Insidious

Insidious (2010)

8 continuity mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: The mom and dad are discussing things going missing around the house. The coffee table in center frame goes from having one toy snake on top to also having a plush turtle and toy robot on top. Then back to having just the toy snake again. (00:12:17)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Renai is listening to the baby monitor, she drops it when the voice screams, "NOW!" On the floor, the speaker is facing down, but in the next shot, it is facing up. (00:22:35)

Continuity mistake: During the gas mask scene, Elise screams and Specs pulls off his headphones. The headphones knock his glasses off. However in the next shot his glasses are on. But then in the next shot he is picking the glasses up and putting them back on. (00:56:55 - 01:04:15)

Continuity mistake: In the scene when Dalton is climbing the ladder trying to turn on the light in the attic, it shows him stepping onto the same step twice.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Dalton screams after falling off the ladder, when Josh runs to the attic to make sure he is alright his shirt is untucked with no tie. However when in the attic his shirt is buttoned with a tie.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Mom and Dad are in bed and there is a loud knocking on the front door, if you look through the window behind the bed, you can see daylight and what looks like a parking lot. When the father is walking down the stairs, the light from outside is blasting through a stained glass window. Then when he goes to the front door, it is pitch black outside. He then turns on the porch light and the bulb burns out. At the end of the scene, they show the entire front of the house, and the porch light is on.

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie when the mother Renai is in the kitchen with the kids, there is a black square in the wall. But when the father Josh walks into the kitchen, the square has a wooden board over it.

Continuity mistake: In the scene when Dalton's father is at work, on the blackboard behind him you can see a face from the movie Saw drawn. In the next shot, the face is erased.

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Suggested correction: If by "in the next shot" you meant the scene when Josh dismisses his class, the Billy puppet face is not erased in the shots facing Josh, we just don't see the left side of the blackboard. Note, in wide shots and side shots, to the right of the Billy face we can make out the erased words "new deal" and 2 vertical squiggly lines (map-type drawing). In the shots facing Josh we still see those vertical lines and the word "deal" but the Billy face is simply offscreen, to the left.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene when Dalton is climbing the ladder trying to turn on the light in the attic, it shows him stepping onto the same step twice.

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Elise Reiner: Who is she?
Elise Reiner: A parasite. She befriended your astral body and lured you into the further just as Dalton has been.

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Trivia: When Josh is in his classroom, the infamous puppet from the Saw series can be seen on the chalkboard behind him.

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Question: When Josh is in the further looking for Dalton, what is the deal with the family that looks like mannequins and has the creepy smiles? Why does the one girl shoot the family? Is there any back story on it?

Answer: It's implied that the girl went crazy and killed her family, but it's not really elaborated on. They're just some of the many spirits to be trapped in and haunt the Further, likely due to the violent nature of their deaths.

Answer: They are just people trapped in the further after their terrible death. It would be nice to later find out the back story on them in a future film.

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