The Witches

The Witches (1990)

30 mistakes - chronological order

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Plot hole: At the end of the movie, the witch's secretary returns Luke's pet mice to him even though she had no knowledge of their whereabouts or the fact that those two specific mice were his.

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Suggested correction: Just before Luke and Helga leave the hotel, Helga gives Luke a tag with the address of where they live written on it. Luke took the tag and delivered it to the room where Miss Irvine was staying in. Miss Irvine is looking at the address as Luke and Helga leave the hotel. She most likely saw William and Mary at some point in the hotel and is clever enough to figure out that they're Luke's pets.

Other mistake: When the Grand High Witch, the Woman in Black, and the other witches are counting down the seconds for Bruno's transformation, Luke temporarily steps out from behind the screen. Yet none of the witches in the front row notice him.

Continuity mistake: When the evil witches start turning into mice, there is a close-up shot of the Woman in Black with mouse ears and whiskers, and her wig has fallen off. When the Grand High Witch is holding the spoon, there is a background shot of her dining room table, and the Woman in Black's wig is back on her head.

Continuity mistake: When Grandma says "Bruno's dad is about to have the soup", her right hand appears/disappears holding the bag depending on the shot.

Continuity mistake: After Grandma swings her closed bag in front of the Jenkins, angle cuts to a close-up of the bag and it's open.

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Continuity mistake: Bruno's dad is about to have the soup and says "this is a nightmare", his wife is either holding the glass of wine or not, depending on the shot.

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Continuity mistake: When Grandma says "Bruno's dad is about to have the soup" she is either holding the bag above the table, or the bag is resting on the table and her hand is gone.

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Revealing mistake: When the mouse is pushing the potion down the spoon handle towards the soup, both the bottle and the spoon turn green due to the chroma screen.

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Grand High Witch: This stinking little carbuncle has had five hundred doses! Aha, we are having Instantaneous action.

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Trivia: A lot of the witches who attend the Grand High Witches meeting are actually men dressed in women's clothing.

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Question: When Miss Ernst says she wants Luke to be found, she screams that he must be eliminated, causing Miss Irvine to look shocked. Why would she react this way considering Miss Ernst's plan was to kill all the children in the world?

Answer: She probably didn't know about her master plan, just about turning kids into mice. Most likely she thought they'd be kept in locked cages and held prisoners.

During the meeting, Miss Ernst says that every child in England must be "Rubbed out. Destroyed." A clear indication that she was talking about killing the children after they get turned into mice but, Miss Irvine doesn't seem shocked or upset after hearing this.

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