Continuity mistake: When Superman is being buried in the moon, the flag pole behind disappears between shots.
Sacha
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Diane falls in the pool, the distance to the floating corpse on the left increases or decreases randomly depending on the shot.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Robbie covers the clown, the Chewbacca print on the jacket keeps changing in every shot.
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When Superman and Lois jump off the window, Lois passes by the same window over and over again.
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Factual error: At the beginning of the movie we're told that the Statue of Liberty is in Metropolis. However, the subway billboard states that it's in New York.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: Diane places the liquor flask upside down on the table, but a frame later it has turned 180ยบ.
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: At the hotel room, Clark and Lois are watching the city skyline. From their POV the city is New York/Metropolis, but behind them is a glass door which reflects the real city, which is completely different.
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman flies to save the cosmonaut, the spaceship behind turns pink.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: After the credits, the position and amount of beer cans around the fallen bicycle changes between shots.
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Before rampaging Metropolis, Nuclear Man elevates himself in Luthor's apartment and smoke comes out of his arms. For the rest of the movie this feature doesn't happen.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: Wen the tree grabs Robbie the toy by the window swaps from facing right to left back and forth.
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: In the barn, the vest is folded in such a way that the sleeve-hole is hidden. However, in the close-up of Carl hiding the glass the hole is perfectly visible. Then it swaps to the previous angle.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: After Carol slides through the kitchen floor, Steve rests with his back against the wall, over a brown line. When the angle changes, a frame later, he's resting half a meter to the right of the line.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: After Diane places the chair to show Steve how it moves, the chair swaps from being parallel to him to slightly skewed. Also, its position on the floor changes: First the right legs aren't touching the brown lines, and a frame later they are.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: While Diane faces the creature and demands it not to touch her babies, she is resting against a long flat wall, but from the angle behind, half of her body is resting against a corner.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: The night the clown attacks Robbie, when he turns off the light the lamp and the Darth Vader bust swap positions between shots.
8th Nov 2010
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Before Lacy enters the elevator at the hotel lobby an old man walks behind Clark, but suddenly disappears when the angle changes.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: Before the clown attack, its left leg keeps changing positions between shots.
8th Nov 2010
Poltergeist (1982)
Continuity mistake: The clown puts his hand around Robbie's throat, but a frame later disappears.
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