Hamster

9th Sep 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: On the cliff, Robert jumps out and grabs Derek. Robert punching Derek square in the chest is shown between two different angled shots. In the first shot, as Robert pulls his clenched fist backwards, Derek's scarf has disappeared. (00:23:00)

Hamster

9th Sep 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Robert jumps out in surprise and grabs Derek, as Derek tries to keep his balance on the cliff, there is a big brown bush behind him which wasn't there before. (00:22:55)

Hamster

29th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: In one shot as Frank is lying on his back, shooting, there are loads of leaves on the ground all around him, which suddenly disappear between shots. (00:56:35)

Hamster

29th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: In one shot as Frank is lying on his back, shooting, his socks change from yellow and black stripes, to plain blue socks. (00:56:35)

Hamster

29th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: During the shootout in the gardens, Frank is standing by a large green plant, which is in the middle of the gardens, with grounds, plants and paths behind it. In the next shot as he runs to the next plant, running behind the previous plant is a small wooden fence, which has suddenly appeared. (00:55:50)

Hamster

29th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

28th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: When the guys are in the room eavesdropping on what the alien leader has to say, one alien holding a glass bowl walks in on them. In this shot, Frank's wolleen hat is off. Then in the shot when Frank punches the alien, it has reappeared back on his head. Cut back and it has gone again. (00:44:50)

Hamster

28th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: In the scene where the guys are getting the weapons from the car, in the forest clearing, the ground surrounding the parked car changes through the scene. At first, it is brown dirt with branches and twigs everywhere. By the end of the scene, when they exclaim "the bastards have landed," the ground is now covered with lush green grass. (00:39:05 - 00:40:55)

Hamster

28th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: When the guys are in the forest clearing, getting guns from the car boot and changing their clothes, Frank says "Don't you forget Oz..." and he takes his white jacket off while he is speaking. But in the following shot Frank's jacket is now back on him again, zipped all the way up. (00:40:15)

Hamster

28th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: The way that Derek's scarf is tied, and the position of it, and the way it hangs etc., changes between various shots throughout the movie. One good example is when he pulls the gun out of the stupid alien's body. (00:18:55)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: In the car on the collectors passenger seat there's a pile of collection bags, and a heavy machete resting atop. However in the shot where he pushes the handbrake down, you can see the passenger seat has nothing on it. (00:29:30 - 00:30:15)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: Robert drops a machete on the collectors lap when he has his hand trapped in the window, and the collector tosses it onto the passenger seat. in the following shot where he says "bye-bye," the machete is now repositioned. (00:29:25)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: When the house is pulling the green sheet inwards, Frank is crawling away trying to get off it. In one shot he is crawling and there's planks and bits of wood scattered around and under him, but none in the next shot. (01:18:45)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Frank nearly gets chopped by an axe-wielding alien, he grabs a knife lying near the chef (who is wearing a striped shirt) but when he finally gets the knife and swinging it upwards, the chef has now suddenly vanished. (01:05:45)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: When Derek hits the alien with his blue van, splitting him in two, you can clearly see that no blood gets on the windshield. Yet in a following closeup the windshield wipers are clearing a lot of blood from it. (01:02:40)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: When the chef swipes the knife, he hits another alien in the chest cutting him vertically. The cut is obviously not that long or deep, however in the next shot the alien is slashed right across his chest very deeply. (00:58:50)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: Frank walks along the lawn and is standing on a patch of grass covered in brown leaves, when suddenly he gets fired at, so he leaps up (and then rolls to the floor) from green grass, with no leaves at his feet at all. (00:56:05)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: Through the vomit eating scene, there is vomit sliding and spilling down the outside of the glass bowl in some shots, but it is clean in others. (00:46:40 - 00:48:05)

Hamster

20th Aug 2005

Bad Taste (1987)

Continuity mistake: The whole road and the roadside shrubs and bushes completely change between shots, after Robert pulls the bumper from the car off. (00:30:15)

Hamster

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