Best movie revealing mistakes of 1984

Please vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock picture

Revealing mistake: When Kirk and Kruge are fighting, a piece of the cliff breaks away and wiggles down the side of the cliff rather than falling like a rock. (01:22:55)

More Star Trek III: The Search for Spock revealing mistakes
Red Dawn picture

Revealing mistake: When Col. Tanner is on top of the Russian tank, he is firing his pistol into it. After a few shots, you can see that the slide on his gun locks back, showing that the gun is empty. Tanner does not reload, but is none the less able to keep shooting afterwards. (01:11:25)

Twotall

More Red Dawn revealing mistakes
Tank picture

Revealing mistake: When the sheriff is going to whip Sarah, he tells her to take down her drawers. Bad editing, you see her hand reach back and make the motion as if she is pulling down her panties but it is visible they are still up.

More Tank revealing mistakes
Repo Man picture

Revealing mistake: In the opening scene where the alien car is pulled to the side of the road by the cop you can see two identical sets of tire tracks in the dust in the same place - a sign that this scene was filmed more than once in the same location and the filmmakers didn't wipe away the tracks. As the car pulls out you can see another set of identical tire tracks further up the road as well.

More Repo Man revealing mistakes
More Firestarter revealing mistakes
Top Secret! picture Top Secret! mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Chocolate Mousse throws the anchor with the rope attached into the air, if you watch the ground when they run away, you can see that there's suddenly a lot more rope there, revealing that it was filmed in two takes and the anchor wasn't really thrown directly above their heads. (01:11:20)

Daz

More Top Secret! revealing mistakes
The Philadelphia Experiment picture

Revealing mistake: Going to his father's old place, David and Allison turn right on the corner, pass some stores and then turn left to drive into the lot of the Texaco station. The reflection shown in the stores' windows across the street is not at all what is supposedly across from those stores. Also, when they start to pull away from the station a set of studio lights are reflected in the side back window of the car. (01:02:40)

Super Grover

More The Philadelphia Experiment revealing mistakes
All of Me picture

Revealing mistake: When Roger is in the bathroom at the urinal, he can see Edwina's reflection in the mirror (as she is, supposedly, inhabiting his body). However, when Roger lets out a particularly big exhale, Edwina's bangs blow slightly upwards, showing that the "mirror" effect is achieved by simply having her stand behind a wall right in front of him. (00:29:45)

More All of Me revealing mistakes
The Killing Fields picture

Revealing mistake: When the village where Pran is hiding as a servant is bombed, you see a lot of stuntmen performing elegant jumps as if they were doing gymnastics, some long after the impact of the bomb would have hit them. (01:56:50)

NancyFelix

More The Killing Fields revealing mistakes
More Children of the Corn revealing mistakes
Breakin' picture

Revealing mistake: In the scene when Turbo is sweeping in front of the grocery store, he begins dancing with a broom and you can see the wires that are holding the broom up, making it seem like the broom is floating.

Lisa Barker

More Breakin' revealing mistakes
Bachelor Party picture

Revealing mistake: When the Hotel manager walks in the recently vacated room, we see the piano collapse. If you look closely, you can tell that the front two legs were just pulled back under the piano causing it to collapse.

Sol Parker

More Bachelor Party revealing mistakes
Once Upon a Time in America picture

Revealing mistake: When a man is shot in the head, the bullet hits his hat, and it's very obvious there's no real bullet wound, his hat just opens and reveals a red hat he's wearing.

MikeH

More Once Upon a Time in America revealing mistakes
2010 picture 2010 mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When the Russian pod is launched, a wide shot shows the Monolith at top/right with Jupiter in the background and both the Leonov and Discovery at bottom/right with the pod nearby. Just before this shot ends, all three spacecraft vanish, leaving only Jupiter and the Monolith for a very short but obvious moment. (01:04:35)

johnrosa

More 2010 revealing mistakes
A Christmas Carol picture

Revealing mistake: When Bob Cratchit takes Tiny Tim by the town square to watch the boys play, you see many boys "sliding" on the ice. In the close-ups of the boys you can see the "ice" ripple beneath their feet, revealing it to be some sort of plastic.

More A Christmas Carol revealing mistakes
Runaway picture

Revealing mistake: Almost every time a floating robot explosive that is chasing the police cars is seen, you can see a wire that is pulling them.

More Runaway revealing mistakes
Footloose picture

Revealing mistake: When Ariel is playing chicken with the oncoming truck, as she is standing on both cars, notice that her hair is dark brown to black in colour, then it's blonde again. The hair colour changes a few times. It's obviously a stunt woman.

Gisella

More Footloose revealing mistakes
The River picture

Revealing mistake: When Tom tries to fix the dam during the rainstorm his face is suddenly dry in the two shots before the track of his bulldozer snaps. (00:06:25)

NancyFelix

More The River revealing mistakes
The Woman in Red picture

Revealing mistake: The seen where Teddy is standing in rain talking to Charlotte in her car you can see how the rain followed his movement. There is a thicker spout of water dripping and you can see the outline of it.

More The Woman in Red revealing mistakes
Silent Night, Deadly Night picture

Revealing mistake: The robber who kills Billy's mother is shown cutting her throat but with the flat side of the blade. Moreover real blood doesn't ooze out so thickly, indicating it was makeup.

Rob245

More Silent Night, Deadly Night revealing mistakes

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.