Continuity mistake: When the Tall Man is chasing Mike, Mike treads in a pool of mud, and then his trouser legs get covered in mud. Moments later, as he continues running, his trousers are clean. (01:17:30)
Hamster
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Revealing mistake: When the Tall Man falls into the mine shaft, but grabs onto the ground around it, the whole ground around him wobbles badly. (01:18:40)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: Mike and the girls stop because they see Reggie's ice cream van turned over in the road. But after the dwarves attack, and the girls drive off, the ice cream van has vanished. (00:54:45 - 00:56:55)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Visible crew/equipment: After Reggie touches the metal poles, he goes flying backwards. As he hit's the floor, you can see a thick white rope attached to his left foot. (01:11:10)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: When Mike returns home, after the dwarves attacked him and the girls, he sits down with Jody. On the table next to them is a bottle of beer. But when Jody picks up Mike to take him upstairs, the beer has gone. (00:57:40)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Revealing mistake: Reggie runs out of Morningside, and then as he runs down the stairs you can see the shadows of two crewmembers cast on the steps beside Reggie's shadow. (01:12:20)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Audio problem: When Mike is outside, in the strong winds, yelling "Jody," his mouth doesn't match up with the audio, and sometimes his mouth doesn't move at all. (01:12:00)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: Mike has a shotgun as he is trapped in the hearse. He then blows the window to pieces and jumps out, and the shotgun is not in his hands. Then when he hits the ground, the shotgun is back. (01:02:40)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: After getting attacked by the dwarf, Jody runs to the window to escape, with nothing in his hands. In the next shot as he climbs out, he has his flashlight in his hand. (00:44:55)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: As Mike escapes from Morningside, two dwarves steal one of his trainers. He has it back on in all later scenes though. (00:36:55)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: As Mike opens the box, just before the big fly jumps out, the box is sitting on a small mat on the table. But in the close-up of the fly popping out of the box, the small mat isn't under the box. (00:39:25)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: When Mike hides in a casket, as he gets out, the lighter jumps from lying on the side of the casket, to in his right hand. (00:33:00)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: When Mike smashes the window at Morningside, the glass shards around the window frame appear / disappear from shot to shot. (00:30:30)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: As Mike is working under his car, the ratchet he holds swaps hands between shots. (00:26:30)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: As Mike is working under his car, a ratchet wheel next to his hammer appears and then vanishes from shot to shot. (00:26:25)
29th Jun 2005
Phantasm (1979)
Continuity mistake: When Mike pulls the gear stick of his car in a close-up, he has blue trousers on. When he gets out to check the car, he has brown trousers on. (00:10:10)
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