Revealing mistake: After Adam and Barbara warp their features to look like strange bird-like characters, Beetlejuice attempts to get Lydia to release him. While this is happening, the movie cuts back to Adam and Barbara as Adam says, "But Barbara, honey, it's too late. We have to go through with this" Look at his eyes that are supposed to be dark pits; you can see the black see-through material used to conceal the actor's eyes.
TerrenHurley
11th Jan 2025
Beetlejuice (1988)
1st Jan 2025
Fly Away Home (1996)
Visible crew/equipment: Towards the end of the film, as Amy is about to land her plane, the shadows of both Amy's plane and the crew's helicopter are visible.
18th Nov 2024
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
Revealing mistake: When Wolf Jackson touches a headstone as he and the police are about to raid the church, you can see the headstone wobble when his hand lightly touches it, revealing it to be made of a soft, perhaps Styrofoam-like material and not a real headstone.
13th Nov 2024
Labyrinth (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Sarah defeats Jareth, you can see levitating arches in the background. If you look closely at them, however, you can see the wires holding them up.
29th Oct 2024
Little Nicky (2000)
Revealing mistake: When Nicky is hit in the head by an officer, the baton obviously bends off his head like rubber.
25th Oct 2024
Short Circuit (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Frank is knocked down with the tray, the arms of the person operating Johnny 5 are visible when the robot turns to run.
25th Oct 2024
Labyrinth (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Sarah attempts to cross the bridge and winds up holding onto a tree branch, Hoggle gasps, revealing the actor's face inside his mouth.
25th Oct 2024
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Revealing mistake: After the hitch-hiker cuts his hand and hands it to Franklin, the blood disappears from the knife, meaning the knife was switched between cuts.
17th Dec 2023
The Exorcist (1973)
Revealing mistake: In some extended edition cuts of the film, Regan backwards spider walks down a flight of stairs, and blood falls from her mouth. But her face isn't that of Linda Blair, but of a stunt double.
25th Nov 2023
Halloween II (1981)
Visible crew/equipment: The crash mat is visible when Michael Myers falls off the balcony in the beginning of the movie.
25th Nov 2023
The Exorcist (1973)
Revealing mistake: When Regan meets Father Karras, she projectile vomits in his face. But if you look closely while this vomit happens, you can very easily notice that it is the stunt double.
23rd May 2023
Seed of Chucky (2004)
Revealing mistake: When Glenda is killing the mother in the shower towards the beginning of the movie the mother's underwear is visible through the shower curtain.
19th May 2023
Heathers (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: In the scene of Ram and Kurt's funeral, you can see Ram's supposedly lifeless body breathing.
19th May 2023
Pet Sematary (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Louis sets Gage's lifeless body on fire, it becomes apparent that it is a stunt dummy. The body resembles a small, pale mannequin with vague facial features and a wig.
17th Apr 2023
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Revealing mistake: When the headless horseman's head is being dropped into his grave it bounces on the dirt like rubber.
20th Mar 2023
Red Sonja (1985)
Revealing mistake: When Kalidor lifts Prince Tarn into the air with one arm, the cables attached to Tarn's back are visible.
20th Mar 2023
Red Sonja (1985)
Revealing mistake: When the High Priestess gets hit by Ikol's Shuriken star the guiding wire for the projectile is visible.
17th Feb 2023
Red Sonja (1985)
Revealing mistake: Sonja has a modern vaccine scar on her left shoulder.
6th Feb 2023
Red Sonja (1985)
Visible crew/equipment: When Varna is shot by the arrow whilst on the areal slide you can see the arrows guiding wire.
5th Feb 2023
General questions
How can I get better at spotting movie mistakes on my own? Especially the revealing mistakes and visible camera crew and equipment type ones?
Answer: Honestly, what made me start to notice revealing mistakes/visible crew was just learning about those types of mistakes on this very website and figuring out what to look for. Watching behind-the-scenes materials and learning how movies are made also helps. If I'm specifically going through a movie or show looking for mistakes, which I do sometimes for fun, I usually load up a Blu-Ray copy or the streaming service I'm using, and just scan through every shot, frequently rewinding and looking at all the little details. It can be subtle, so you may have to watch the same few shots 3, 4, 5+ times before you notice things. And even then, I'm sure I miss a lot of them.
Answer: First, it's imperative you watch a film or show with the ability to rewind (DVD, On Demand, Streaming, etc). Second, you should be familiar with the different types of filming techniques and procedures so you can visualize how the scene is being shot and where equipment and crew might be that could accidentally get in the shot. A lot of wide shots are going to expose revealing mistake, often time just briefly. While a continuous shot (where the camera doesn't cut) isn't going to have continuity issues. When the camera angle changes, that's when you can pick up mistakes. Finally, you can't be a passive viewer, if you're texting or looking at your phone, you're going to miss mistakes. And if you're really out to find mistakes, you'll probably miss the show (so it's best to look for mistake on your 2nd or 3rd viewing).
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Suggested correction: It doesn't bounce off the dirt, it slightly bounces off his chest plate, as physics would dictate.
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