Sammo

Young Kidaichi's Murder: File 1 - S2-E1

Continuity mistake: Across the 4 parts of the episode, both Kindaichi's yellow shirt and Miyuki's orange top are tie-fronts; the way they are drawn though keeps changing, and multiple times (would be redundant to enumerate them) they leave a large opening below the tie in one shot, and are completely closed in the next.

Sammo

9th Feb 2022

Scream 2 (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Maureen goes back to her seat and starts putting on her jacket, the dude at her side begins waving his arm super-enthusiastically making happy coos. She finishes putting her jacket on and the guy, who is still making those sounds in dub, is sitting composed. (00:07:05)

Sammo

9th Feb 2022

Scream 2 (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Maureen and Phil arrive in the theater, immediately at the beginning before the camera even gets fully in focus you can see by the door a blonde girl putting on the Ghostface hood, with her partner helping her. The camera cuts away for a second, and in the next wide shot you see her repeating the gesture. (00:01:40)

Sammo

9th Feb 2022

Scream 2 (1997)

Other mistake: The movie is supposed to happen "a couple years" after the previous (words of the moviegoer behind Jada Pinkett) but the current date shown at the theater says 1997, and Scream was set in September 1996 (calendar at Stu's house distinctly visible when he brings Sid's dad out of the closet).

Sammo

9th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Revealing mistake: When Sidney in Ghostface costume stabs Billy with the umbrella, you can see the squared shape of a protection pad under Skeet Ulrich's shirt (which she misses the second time around, famously prompting a genuine scream of pain from the actor). (01:39:55)

Sammo

9th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Gale falls back on the unconscious Dewey after Billy kicks her. Her jacket is draped across the chest touching the white button of her vest. When Billy gets on his knees by her though, the jacket is fully open. (01:37:30)

Sammo

9th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Once Billy is done slashing his accomplice, he points the knife at him and tells him what to do; the knife hand keeps changing position between shots. (01:36:00)

Sammo

7th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Billy tells Sidney that her mother is the reason his parents split, he's pointing the knife at her, but not anymore in the reverse shot. (01:33:00)

Sammo

7th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Look at Matthew Lillard once Billy says "What's the matter, Sidney? Looks like you've seen a ghost." He's scratching his cheek, but in the next shot his arm is down his side. (01:31:15)

Sammo

7th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Billy's expression is entirely different in the two shots when he raises his gun and points it at Randy. (01:30:25)

Sammo

7th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: In the scene at the TV truck, the killer's knife is blood-free even after slicing the cameraman's throat and stabbing Sidney, if you look at him when he tries to open the door and when he gets in. When he shakes his fist at Sidney for running away though, the knife is all bloodied up. (01:24:00)

Sammo

7th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When the killer slits Kenny's throat, Sidney in the background stifles a shout with one hand on her mouth, both hands in the next shot. She opens her hands but her right hand is still glued to her face in a further cut. (01:23:40)

Sammo

7th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Kenny the cameraman spots the front door open and turns around to look again at the truck, Sidney before the camera cuts away is turning all the way to look at the monitor as well, but in the next shot she's still facing Kenny. (01:23:35)

Sammo

7th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Audio problem: When Sidney gets in the truck, Kenny tells her "There's a camera in the house" but his mouth barely moved. (01:23:15)

Sammo

6th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

6th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Plummeting from the roof onto a boat, Sid causes a wetsuit (or a similar kind of fabric) to fall off. In the closer shot, the cloth is much more entangled than in the other view - look at the pink band. (01:21:55)

Sammo

6th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Off-balance on the roof as she shouts for help, Sid is hanging by the window with one hand or both depending on the shot. (01:21:45)

Sammo

6th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Character mistake: Sid deduces that Billy could be the killer because he could have used his phone call from jail to make the threatening call. However, the deduction has to be incorrect, since if it was really Billy, he could have never used the voice-changing device.

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Suggested correction: This will sound pedantic (hey, it's MovieMistakes.com, we're entitled), but I don't think this is what is meant by a character mistake. Sidney isn't presenting an erroneous fact that goes uncorrected, she's explaining an idea that had crossed her mind. Billy immediately gives a plausible response and by the end of the film it's evident who'd called her. The takeaway isn't that Billy could still be the killer but that Sidney can't help but suspect him despite their reconciliation.

TonyPH

6th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Other mistake: Tumbling down the ditch with Dewey, you can see that Gale loses her red pumps. In the rest of the scene though she goes to Mr. Prescott's car first and then back towards the street without fetching her shoes back. (01:17:55)

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