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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: Chris drives home past the police cars and ambulance outside her house after Burke Dennings is killed on the steps. At first there are a bunch of people on the steps, then the next time we see it two seconds later there's a lone policeman standing there. (00:57:45)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: After the second set of tests on Regan, Dr. Klein asks Chris, "Do you keep any drugs in your house?". If you look closely he faces the wrong direction when he says this as Chris has not move yet from the spot where she's standing. She moves in the next shot. (00:56:35)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: After he gets socked in the mouth, Dr. Klein gets ready to give Regan another injection and the lamp near the window and the curtain behind it move between shots. (00:54:00)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: Dr. Klein gets socked in the mouth by Regan and blood drips out of his nose. The next time we see him, and in all the subsequent shots in this scene, there's no blood on his face. (00:53:40)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: Dr. Klein talks to Chris about what Regan's test results indicate and she's touching her face with her left hand. In the next shot from the front, she's touching her face with her right hand. (00:48:05)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: Dr. Klein and Dr. Taney arrive at the house and go up to Regan's room to see her for themselves. We see inside the room and the two doctors, Chris and Sharon are the only ones there but as they try to give her an injection, Karl appears from out of nowhere restraining her. (00:54:05)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Audio problem: In Doctor Klein's office Regan spits at him as he tries to give her an injection. We hear it but if you look closely nothing comes out of her mouth. (00:47:10)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: As Father Karras lays down, Father Dyer shuts all the lights for him. The lamp on his desk is right over the typewriter the first time we see it than later as he turns it off it has been moved to the left. (00:46:10)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: As he lays down, Father Dyer takes Father Karras' cigarette from him and puts it in his mouth. In the next shot it's back in Father Karras' right hand. (00:46:00)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: Father Dyer walks down the hall on his way to Father Karras' room and the florescent ceiling lamp closest to the window is turned off between shots. (00:44:55)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: Regan screams, "Mother, make it stop" and the books near the lamp on her desk move to the right between shots. (00:44:40)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: After Chris puts her to sleep and walks down the steps, Willi the maid is cleaning up Regan's mess on the living room carpet from the previous party scene. We saw a nice close-up of the wet carpet as it happened and now Willi is not even close to cleaning the right spot. In fact she's kneeling right on it, yikes. (00:44:20)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: After Chris puts her to sleep and walks down the steps, Regan screams and there is a close-up of the lamp flickering on the wall. In the next shot the lighting has changed as a dark shadow appears behind the lamp. (00:44:25)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Visible crew/equipment: After Chris puts Regan to sleep she walks through an equipment shadow as she goes down the steps and asks the maid, "Is it coming out Willi?" (00:44:10)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: After Regan walks in and says to the Astronaut, "You're gonna die up there" Chris gives her a bath. When we first see them she's sponging her down with her right hand and soapy water. In the next shot she's using her left hand and the water is clear. (00:43:20)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: After her bath as she gets ready for sleep Regan asks Chris, "What's wrong with me?" and her left arm goes from being under the pillow to under her head between shots. (00:43:50)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: At the party Father Dyer sings just before Regan walks in and says to the Astronaut, "You're gonna die up there". The music book on the piano is open to the same page but the manuscript paper underneath has been moved between shots. (00:42:35)

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27th Jan 2007

The Exorcist (1973)

Continuity mistake: At the party, a drunk Burke Dennings calls Karl a, " Bloody, damned, butchering, Nazi pig!" and the chain around his eyeglasses moves on his chest twice between shots. (00:40:45)

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