Factual error: When Bruce and Patricia are in a lift after being chased by the cars in the garage, the lift rapidly descends but the two people in the lift are seen struggling on the floor when they should just about be on the ceiling due to the speed of the lift's descent.
Factual error: The film takes place in Chicago. At the beginning of the film, Heather O'Rourke gets off a bus. Check out the trunks of the trees that grow on the island in the middle of the street. They are the trunks of palm trees. Chicago? Palm trees?
Answer: At the end of the movie, it was a different actress who played Carol Ann as the actress had already died by that point. Rumor has it that the actor who played Scott was so distraught over her death that he couldn't come back to film the scene.
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