Continuity mistake: Evil Shelley wears red and white patterned socks as we see when Scotty pulls her out from the fireplace. Later when Scotty is dismembering her with the axe, he hits her ankles, and the socks are now all-red, thick, woolly socks which are longer in length too. (00:42:00 - 00:45:40)
Hamster
24th Feb 2005
The Evil Dead (1981)
24th Feb 2005
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: When Ash first finds the book of the dead, he opens it, and in a closeup we see he's on a page with many skulls drawn on it. It cuts and the page he is on is different, with one big skull on it. (00:15:00)
24th Feb 2005
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: After the dead possesses Cheryl to draw the book of the dead in her sketch pad, in the last shot of the pad as Cheryl lifts it up, the drawing has additional and extended lines and smudges have appeared/disappeared. (00:08:35)
24th Feb 2005
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: At dinner, Cheryl starts pouring a drink. It cuts and she's now suddenly unwrapping foil. (00:09:00)
25th Jul 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: When everyone is eating dinner, the colour of the drink in the blender changes between shots. (00:08:55)
4th Jul 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: Before everyone listens to the tape, you can see that Ash is sitting to the left of Linda, but in the next shot, Ash is by Linda's right. (00:15:40)
3rd Jul 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: The actors' haircuts change a few times. This is noticeable when Scotty pulls back the bath curtain, and his hair is rather long and thick, but when he turns around, his hair is much shorter. Also, Linda's hair is short and wavy, but when she turns evil and she and Ash are fighting outside, her hair is very curly. (00:41:20)
9th Jun 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: The design on the box that contains the necklace changes when Ash gives it to his girlfriend. (00:20:45)
9th Jun 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: The purple bruise on Ash's face near the end of the movie goes from very large to small, and changes from light to dark throughout shots.
9th Jun 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, after all of the evil dead have finally been destroyed, Ash's face is covered in blood. But when he gets up from the floor, you can see the two patches where the blood from around his eyes has been wiped away. (01:18:25)
3rd Jun 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: When Evil Shelley scratches Scotty's face, you can see her fingernails are very long. But when Shelley and Scotty are fighting by the fireplace, notice that in some shots her fingernails are much shorter, and in other shots they have totally disappeared. (00:41:30)
3rd Jun 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: When Cheryl is trying to get in the front door, and Ash is pushing against it, Cheryl manages to get her hand in the door. Ash hits it with the end of his gun, which gets blood all over the side of the door and the wall. But in the next shot, the blood has vanished. (01:08:30)
3rd Jun 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: When Ash is about to cut Linda with the chainsaw, you get a close up of her necklace, and it is visible, just under her neck. But in the next wide shot, the necklace is further down on top of her dress. (01:01:15)
3rd Jun 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the film, Ash gets blood splattered over his face, covering it entirely (when Evil Cheryl explodes.) Then in the next shot the blood is just partially dripping down his face. (01:17:40)
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