Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning

Continuity mistake: After Tommy takes the prescription bottle out, and takes out a pill, pills scatter all over the desk. In the next shot the pills are arranged differently and some are gone, and also the pill bottle has gone. (00:26:20)

Hamster

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Revealing mistake: When Pete gets his throat slashed, you can plainly see that there's no actual cut, it's just a line of stage blood. (00:26:30)

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Continuity mistake: After Eddie scares Tommy with the mask, on the wall there's a poster - "Four ways you can stop drug abuse...", with nothing under it. When Tommy beats Eddie up there's now another small sheet tacked up under it. (00:29:45)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: The sound that startles Lana was breaking of plates. But when she investigates, she finds the cat sniffing fallen pots. (00:34:40 - 00:35:50)

Continuity mistake: Lana smears lipstick on her upper right lip, but when she turns at the cat's noise, it is pressed and perfect-looking. (00:34:40)

Continuity mistake: When Lana carries the cat to the door, she is holding it in her right arm while she reaches out for the light switch with her left hand. When it cuts, from the outside view she holds the cat in her left hand, while reaching with her right hand. (00:36:00)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: The leaves around the blanket Tina and Eddie lay on vary during shots, the position of the blanket changes from wrinkled to smooth and the shade in the scene keeps changing. (00:40:55)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Roy is squeezing Eddie's head against the tree with the leather strap, he is turning the rings counter-clockwise in the first two shots, but then clockwise in last shot. (00:44:20)

Nick N.

Revealing mistake: When Tommy begins to beat up Junior, at the trailer park, you can see that it is a stunt double (who has darker hair) replacing Tommy. (00:49:50)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: When Demon is in the outhouse, the pullcord hanging above his right shoulder disappears in some shots. (00:51:35)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: When Demon is using the outhouse, his pants are unzipped but not pulled down. (00:53:00)

Continuity mistake: In the film Demon is in the outhouse and is sitting on the bowl when it begins to shake. The toilet paper changes amounts on the roll between shots. (00:53:00)

Revealing mistake: When Anita lies dead on the ground with her throat slit you can see her pulse in her neck. (00:53:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Demon is in the outhouse and the wall is speared the first time you can see the pike coming in above the toilet paper roll. When it cuts the pike is almost below the roll. (00:53:15)

Mortug

Continuity mistake: Just before the spike goes through Demon's stomach, his gold necklaces change position between shots. (00:53:40)

Hamster

Audio problem: When Junior is riding his motorbike around, screaming "they hurt me, ma," in many wideshots we hear him yell but his mouth is closed. (00:55:20)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: As Junior is riding around on the bike, right before he is murdered, you see the same clip of him turning and riding onto the deck twice. (00:55:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: Just before Junior is killed, the level of the stew Ethel is making changes from shot to shot. (00:56:00)

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Suggested correction: That's because she keeps throwing vegetables and other ingredients into the pot.

lartaker1975

George: Go and let everyone else know breakfast is ready.
Reggie: Yo! Breakfast! Come and get it.
George: I could've done that.

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Trivia: A fan theory on Reddit suggest that Roy Burns was possessed by the spirit of Jason Voorhees. There is some credence to this theory considering that the murders Roy committed would require inhuman strength, he broke down a solid wooden door by just walking through it and when he got hit by a tractor, he got back up very quickly. How he got possessed by Jason however has never been explained.

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Question: Is Tommy supposed to be the "next" Jason? I'm really confused by the ending.

Answer: Yes, originally Tommy was going to be the new Jason. But the makers decided to go in a different direction for part 6.

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