mommy wouldn't be able to help him from beyond the grave?

Correction: Brad had seen some pretty weird stuff in the 12 hours prior to the end of Rocky Horror, so calling for his mother, like a scared child would, wouldn't be out of the ordinary.

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Corrected entry: When Arthur pledges Lancelot into his service on the rocks after breaking Excalibur he calls him by name, even though Lancelot never told him his name.

Correction: Yes, he did. When Arthur and Lancelot speak prior to their joust, Lancelot introduces himself with his full name.

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Body Heat picture

Corrected entry: In the scene where Kathlene Turner first meets William Hurt, he buys her a sno-cone. As they converse, she eats it past the point where you can't see anything over the edge of the little paper cone, then suddenly it is back to being much higher than the lip of the cone.

Correction: If you've ever eaten one of those horrible little sugar-bombs, you know the technique - when the sorbet starts to recede below the line of the paper, you give it a bit of a squeeze to push it out again. Beats biting on soggy paper, eh?

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Outland picture

Corrected entry: Why doesn't Marshall simply send request for help to Earth, after he finds out the foul play that is corrupting even the "Io PD"?

S.Holmes

Correction: At the end he sends a message to his wife, something about "looking forward to sleeping with you for a year".(A year to get to Io would be about right with the tech we have now, and the movie doesn't really show any radically advanced technology.) If it takes a year to get honest cops there, what's the point?

Grumpy Scot

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Corrected entry: In the opening scene where Cameron Vale gets his hand shot with a tranquilizer dart, he fails to react like anyone else would: pull that dart off immediately. He just watches it sticking out of his hand for a minute or so before passing out.

S.Holmes

Correction: He is most likely in shock, which causes your muscles to freeze up, and can also prevents you from making rational decisions. Much like a "deer in the headlights" scenario, where the animal does not instinctively move, but rather stands still in the path of a car.

Jazetopher

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Corrected entry: Galen tries to save the Princess from the dragon and is confronted by Tyrian. The two do battle and when their weapons collide there are "lightsaber" like effects. Galen's spear was augmented with magic so it is understandable that his weapon would be special. However, Tyrian's weapon also makes the special effects even when he uses his plain old sword against the ground.

Correction: Two possible answers to this: Either Tyrians sword also had been enhanced with magic at some point in his life, or some of the magic in Galens spear "jumped over" to Tyrian's sword during the fight.

Twotall

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The Evil Dead picture

Corrected entry: When the car drives over the bridge you can plainly see that the boards that break and fall are hollowed out to ensure their collapse. (00:03:05)

Correction: The boards are not hollowed out, but they are slightly discolored. In reality, they are styrofoam, but you could make the argument the discoloration is from rotting.

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Corrected entry: When all the teachers are gathered in a room and the killer calls them, he taunts them about his crimes before saying "click" and then hanging up. However, this is impossible as both killers in the film (Principal Peters and Miss Mumsley) are present in the room when this person makes the phone call.

Correction: You also have to remember that all this took place in the dream of the female lead as evident when she wakes up and everyone "dead" is still alive and changed. For example the janitor is now a teacher.

lartaker1975

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