Continuity mistake: In Karen's bedroom, when Chucky is shot in the leg he flies near the window, and there is a dresser table right beside the window. But minutes earlier, when Mike entered the room and the camera panned around the room, the dresser table was a couple of feet away from the window. (01:13:30 - 01:14:15)
Hamster
16th Feb 2005
Child's Play (1988)
15th Feb 2005
Single White Female (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Allie takes a photo of the "perfect roomate", the roomate's pose in the photo doesn't match her pose and position at the time taken.
15th Feb 2005
Child's Play (1988)
Continuity mistake: Just before Chucky stabs the voodoo doll, the black ribbon tied around the doll is different between the two shots in which he stabs it. The material is different, the way it's tied, and the position it lays too. (01:02:00)
14th Feb 2005
The Grudge (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Karen first goes to Emma's home, she opens the door, then the camera pans over wrappers and rubbish over the floor. Then it cuts to an overhead shot, and all the wrappers and rubbish have moved around and differed position majorly. (00:14:35)
13th Feb 2005
The Grudge (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Matthew arrives home at Emma's to find the place a dreadful mess, just before he walks over to Emma, who lays in her bed, the pieces of paper/rubbish that are around/near the pot of noodles, change and differ between shots. (00:31:55)
13th Feb 2005
The Grudge (2004)
Revealing mistake: When Karen is searching the net, she is on "www.tdn_japan.con" [sic]. This address wouldn't work... Also the Google bar spells "Imaegs" not "Images." (00:59:30)
13th Feb 2005
The Grudge (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Karen goes into the cupboard upstairs, prior to meeting Toshio, she picks up a book. In one shot she picks it up by the page side, then when it cuts she is holding the spine side. (00:17:40)
13th Feb 2005
The Grudge (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Karen and her boyfriend talk on her bed, and kiss, between shots Karen goes from having her head unsupported, to her head resting on her hand. (00:09:10)
13th Feb 2005
The Grudge (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Yoko opens the door and ventures into the attic, the slide-door she pushes is nearly fully open. Yet when we see the shot of Yoko's legs dangling, the door is now much further shut. (00:06:20 - 00:07:35)
13th Feb 2005
The Grudge (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Yoko first talks to Emma, to the right of Emma is a striped blue shirt hanging over a lampshade. Between two shots, the position of the shirt hanging on the shade differs. (00:04:35)
12th Feb 2005
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Revealing mistake: When Kathy is ripping open the plastic bag tied around Behrani, watch closely and you can see Behrani's eyelids flutter, although he's dead. (01:54:40)
12th Feb 2005
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Behrani puts the plastic bag on his head, to suffocate himself, we see shots of him breathing heavily. In one shot the bag has become very condensed with his breath, yet when we see him take his final breath, the bag is perfectly clear. (01:52:55 - 01:53:50)
12th Feb 2005
Urban Legend (1998)
10th Feb 2005
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Dolores and Selena are having their first meal at the old house, in a back shot we see Selena pour herself a drink, take a sip, then place it down and then proceed to smoke her cigarette. Then when it cuts to a front shot Selena now has her glass back in her hand and is drinking, then she puts it down again. In these same two shots the layout of the items on the table - the wine bottle, cigarette pack, ashtray etc., all differs. (00:22:25)
10th Feb 2005
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Dolores and Selena first arrive at the old house, as Dolores walks up to the house, note the shape of the hole in the window. Then when it goes to the closeup of Dolores at the window, cursing and complaining, the hole in the glass is now much different. (00:15:20)
10th Feb 2005
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Joe takes the soda from the fridge, Dolores finishes cutting her cabbage and picks up a bowl from beside it and walks over to the stove. When she had finished cutting the cabbage, there is cut cabbage on the board. When we see the board again there's no cut cabbage, and the cabbage halves differ their position greatly and also the knife Dolores puts down on the cutting board is a totally different utensil in the second shot. (00:26:25)
10th Feb 2005
Single White Female (1992)
Revealing mistake: After Allie writes the suicide note that Heddy dictates to her, Heddy fires her gun but it has the safety on it.
10th Feb 2005
Scream 2 (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Chief Hartley writes "Cici Cooper" on the chalkboard, between the closeup and wideshot of him writing, the handwriting and location of his writing dramatically changes, and the words "Maureen Evans" and "Phil Stevens" above, also change too. (00:41:20)
8th Feb 2005
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Revealing mistake: When Ernest runs away from Lisle, after he nearly drinks the live-forever potion, he runs down a hallway and commences to open a door with a doorknob on the left side of the door. It then cuts to the other side of the door, of Ernest walking through the door (into the party), and now the doorknob is also on the left side of the door, but it should be on the right side. (01:21:35)
8th Feb 2005
Child's Play (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Andy returns to the apartment, he goes to his room and shuts himself in his spacious cupboard. In the cupboard there's a pile of toys including a red remote-control car, a baseball bat etc., and between shots the pile of toys changes. Eg. when Andy looks at the pile, the baseball bat is totally exposed, yet when he picks up the remote-control car the bat is wrapped in a sweater. (01:09:35)
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