Continuity mistake: Brenda is seen swimming really far out to rescue Ned, and Marcie rows her boat out to the middle of the lake, yet when they rescue Ned, they are right beside the white decking. (00:23:15)
Hamster
1st Mar 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
1st Mar 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: Alice knocks the machete out of Mrs. Voorhees' hand, and we see it land. But when Alice runs and picks it up, it is in an entirely different place. (01:23:40)
1st Mar 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Alice runs to the beach, there is only one canoe sitting there. But when she finally gets in the canoe and pushes off, there are two. (01:23:10 - 01:25:15)
1st Mar 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Annie goes over to the dog and stops to talk to it, in the first shot the dog is in the sun, yet in the next shot it is completely shaded. (00:06:50)
1st Mar 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: The trees and scenery around and behind the truck, as we first see Ned, Bill and Marcie, changes bewteen closeups and wideshots. (00:12:00)
28th Feb 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: After the sheriff gets the call over his radio, he turns on his red lights. In the next shot they are off again, and are then turned on once again. (01:00:25)
28th Feb 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: After Brenda hears a noise, she puts her book down next to the candle, and walks to the door. When she gets to the door, the book is now by the opposite side of the candle. (00:52:50)
26th Feb 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: As Annie backs into the tree, and then has her neck slit, her hair changes styles between shots, and the amount of leaves in her hair changes as well. (00:21:15)
26th Feb 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: Just before Annie jumps out of the van, the truck is turning a bend. When the truck stops and backs up, the road is straight. It's a clearly new road. Also, the trees and leaves along the ditch have changed. (00:19:55)
26th Feb 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Steve is talking to Alice, and begging her to stay another week, he puts his hand up onto the roof as he talks. In the next shot his arm is down. (00:15:30)
25th Feb 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: After Alice bangs at the lock with the end of the gun, the position of the lock and it's chains differs through the following consecutive shots. (01:17:50)
25th Feb 2006
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Alice runs into the barn to hide from Pam, as she slides the door open, a plank of wood falls over, to the right of the door. In another shot of the barn, it is upright again. (01:17:00)
23rd Oct 2004
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the shop Annie enters, the tissue dispenser and boxes move much further away from Enos between shots. (00:08:05)
23rd Oct 2004
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: Just one shot before Mrs. Voorhees's decapitation, you can for a split second tell Alice's hands are empty as she swings, and that she's not really holding the machete. (01:24:35)
23rd Oct 2004
Friday the 13th (1980)
Continuity mistake: After Alice hits Mrs. Voorhees with a frying pan, Mrs. Voorhees's arm goes from being by her head, to laying across her stomach. (01:22:30)
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