Hamster

17th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: When Theo and Nell are talking in Theo's bedroom, in one shot Theo removes her black cardigan. In the next shot, you can see in the mirror, that she removes it again.

Hamster

17th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: As Nell pokes around in the furnace under the fireplace with her iron poker, the bones and ash in it tend to move around, changing their positions many times between shots.

Hamster

17th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: When Nell walks to the bookcase, where she was led by the bloody footprints, the vase of peacock feathers on the desk in front of her, change positions between shots.

Hamster

17th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

17th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: When Nell arrives at Hill House, after Mr. Dudley opens the gate and she drives through, between shots the amount of brown leaves on the ground around the gates increases.

Hamster

17th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

Visible crew/equipment: At the end of the film, when the Dudley's arrive, Mr. Dudley opens his door, and in the far right of the door window, a crewmembers head is reflected.

Hamster

11th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: When Nell is in the study, the photo album of Crane opens. It then nearly falls so she grabs it. As she grabs it you can see the page has a picture on it, of two people's face very close up. But in the next closeup of the same page, the picture has changed and it is now Crane standing alone in the centre of the picture. (01:02:50)

Hamster

11th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: When Nell is looking at the ledger, in one shot she grabs at least one-hundred pages all together, and is about to flip them over to turn to a new page. In the next closeup she is now turning just one single page. (00:55:40)

Hamster

11th Sep 2005

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: When Nell opens the ledger, it shows the first page. Two people are crossed out in the ledger. In between the rows which have been crossed out, there are ten rows of recorded people, which aren't crossed out. Nell then puts the ledger on her lap, and is still on the same page. Yet when it shows the page again, there are now only five rows in between the two crossed out ones. (00:55:35)

Hamster

1st Oct 2004

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: When Nell is searching for Dr. Marrow, and she stops his work on the table, the tape recorded on the table changes position between shots. (01:00:15)

Hamster

1st Oct 2004

The Haunting (1999)

Continuity mistake: During dinner, Theo starts pouring a glass of wine for Mary. In one shot she has poured about a quarter of the glass full. But in the nest shot the glass is nearly full. (00:23:50)

Hamster

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