Poltergeist

Other mistake: The night after burying the bird, a lightning strike projects an image of the tree outside onto the bedroom wall. However, the silhouette has nothing to do with the tree's shape.

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Other mistake: In the first shot when Carol Ann is being put to bed, the wicker headboard is backwards. I know this for a fact because I used to have the exact same headboard (queen size), and the large support frame faces the wall. The only thing you're supposed to see is a bunch of single swirls in the front. But they probably turned it that way so Carol Ann would have something to grab onto. White wicker furniture was very popular and cheap in the 1970s.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: At the start of the film, the dog is seen going from room to room looking for food. Just before he goes into Dana's room, someone can be seen through the crack in the door, moving from left to right.

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Quotes

Carol Anne Freeling: They're here.

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Trivia

Trivia: The scene where the ghosts stacked the chairs on the kitchen table was filmed in one take with no cuts. As the camera followed Diane Freeling to the kitchen sink, the crew members rushed to the table, put an already built pyramid of chairs on the table and then took away the individual chairs.

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Questions

Question: What exactly is the red slime on the body of Carol Anne and her mother after they are rescued from the another dimension?

Answer: Ectoplasm.

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