Continuity mistake: After Cindy wipes off the dog poo that she knelt in, she bends up to face level to Cody twice. (00:12:05)
Continuity mistake: When Brenda gets kicked by Tabitha, she flies over the couch, and as she does, the cushions on the couch get moved about. But when Cindy goes over to the couch and screams, you can see the cushions are back to being positioned perfect. (00:25:45)
Continuity mistake: When Pamela is stretching Jenny's panties you can see the way Pamela is holding the panties with her left hand change between the shots. (00:01:45)
Continuity mistake: When Pamela enters Jenna's room before finding her dead, you can see a lamp between the door and the bed. Later when Pamela screams while leaning against the door you can see the lamp has moved at least a foot further to the left. (00:03:20)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy is in Cody's classroom you see Cindy picking up a drawing. In the background on the left side you see a table with a blue chair pushed into it. Later when George is kneeling by the table, the chair has been pushed away without anyone being near the that table. (00:09:50)
Continuity mistake: When Tom and Michael Jackson are fighting you can see a purple teddy bear hanging from the ceiling in a thread, slightly twisting around. Between the shots the teddy bear has sometimes twisted ninety degrees. It couldn't twist this fast. (00:46:55)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy is about to pick up the stack up paper you see Cody drawing on a piece of paper which lies close to the stack. When it cuts Cody's drawing is gone. (00:12:45)
Continuity mistake: When they are gathered down in the cellar, right before Cindy says "are they gone?". Have a close look in the background. There is a lot of stuff and mess there. Later when Cindy has the flashback from the tape we see the exact same corner as earlier, but now it is cleaned up and the ladder has been placed there. (01:00:10 - 01:06:20)
Continuity mistake: When Mahalik rips the dress off Brenda a piece of the dress remains around her waist. When it cuts to Brenda's father and Mahalik fighting in the coffin, the piece of the dress is gone. (00:33:00)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy gets to the lighthouse she is on an open field. But in the next shot a tree and a fence appear from out of nowhere. (00:51:25)
Continuity mistake: When George meet Cindy you can see George's headphones change position between the shots. (00:10:35)
Continuity mistake: After the President hits the aliens he pulls out some money if you look he takes out 2 ten dollar bills but when he puts it on the aliens chest its 2 twenty dollar bills. (01:03:35)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy is saying "she did mention something" to Brenda's mother you see a woman wearing a black cap walking in the direction of Cindy. Then it cuts to a closeup of Cindy. By this time the woman should pass behind Cindy, but she doesn't. (00:34:45)
Continuity mistake: On the President's table you can see a paper block with a pen on it. When it cuts to outside the window the pen has moved away from the block. (00:49:35)
Continuity mistake: At the very end of the movie after the wedding, Cindy and the other guy drive off, leaving Cody behind. We see the boy running after them along a straight road. After Cindy stops short of striking the child, Cody is then hit by another car coming from his right hand side and they're suddenly at a crossroads. They weren't at the crossroads a couple of seconds earlier. (01:11:30)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy gets home looking for Cody, take a look at the couch on the left side as she comes in the door. You can see a drawing on it. The exact same drawing as the one that lies on Cody's bed when she enters his room in the next shot. (00:57:30)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy is writing down the message for Cody, George has both of his hands on Cody's shoulders. When it cuts to a closeup of Cody, George only has one hand on Cody's shoulder. (00:44:50)
Continuity mistake: After talking to Cody outside of the school, it shows Cindy pulling away. A few feet away, you can see a blue trash bin, as well as a blue banner hanging from a building. Inside the car, Cindy pulls a few feet away way from those two things. However, after she notices Cody is not in the car, it goes outside the car again, and Cindy is shown at the same place as before, but did not move there.
Continuity mistake: When Cindy is in the cellar and Tabitha is standing right behind her following her moves, Cindy then tries to surprise Tabitha by quickly turning around. Tabitha then jumps to the side and stands still for about half a second. Then it cuts to a wide shot and you see Tabitha slightly move to the side again and her hair swings (which it wouldn't as Tabitha was standing in that position for a second already). (01:08:05)
Continuity mistake: When George is done throwing up you can see he has got some vomit around his mouth. The amount and position of the vomit changes between the shots. (00:14:50)
Answer: It was an alien in a Michael Jackson skin. He shed it and ran off into the bushes.
Grumpy Scot