Trivia: Tiffany's husband Chad is played by Chad Stahelski, who directed Keanu Reeves in the "John Wick" films. He was also Reeves' stunt double in "The Matrix" and "The Matrix Reloaded."
wizard_of_gore
6th Jan 2022
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
28th Oct 2021
Soul (2020)
25th Oct 2021
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Trivia: The character of Dani Clayton is named after Jack Clayton, who directed "The Innocents." "The Innocents" is the film adaptation of the stage version of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw." (Source: ScreenRant).
25th Oct 2021
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
22nd Oct 2021
Uncut Gems (2019)
Factual error: Julia takes a Blade helicopter charter to Mohegan Sun to place Howard's bet on the 2012 NBA finals. The Blade charter service wasn't established until May of 2014.
22nd Oct 2021
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Trivia: The role of Hannibal Lecter was originally supposed to go to Gene Hackman, who bought the rights to the source novel and had planned on directing the film himself. He backed off the project when he decided that the role was too dark for his taste, and he felt that he had already played an unlikeable character in "Mississippi Burning."
Suggested correction: There's another trivia entry here stating that the role was originally offered to Sean Connery. Please provide evidence that it's Hackman.
You're right. Sean Connery was also offered the role. Movie roles often go through multiple actors before a final choice is made. There are a ton of articles on the Internet about this, but here's one. You can easily find other sources. https://collider.com/silence-of-the-lambs-gene-hackman/.
22nd Oct 2021
Casablanca (1942)
14th Oct 2021
Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2020)
Visible crew/equipment: As Zeke and William are investigating the first murder, as they walk along the subway platform, the camera and crew are visible in the subway train's windows as it passes by.
14th Oct 2021
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Trivia: Pom Klementieff, who plays Mantis in the Guardians of the Galaxy films, also directed by James Gunn, has a cameo here as one of the patrons inside the club on Corto Maltese.
13th Oct 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Trivia: In Shang-Chi's apartment, there is a poster for the 2004 film "Kung Fu Hustle." Wah Yuen, who plays Master Guang Bo, played the landlord in that film.
13th Oct 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Factual error: Although it's a commonly used movie trope, cutting the brake lines on a bus would not produce the effect seen in the movie. Buses use air brakes, which by design, can operate even with substantial loss of pressure and often engage automatically if there is too much pressure loss.
Suggested correction: I don't know what air brakes you have used but the very nature of air brakes means that low pressure means they can't work. If you have no pressure in them, how are you supposed to press the brakes? I have personally driven hundreds of vehicles with air brakes (I am a truck driver by trade) and can tell you this is a fact. All that happens when air brakes lose pressure is a warning light on the dash and an alarm sounding in the cab, one must manually slow down the vehicle at that point.
I respect the fact that you drive a truck, but my dad has been a master mechanic for more than 50 years and he is the one who pointed this out to me. Depending on the system, there are various fail-safe systems that will engage the brakes during an emergency loss of pressure. Plus, a simple Google search led me to several examples of these systems.
13th Oct 2021
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Trivia: Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon actually were a couple at the time the film was made. 20th Century Fox wanted some Americans cast in the British production which is why they were hired. (Source: The Guardian).
13th Oct 2021
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Trivia: The iconic song "The Time Warp" was not in the original production of the show. It was added to pad out the the 40 minute play to feature film length, along with allowing a dance number to be added to the film. (Source: The Guardian).
1st Oct 2021
Malignant (2021)
Factual error: It is not possible to have a conjoined twin of the opposite sex. They are similar to identical twins, which are always of the same sex, in that they are formed from a single zygote. In the case of conjoined twins, the zygote fails to divide normally.
Suggested correction: There are always exceptions to the rules and, although VERY rare, it IS possible for conjoined twins to be - rather, end up being - different sexes. There are about 10 documented cases. In one case, is my understanding the conjoined twins started out as males but a genetic mutation (or something) occurred and one male lost his Y chromosome, thereby developing into a female with no ovaries. (The now-female twin would have so-called Turner Syndrome.) I don't have any sources to quote off-hand.
The male would have lost his Y chromosome after the zygote "split", but he was a monozygotic male.
25th Sep 2021
Candyman (2021)
Trivia: At one point, the character of William Burke is reading "Weaveworld", by Clive Barker. The character of Candyman was created by Barker in his short story "The Forbidden."
25th Sep 2021
Candyman (2021)
Other mistake: At the Night Driver gallery showing, Haley is reading from a program that describes Anthony's "Say My Name" piece. The text states that Helen Lyle died from "self-emulation" instead of "self-immolation", immolation meaning death by fire.
27th Aug 2021
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Trivia: At one point, Amanda Waller says that she is supposed to play golf with Senator Cray. Cray is a notable character in the comics and after he dies, his son, The Atom, joins the Suicide Squad.
27th Aug 2021
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Trivia: John Ostrander, who created the Suicide Squad team in the comics, has a cameo as the doctor who implants the brain bomb into Michael Rooker Savant.
19th Jul 2021
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Trivia: Mark Hamill's three children have cameos as Resistance fighters.
25th Jun 2021
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Factual error: When Ed and Lorraine Warren are trying to convince the lawyer to represent Arne, there are is a copy of "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel" on the shelf behind them, which was published in 2004. The film is set in 1981.
Join the mailing list
Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.