Continuity mistake: When Josh asks Pelle if he's not talking about an actual Attestupan before going to bed, Christian looks over to him asking him if he knows what it is. The duvet on Josh's bed is going over the edge of the bed. Dani then asks "Is it scary", and when the shot cuts back to Josh, the duvet is entirely on the bed. (00:57:10)
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the Hårgas looking up at the cliff, when the camera pans over to Dani, Christian, Pelle and Josh, Pelle is standing a couple of feet away from the other three. When the camera changes angles to the cliff, Pelle is standing right next to the other three. (01:05:55)
Continuity mistake: When the female elder is standing at the edge of the cliff, in an overview shot of the Hårgas, Dani, Christian, Josh and Pelle's shadows are in front of them. A couple seconds later, when the camera is slightly panning down on the four, their shadows are to the right of them. (01:08:55)
Continuity mistake: When Dani is looking at Simon and Connie complaining to Ingemar after the female elder jumps off the cliff and they turn back to face towards it, Christian says "Oh my God" realising the male elder is about to jump off. At this moment, he has his left hand over his mouth and his right hand by his side. The shot then cuts and Christian now has his right hand over his mouth and his left hand on his chest. (01:10:55)
Continuity mistake: When the male elder steps onto the edge of the cliff before jumping, there is a a shot of Dani, Christian and Josh where their shadows are behind them. It then cuts to the elder for a few seconds, but when it cuts back, their shadows are in front of them. (01:11:15)
Continuity mistake: After the male elder jumps off the cliff, there is a string used to tie his collar shown on his clothes when he is on the ground. The string is on the right side of his chest when he lands, but when his head gets smashed with a mallet seconds later, the string is on the left side of his chest. (01:11:40 - 01:12:35)
Continuity mistake: When the male elder is lying on the ground after jumping off the cliff, there is nothing on the ground around his head. When he realises that his leg has broken off and the Hårgas start wailing, there is an additional shot included in the Director's Cut where a rock has suddenly appeared beside the man's head. (Director's Cut). (01:11:40)
Continuity mistake: When the male elder fails to die after jumping off the cliff, a few of the Hårgas walk over to him to smash his head with a mallet. When the first Hårga hits him on the head, there is a visible bloody injury caused by the hit. When the second Hårga goes to hit him, just before his head breaks apart there is no sign of the first hit. (01:12:30)
Continuity mistake: When Siv is trying to explain to Simon and Connie how the two elders sacrificing themselves works, just as Siv says what they just saw was a long observed custom, Simon has his left hand on his hand and Connie is standing behind Siv with her left hand over her mouth. The camera changes angles and Simon has both hands on his face - Connie has rotated 90° and has both arms at her side. (01:13:30)
Continuity mistake: After the elders have jumped, the braid of the woman that was trying to explain their custom is loose in some shots and not in others. It goes back and forth. (01:13:32 - 01:14:02)
Continuity mistake: When Pelle is talking to Dani after the two elders jump off the cliff, when he takes something out of his pocket for her to smell, there are two strings hanging freely from his collar. In the next shot, the two strings are tied together. (01:22:10)
Continuity mistake: When Dani and Christian are approached by a woman asking them if they would like to join in on a special ceremony, Dani is sitting on the ground and begins to stand by placing her right hand on the ground to help balance herself. The camera cuts to a different angle where she is standing with her arms extended. (Director's Cut). (01:25:25)
Continuity mistake: When Josh is having the Rubi Radr explained to him, just as the Hårga says "which are graded from most holy to most unholy", he is shown gesturing with his right hand. It then cuts to a close-up shot of the book where the Hårga is now pointing towards the book using his finger. (01:45:55)
Continuity mistake: The morning after Josh and Mark are killed, when they are sitting at the dinner table, a Hårga tells everyone that the Rubi Radr was found missing. Pelle's left hand is raised when the man says this, but when the shot cuts, it's on the table. (01:55:35)
Continuity mistake: When Dani, Christian and Pelle are approached by the two Hårgas about Josh and Mark's whereabouts, as Christian says "We have no idea", he is standing right beside Dani. It cuts to an angle behind them and Christian is standing slightly behind Dani. (01:56:10)
Continuity mistake: When Dani is being carried around on a small platform after being crowned May Queen, there is a shot of her where she has her arms slightly extended. It then cuts to a different angle, where her arms are at her side. (02:11:35)
Continuity mistake: When Dani is told to enter the carriage, she asks if Christian can come, to which the woman replies nay. Christian is then shown sitting down at the table. In the shot, there are three different glasses in front of him. The first two glasses are positioned right next to each other, and the third glass is further away from the other two. Just under a minute later, whilst Christian is watching the carriage ride away with Dani inside it, the three glasses are all equally distanced from each other. (02:16:55 - 02:17:50)
Continuity mistake: When Dani gets in the carriage, she hears some of the Hårgas throat singing and looks directly forwards. It then cuts to a shot outside the carriage where she is looking out of the right hand side window. (02:17:35)
Continuity mistake: When the female Hårgas are consoling Dani after she sees Christian having sex with Maja and they begin crying in unison, Dani's hair is tied back, but when it cuts to a different angle, a few strands of hair are suddenly hanging over the side of her head. (02:27:55)
Continuity mistake: When Pelle is being thanked for bringing the Hårgas new blood and their new May Queen, it cuts to Christian where he is shown looking at Pelle. Then it cuts to a wide shot where Christian's eyes are suddenly closed. (02:34:40)
Answer: Yes, that is the impression that is given. He is still alive.
wizard_of_gore ★
How would they be able to keep him from bleeding to death? We see earlier in the film when they kill Josh that someone was wearing Mark's skin. That means they completely flayed him and then crudely reattached his skin in order to hang him from the ceiling later on.
Phaneron ★
Never mind, I see that I was confusing Simon with Mark. It looked like Mark hanging to me when Christian found Simon.
Phaneron ★