Continuity mistake: When we first see Tor Johnson and the other policemen coming out of the police station it's pitch black out. In the next shot of them driving to the cemetery it's broad daylight. (00:08:45)
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21st Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
21st Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Deliberate mistake: After Tor Johnson attacks Paula and the police officer, a second officer shows up at the cemetery with half of the license plate on the patrol car taped over so it can't be read. (01:09:55)
21st Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
15th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Continuity mistake: As Eros talks about the solaminite, the blinking light on the table in the alien spacecraft stops blinking between shots without anyone going near it. (01:07:10)
15th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Revealing mistake: Jeff Trent, Col. Edwards and Lt. Harper grab some guns and take a walk in the graveyard, and a prop tree almost falls over as Col. Edwards walks by and brushes up against it with his shoulder. (00:57:30)
15th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Deliberate mistake: Whenever we see Vampira, they use the same footage, as she's always in the same place next to or near the wooden mausoleum. (01:10:15)
15th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Deliberate mistake: In the alien spaceship, Eros speaks of the "Solarminite", Jeff Trent calls it "Solinite" and Col. Edwards calls it "Solar-inite". (01:05:55 - 01:07:50)
15th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Audio problem: In the graveyard, as Paula screams when Tor Johnson opens the car door, her mouth is not moving in sync with what we are hearing. (01:00:30)
15th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Visible crew/equipment: Inside the alien spacecraft, a compassionate Tanna says to Eros, "Do we have to kill them?" The shadow of the boom mike can be seen moving on the left of the screen above their heads. (01:02:20)
13th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Audio problem: After Tor Johnson drops her, Paula says, "Oh, I'll be alright" but her lips don't move. (01:13:30)
13th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Revealing mistake: After Tor Johnson drops Paula the police officer comes over to try to wake her. The carpet that's supposed to be the ground crumples under his feet. (01:13:25)
13th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Revealing mistake: Inside the alien spacecraft a battery operated blinking traffic caution signal is used as a prop from another world. (01:04:50)
13th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Revealing mistake: As Tor Johnson holds Paula, the police officer comes up from behind and clobbers him on the head with a wooden stick. He falls to the ground and the entire set including all the trees, shake like they were just in a magnitude 7 earthquake. (01:13:20)
13th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Audio problem: Inside the alien spacecraft Jeff Trent shoots at the alien device and they overdub the sound of a bullet ricocheting off of a rock like in an old 50's western. (01:03:55)
11th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Continuity mistake: As she is chased by the ghoul in the cemetery, Paula knocks over one of the wooden tombstones and you can see the stand underneath that holds it up. The next time we see it two shots later it's been set straight again. (00:32:55)
11th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Continuity mistake: As Tor Johnson rises from the dead there's dirt all over his body but none on his face or head. (00:32:50)
11th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Continuity mistake: As he interviews Col. Edwards, the phone wires hanging off the side of General Roberts' desk move between shots without anyone touching a phone. (00:41:00)
11th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Deliberate mistake: They keep using the same footage of Bela Lugosi walking in the cemetery, even the cars driving by out on the road are the same. (00:53:00)
11th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Continuity mistake: As they look into Tor Johnson's empty tomb, one of the police officers says it looks like (the dirt) has fallen into the grave. In the next shot as he goes into the hole there is no dirt in it. (00:40:00)
11th Feb 2007
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Continuity mistake: As Tor Johnson rises from the dead his head stone gets larger between shots. (00:32:30)
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