Scary Movie
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Revealing mistake: When Cindy's dad gets his head stuck in the doorway at the start, to see if Cindy is okay, his head is not stuck as you can see a small space to the side of his face. It's not a lot, but enough to not get stuck. (00:04:55)

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Deliberate mistake: When Greg gets murdered and Cindy, Bobby, and Buffy are trying to figure out what happened, you can see the killer is mopping up the blood. However the floor is carpeted so the blood wouldn't clean up, it would smear instead. (00:31:20)

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Continuity mistake: After the killer throws Cindy at the wall and then breaks the long table, Cindy runs and stands in front of the round side table and lamp, which are right beside the wicker chair. However, when she levitates, that table and lamp are now beside the couch.

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Continuity mistake: When Buffy comes up to Greg and he is banging his fist up against the locker and cussing, you see his report card in on hand and you can see the outlining of the subjects but there is no "DUMB-ASS" stamp on it, but in the close-up there is.

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Continuity mistake: When Bobby spews out, ahem, "the white stuff," it is all over the ceiling, but when it cuts back to Cindy and Bobby, it's not on the ceiling anymore.

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Revealing mistake: When Cindy is in the bath and she starts to shave her face, she repeatedly shaves the long head hair which has fallen over her face, and yet it is obvious none of it comes away with the razor, indicating there isn't a blade in it at all. (00:32:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Drew goes to answer the door to the trick-or-treaters, the table to the left of the door has nothing on it. Yet when Drew sees the killer, a banana, grenade, knife and gun are now lined up on it. (00:02:15)

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Continuity mistake: Near the end of the movie, when Ray is stabbing Bobby, Cindy says "You've watched one too many TV shows." Ray points the knife at her. At this point the knife is in his left hand but when he turns back round to stab Bobby again the knife is back in his right hand. There is not enough time for him to swap hands between shots. (01:10:25)

Continuity mistake: When Buffy is getting out of her Dad's car and starts to walk over to Brenda and Cindy, she steps over a curb in the street. When the shot faces Brenda and Cindy, instantly Buffy approaches them and has already crossed that big street. (00:09:15)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where there's a party at Cindy's house, two kids behind her are drinking liquor out of bottles that are completely upside-down, but the level of liquid remains constant. (00:57:00)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the beginning of the movie in the scene where Cindy and Bobby are in Cindy's bedroom,the Dawson's Creek theme song just starts to play and in the bottom left hand side of the window, just before Dawson pops up and says "Wrong set" you will notice someone dressed in black start to creep up for a second, then Dawson pops up. (00:07:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Bobby and Cindy are in her room the first time and they're laying on the bed, in one scene it shows a TV next to her bed. The next shot it is gone. Then when Bobby starts to go out the window the TV appears again. (00:06:50)

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Continuity mistake: When there are shots of the popcorn cooking on the stove, growing larger, in some shots there is a popcorn wrapper to the right of the stove, in others there isn't. Also Drew puts a silver salt pot down to the right of the stove, which has disappeared in later shots. (00:00:25)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene when Ray goes to the restroom while at the theater there are men urine racing.There are five urinals. The man with the white hat is to left. The man with a black cap is to the far right.when the third man from the left is declared winner.The man with the white hat shifts right one space and the man with the black hat takes his old spot. (00:55:45)

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Revealing mistake: When the teacher jumps it's clear the ground is a mattress with grass and leaves over it. Soil would not bend the amount it does, even with someone jumping off the roof of a building. (00:48:20)

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Continuity mistake: After Heather is campaigning in the hallway of the school and giving out flyers, Buffy grabs the flyer and lets go of it, and is holding nothing. In the next scene where Buffy, Brenda and Cindy walk over to their boyfriends, Buffy all of a sudden has a folder, some books and a banana in one hand. (00:11:45)

Continuity mistake: When Ray hands Bobby the tape to put on in the flashback it is in a case, however, Bobby puts it on without taking it out of the case. (00:14:10)

Ssiscool

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Continuity mistake: When Greg confronts Ray about the picture he found in the locker room, he shows them all and they start laughing. Buffy is on the left part of the screen, (on Cindy's right side), then Cindy explains that she got a note. Then when she says: "Somebody knows.", Buffy is more to the right (or left of the screen) than before. Then when Cindy says they have to call the police, Buffy's back to where she was at first. (00:26:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Cindy has kicked the killer out of the window she runs over to her dad. His hands are supposed to be tied, but the ties are actually already loose. (01:12:35)

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Doofy: Mom said that when I wear this badge you're supposed to treat me like a man of the law.
Buffy: Well, mom also said for you to stop sticking your dick in the vacuum cleaner.

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Trivia: The title Scary Movie was the working title of Scream, the film that this film spoofs.

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Question: Who is the guy who looks through Cindy's window at the beginning of the movie and says 'wrong set'?

Answer: That whole scene is a spoof of the show "Dawson's Creek". The guy is James Van Der Beek, who played Dawson Leery, the title character.

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Answer: It's also worth mentioning that the song that is playing during this part - "I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole - was the theme song to Dawson's Creek.

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