Visible crew/equipment: When the gust of wind blows into Helen's temple, the shadow of the giant fan creating the effect is seen.
Scott215
4th Nov 2022
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
3rd Nov 2022
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Kolchak enters Pops' store, Pops places his newspaper on the counter. Scene cuts and he still has the newspaper in hand.
3rd Nov 2022
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: A boom mike drops several times from the top into the scene of Kolchak and Pepe Torres' office.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Revealing mistake: The footage of the traffic in front of Springfield Hospital where Helen Lynch is recuperating is recycled later in the episode.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Trivia: Lara Parker, who plays Madelaine the witch in this episode, also played Angelique, the witch in the TV series, "Dark Shadows."
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Other mistake: Considering Jules Kopenic was violently murdered and had his arm ripped off, there was remarkably no blood at the murder scene as Kolchak snaps photos of the crime scene.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Kolchak looks through the window blinds at the crooks on the street, his fingers change position on the blinds as the scene cuts.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Kolchak approaches Madelaine with the witch's bag, it is upright in his hand. The scene quickly cuts and now the bag is hanging down in his fist.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: Stock footage shows the same dress mannequins moving from and then staying in their same positions, even after moving and attacking Kolchak.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: Mr. Kitzmiller's secretary is about eye level with Kolchak when the camera shot is over Kolchak's left shoulder, but in the shots over the secretary's right shoulder she towers over him.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Character mistake: The animal control officer tells Kolchak he was crazy shooting off a flash bulb at the gorilla, but the first frontal shot Kolchak took of the gorilla did not flash at all.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: Captain Molnar's arms go from being in front of his chest to down at his sides and back again as he and Kolchak speak outside the police squad room.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: Outside the police squad room, Captain Molnar grasps Kolchak's left hand, but the next shot shows Molnar's hands at his sides.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Other mistake: Vincenzo is looking at a photo of the gorilla Kolchak took of it earlier in the episode. It is a side shot, but Kolchak took two pics when he encountered it, one frontal, and the other shot as the creature was running away from Kolchak and the authorities.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: Mr. Burton and Kolchak each hold a photo of the ape man's foot prints, but the next shot shows Kolchak holding all of the photos.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Horror in the Heights - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: Opening scene shows Kolchak driving his convertible Mustang with the roof top up, but the next shots show the car with the roof top down and stowed.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Horror in the Heights - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: The pencil in Kolchak's left shirt pocket instantly moves from right to left as he gets advice from Miss Emily.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: As Madeleine tells Kolchak about Madame Trevi being a witch, her right hand is sometimes on Kolchak's left shoulder, sometimes off as the scene cuts.
17th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Kolchak notices a car start up and begins driving towards him, he is close to a red and white sign that says, "Warning", but the next shot of him beginning to run from the car shows him now to be about 4 feet away from the sign and the fence it is posted on.
10th Sep 2018
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Visible crew/equipment: A free-standing set light is visible on the right as Kolchak approaches his Mustang outside the witch's house.
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