Best mystery movie audio problems of all time

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Knives Out picture

Audio problem: After Harlan knocks over the Go board, Marta says "I'm done with you." When she says that, which is when she puts the two vials on the table, her mouth isn't moving.

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Hellraiser picture

Audio problem: When Trevor is explaining to Riley how he wants to rob the storage unit, at one point there's an over-the-shoulder shot where he says "Totally anonymous... nobody's ever seen any one in there... but, like the shit..." If you look closely, you can tell Trevor is saying something completely different. True, his mouth isn't on-screen the whole time, but his jaw movements and his mouth movements don't match the words at all when they are visible, revealing they altered the dialogue in post.

TedStixon

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Audio problem: When Elise is investigating Ted Garza's home and begins to explain how she had seen the female ghost before, she says the line "when I was sixteen years old." However, the words and her mouth movements don't QUITE match. She appears to be saying the right words, but the audio just isn't quite lined up right, likely due to the line being re-recorded in post.

TedStixon

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Idle Hands picture

Audio problem: During the scene right after Anton runs into the scarecrows in his house only to find out they are his deceased mom and dad, you see him run out to his porch and begin throwing up into his bushes. You can hear the sounds of liquid hitting the bushes, but you see nothing coming out of his mouth (there is enough light in the film to determine this).

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Audio problem: Katherine visits Poirot at the field hospital; the opening line has a loud gulping, most likely dubbed, and then Branagh's voice says "I asked you...not to come" with the second part of the sentence added in dub; his lips don't move. (00:05:45)

Sammo

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Bushwhacked picture

Audio problem: When Max tells Fishman to get the hell out of here, his lips don't move.

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Dark Glasses picture

Audio problem: When Baldacci shoots the van that is coming at him full force, the sound bits inserted are of bullets hitting metal. Since he is aiming at the windshield, either his gun does not shoot straight or someone has been very lazy with the sound editing; even if he hit bulletproof glass, the sound it would make would not be like that at all. And a few seconds later his colleague shoots at the van from the side and there is no bullet impact sound at all; to Miss a static target of THAT size from a few feet of distance she'd have to blind as well. (00:43:05)

Sammo

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Audio problem: When Sam leaves her apartment to go find Tara at the party, we hear her in the background unlock a single lock and open the door. However, earlier, we saw that there are four different locks on the door, and she relocked all of them. So we should have heard her unlock four locks before being able to leave.

TedStixon

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Audio problem: In the scene when Grandma is at the tournament (but not yet skiing), in the cuts when the band isn't visible, if you listen closely, the lead singer isn't singing. (01:05:05)

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The Gift picture

Audio problem: Buddy drives a manual truck, but when he goes around a corner, we can hear the truck's gears changing. Buddy's arm stays glued out the window, so he can't be changing gears.

kh1616

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Assault on Precinct 13 picture Video

Audio problem: When the little girl buying ice cream is shot, the sound of the hose that sprays her with fake blood can be heard. (00:31:56)

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Saw 3D picture

Audio problem: When Dina says to Ryan that she didn't love Brad, just him, there is one point where she says, "No, I never did." When she does, her mouth does match up for the word "No" but not for the rest. (00:06:05)

Ssiscool

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Audio problem: When Deacon is talking to the cop's brother's corpse, he says "you're not talking to me now?" and his lips aren't moving. And moments later, he says "what? You don't want to?" And "you don't talk because..." Same things, his lips don't move.

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Orphan picture

Audio problem: When Daniel is on top of the tree house, his screams don't always match up to his mouth. (01:23:20)

Ssiscool

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Night Train to Lisbon picture

Audio problem: When Armedeo and Estefania are ready to leave in the car, George stands in the driveway with a gun aimed at Estefania. Armedao gets out of the car, but the car's ignition goes off without Armedeo doing it.

kh1616

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Congo picture

Audio problem: When Charles Travis meets Jeffrey by the river bank, Jeffrey is heard speaking but his mouth doesn't match what he says. (00:04:30)

Hamster

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Audio problem: When the RV starts up and drives to the TV spot after the initial greeting from the manager, the engine noise is a gasoline engine, when it should be a diesel noise, as it's a diesel pusher. (00:07:00)

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Audio problem: When the commissioner gets to the station at the beginning of the movie, a trans greets him, but their mouth does not move when they talk. (00:04:30)

Sammo

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Audio problem: After the Gluttony murder, both detectives drive to the forensic and have a chat. The audio is slightly out of sync with their lips. Spanish DVD release. Fixed in the Blu-Ray edition.

Sacha

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