deadpenguin

27th Aug 2001

The Exorcist (1973)

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Continuity mistake: When Chris is taking a walk with the priest Damien, she throws her cigarette to the ground, but in the next shot it's back in her hand again. (01:21:30 - 01:22:06)

25th Jan 2002

Three Musketeers (1993)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the fight scene on the stairs near the end of the movie, the camera shot looks up and there is a security camera mounted up in the corner. (01:33:34)

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Continuity mistake: When Robin and Azeem are approaching Dover Beach, there is shot behind the boat showing only one sailor standing at the stern. In the very next shot, not only is the sailor standing but suddenly so is Robin, at the bow. (00:11:27)

13th Nov 2024

Enter the Ninja (1981)

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Factual error: The training set piece is supposedly Japan, but it's obviously taking place in the Philippines. Its biggest giveaway is the presence of Taal Volcano. (00:02:55)

deadpenguin

13th Nov 2018

Les Miserables (2012)

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Deliberate mistake: In "Do You Hear the People Sing?", Grantaire can be seen hijacking the funeral carriage, but when the insurrection starts, he is at the tavern with some girl, and Marius says, "Grantaire, get off your arse, it's begun!" and acts like he wasn't just there. George Blagden, who portrayed Grantaire, didn't want to be left out of that great set-piece, so he was allowed to participate, and the director must have thought no-one would notice him. (01:36:55 - 01:38:45)

3rd Jan 2006

Tremors (1990)

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Continuity mistake: When they are picking up Burt and Heather, Burt throws a sack to Val. When it cuts Val catches a totally different sack. (01:15:07)

Mortug

19th Nov 2011

Re-Animator (1985)

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Continuity mistake: When Cain and West are in the morgue trying to re-animate the cadaver, a phone rings outside at the security desk and when we see it, the buttons are facing outward, but when Megan goes down to the security desk, we see the phone is now turned completely around. (00:49:32 - 00:56:54)

Clerk13

3rd Aug 2010

Halloween (1978)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Laurie walks across the street to check on her friends, the porch of the Doyle house has nothing on it. When Laurie runs back across the street and starts pounding on the door she picks up a flower pot off the porch to throw at the window. (01:11:20 - 01:18:30)

17th Feb 2013

Predator (1987)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene at the end when Arnie crawls into the booby trapped gully you can see the Predator behind him with the knives on his right arm already extended. The camera then switches to a shot of the Predator extending the knives to finish Arnie off. (01:37:34)

13th Sep 2003

Starship Troopers (1997)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Rico is getting ready to go to the end of school party, he puts on his black jacket and for a brief moment, we can see the collar is turned up at the back. During the following conversation with his parents he never adjusts his collar, yet when he turns his back, the collar is neatly in place. (00:12:35)

29th Dec 2020

Eerie, Indiana (1991)

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The Losers - S1-E4

Visible crew/equipment: When Lodgepoole is telling Marshall about how the Bureau of Lost caused the Great Depression, someone's arm becomes visible in the upper left corner of the screen. (00:12:51)

17th Feb 2004

Gremlins (1984)

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Continuity mistake: Soon after the Gremlins hatch from their cocoons, Billy goes to the school to check on the professor. When he walks into the classroom, he leaves the door open. Later, when he leaves the classroom, he has to open the door again. (00:49:20 - 00:50:30)

18th May 2021

Dracula (1992)

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Continuity mistake: When Van Helsing and Dr. Seward prepare to perform the blood transfusion on Lucy, as Seward asks, "You perfected a procedure?", in the background, you can see Van Helsing take off his scarf. In the next shot, he takes it off again. (00:59:45)

Catwalk

17th Nov 2024

Die Hard (1988)

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Continuity mistake: When Al gets the call to go to Nakatomi, he's inside the store and walks outside. In the very next shot outside, the door of the store is already closed while Al takes his first few steps away from it. Even if it slammed, it wouldn't close that fast. (00:46:00)

6th May 2002

Spider-Man (2002)

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Continuity mistake: When Peter is taking out the trash, and begins talking to Mary Jane, as she walks toward him you can see her underwear sticking out above her pants. As the shots change, this underwear seems to appear and disappear. (00:29:24)

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Continuity mistake: During the golf course opening scene, a motorcycle cop gets kicked to the ground by the ninja swinging from a grappling hook. In the next shot, the cop somehow falls into the water hazard along with his motorcycle. (00:07:28)

2nd Nov 2008

Jumanji (1995)

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Continuity mistake: When Judy is talking with Carl outside the front of their house as Alan examines the police car, Judy's pigtails are alternatively in front of, or behind her shoulders during shots. (00:34:18)

Hamster

11th Aug 2022

Little Women (1949)

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Visible crew/equipment: When Marmee checks on the girls while they pretend to be asleep, the oil lamp she picks up has an electric cord attached to it. (00:23:39)

7th Sep 2022

Little Women (2019)

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Continuity mistake: When Mr. Laurence, Laurie and John Brooke are having Christmas breakfast, John puts his hand on the table but in the next shot, his hands are not there. (00:29:37)

21st Jul 2022

Desperado (1995)

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Continuity mistake: During the shootout at the Tarasco bar scene, there is a part where El Mariachi is shooting bad guys from the front of the bar. He switches from sitting to lying almost face down throughout the scene. (00:32:00)

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