Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

Tsubasa Is Sieged - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: The first time we see Tsubasa's old friend Yayoi, she's surrounded by different people in the opening shots, and a different new batch later again when she reveals her name. (00:15:25 - 00:19:40)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

22nd Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

22nd Jan 2021

Kyaputen Tsubasa (1983)

Tsubasa Is Sieged - S1-E14

Other mistake: When the Shimada players listen to the pep talk from their number 10, their jerseys just go crazy; some have written "Shimada" on it, but some others "Shimad" and there's a guy with just "SHIMA" on it. (00:05:00)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Revealing mistake: When Mike browses his own everyday phone looking at the photos, the phone shows a "no SIM" message. (01:00:00)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: When a nonplussed Cage and his wife drop by to talk with a drug addict, the candle on the table is at first whole, then in close-up the top is molten out of shape at the top. (00:47:00)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Other mistake: To prove his point to his wife, Mike searches a database for a certain date. It's the date of their son's birthday. Cage says "on July 15", but if you look at the screen, the search is for "past 6 years, April 27." It's a double mistake, since he then does another search, which produces different results...but on screen, the date is always the same one. (00:45:30)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: Mike and his wife are talking in the street. She is crying and tells him that "It's never him." Twice, with a reverse shot and a line of dialogue in the middle, a woman with a light green jacket gets on the sidewalk behind Nicholas Cage. (00:40:05)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: Detective Jordan resents Mike's remark and angrily tosses his pen on the desk before pulling out a big binder with the cases. In this second shot you do see his pen, but when he tossed it was gone, not at all ending up where we see it now. (00:31:05)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Pay the Ghost mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Nicholas Cage is stapling the posters with his missing child (strangely enough, all the concert posters are in terrible condition even if they advertise events that happen exactly when the movie takes place). He hears his son's voice and turns around, the wind flips the poster on his hand. When he turns back to it, the poster is gone (but he still has one to attach). (00:27:00)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: The crime has been reported and the police just left. Mike joins his wife, who asks him "Anything?" Look at the glasses on the table. A couple cuts later they moved to the left even if nobody touched them. (00:21:10)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: During the carnival, the ghost does an evil shriek at Charlie. He lowers the hand with the camera, but when his dad calls his name, you can see his arm still bent holding the camera up, out of the frame. (00:16:05)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: When the mom asks Charlie about the figure in the drawing, and he says that he "kinda" saw it, her hand changes position on the side of the tablet she is holding. (00:10:15)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: The mom just said bye to the nanny, and her little guy is impatient. "Where's daddy?" he asks. There are three cuts for this simple sequence, and in each the kid is in a slightly different position, hands on/off the table and with the weapon positioned differently. (00:09:50)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: Charlie shoots a dart with his toy blunderbuss. The dart falls on a well lit area in front of the fireplace. When he retrieves the dart 10 seconds later, the light changed. The position of the logs by the fire also changed. (00:09:30)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: Charlie asks his dad to check the window. He gives him the "all clear" and the kid says "I love you, Dad", with the blanket up and a hand on it, on his chest. Next shot and the blanket is lower and his hand is down his side. (00:06:35)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: Mike Lawford is at the college library. His phone buzzes. He has both hands on a book, then in close-up just one hand and the phone itself, the other not in sight, and then both hands again. (00:04:25)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Deliberate mistake: In the opening, the kids are looking up at the floor boards. Uniform light seeps through, but as it turns out, the house was small and swarming with an angry mob carrying torch. The light is not really compatible with that scenario, and in fact when the scene is shown later again, the lights are warmer and you can see the torches flickering. It's most likely a trick not to give away exactly what was hunting the kids in the basement. (00:01:00 - 01:11:20)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, when the kid says "Dad promised me..." the mom suddenly has her hand on his face mid-sentence at the cut. (01:28:00)

Sammo

22nd Jan 2021

Pay the Ghost (2015)

Pay the Ghost mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Nicholas Cage sees his ghostly son through the window of a bus, and so he rushes after him. Right at the first left turn, the natural light couldn't be any more different in the two separate shots. (00:32:30)

Sammo

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