Continuity mistake: During the scene when the fire dept arrives it is raining heavily yet when they arrive inside the building to help they are all completely dry.
Devil (2010)
1 continuity mistake
Directed by: John Erick Dowdle
Starring: Chris Messina, Bokeem Woodbine, Logan Marshall-Green, Bojana Novakovic, Caroline Dhavernas, Jenny O'Hara
Genres: Mystery
Visible crew/equipment: When Tony is seen climbing out of the elevator shaft, when he's up there looking around a crew member's boot is visible stepping on a silver wire in the upper left hand corner of the frame. (00:38:15)
Ramirez: You're never going to get these people to see themselves as they really are, 'cause it's the lies that we tell ourselves, they introduce us to him.
Trivia: All five characters who get on the elevator have the color red in common: the Mechanic's satchel, the Old Woman's hair, the Young Woman's nails, the insignia on the Guard's uniform and the Salesman's tie are all red. M. Night Shyamalan is known for having red as a prominent feature in his films.
Question: When Tony is trying to close the dead old woman's eyes, the security guard states the body has to be dead for a few hours in order for the eyes to close. Is this true?
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Chosen answer: Yes. When the body dies, gasses begin escaping through any way they can, and can force the eyes to stay open. This is also true for a body that has been dead for several hours, once decay starts, the decaying causes gasses. But also when the body is freshly dead, the muscles and nerves are confused and keep firing for a long time, causing muscle spasms like feet and hands wiggling on the deceased, or even eyes popping open suddenly as if the person is awake. This is why the eye lids are sown shut on bodies at funerals and stuff, to prevent the eyes from popping open and freaking out the people viewing. And in older times, coins would be places over the eyes to hold them shut.
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