Audio problem: During Joey's dream, as Elliot Spencer says, "Would you walk with me?" and they walk away from the camera as he begins explaining what's going on, their mouths aren't moving at all, and yet there's dialogue throughout the shot.
TedStixon
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Joey has the dream where she finds the radio in her closet, there are a few quick close-ups of her hand turning the radio dial. These close-ups are done with a hand double because you can see that the hand turning the dial has a clubbed thumb (sometimes known as a "short thumb" or "toe thumb"), whereas in other shots, she has a normal thumb.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Other mistake: After JP gets the pistons shoved through his head, there's an incredibly puzzling insert shot where we see him crumple to the floor. Suddenly, there's smoke coming off his head, his pants are different, his belt has disappeared, and the pistons on his head are randomly much shorter. It's almost like a snippet of an unfinished effects shot was randomly inserted into the scene.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Revealing mistake: When JP gets the two pistons shoved through his head and we see them "break through" his head, you can tell it's just two different takes of the same effect, since both come out ABOVE his ear, whereas when we see the final result, there's one coming out BELOW his ear. (The hairline on the fake prop head is also a little wonky.)
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Terri goes back to JP, when he's talking about "getting this out of the way", Terri's hands go from down by her sides to nervously up by her mouth between cuts. Yes, her back is to the camera in the first shot, but you'd absolutely see her arms move, and they don't.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Terri goes back to JP and they're talking about the girl who "helped" him with the Pillar, when JP says, "You know what I mean, right?", Terri goes from facing him to facing away between cuts.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Deliberate mistake: When Joey is watching the tape of Kirsty Cotton, right as the scene ends, the TV screen cuts to static. However, when we see the final shot of Joey, we can see the TV screen reflected in her glasses, and it's not showing static, but rather a picture of Elliot Spencer. It seems to be a shot taken from earlier in the scene that they laid in at the end.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Revealing mistake: When Pinhead is in the statue talking to JP, you can see where the makeup ends around his mouth/lips during his close-ups, especially when he spits out the bullets.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: Right after Sandy's skin is ripped off, there's a shot of the camera moving towards her face as she screams. (Right before Pinhead yells.) When this happens, you can see the chain around her left shoulder fall off right before the shot cuts. It's back on her shoulder in the next shot. It happens quickly, but it's super noticeable if you pay attention.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When the statue comes alive and kills Sandy, as she's lifted from the ground, the statue's mouth is suddenly open, but it's closed in the shots before and the shot after.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When JP sits down next to Sandy and says, "Welcome!", his cigarette goes from in to out of his mouth between cuts.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Audio problem: When the passerby is telling Joey and Terri that the gallery has been closed, he pulls his little dog away, and it makes a horrible yelping and then growling sound. But the dog isn't making those noises, and they're just overdubbed to add a laugh to the scene.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Joey and Terri arrive at the Pyramid Gallery, after the knock, Terri's hand goes from her side to pressed against the door between cuts. Her cigarette also goes from her mouth to in her right hand in the same cut.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Other mistake: When Terri is cooking breakfast and burning everything, there are multiple shots showing a ludicrous amount of smoke coming out of the toaster, implying she's burnt the toast inside. When Joey pulls the bread out, she pulls out two almost perfect looking pieces of toast - brown with just a tiny tinge of burn around them. Certainly nothing that could cause smoke to pour out of the toaster. (Joey also reacts as though the toast burns her fingers, so it wouldn't be crumbs burning up.)
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When JP gets his hand bitten by the rat, after he throws it away from him, there's a close-up of his hand covered in blood. In every shot before and after, there's little to no visible blood on his hand.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Visible crew/equipment: When JP notices the box has been taken out of the statue and hears a noise coming from inside, there's a dramatic shot where the camera swoops from one side of the statue to the other, and you can see the shadow of the cameraman pass over the statue, plain as day. (00:18:34)
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Joey and Terri are talking and the puzzle-box in the statue gets brought up, in the reflection on the window, you can see Joey begin rubbing her neck with her right hand. When it cuts to the opposite angle, her hand is no longer up by her neck.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Joey gives Terri her cigarettes, when Terri asks, "You gonna have one?", her hands go from on to off the ashtray between cuts.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Terri and Joey are talking about how Terri doesn't dream, throughout the scene she's carrying a cup of coffee. But at a certain point in the scene, her coffee cup just completely vanishes. There's no point where she sets it down. It's just there... and then it isn't. It's entirely possible she set it down in a deleted shot, but the way the scene is edited, it's all portrayed as one fluid conversation with no pauses, so it's a mistake.
20th Sep 2024
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Terri is talking about how she doesn't dream, she walks around Joey's living room. The scene cuts to a different angle, and she flops down into the chair. However, before the cut, she wasn't close enough to the chair to sit down. Additionally, Joey's hands change positions between cuts.
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