Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Revealing mistake: When the deckhand falls to the floor, you can clearly see the square outline of the equipment holding the axe in his back. (00:57:20)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: When Jason starts to strangle Eva in the disco room, a blue strobe light suddenly starts to flash. If you look behind Eva in one shot, you can see the actual strobe light come into the shot, obviously being held by a crewmember. (00:46:20)

Hamster

Factual error: When J.J. sees Jason she drops her guitar running away. The guitar then feedbacks. But when J.J. confronts Jason again he has the guitar with him, unplugged, but still we hear the sound of feedback. (00:21:25)

Mortug

Revealing mistake: When Rennie crashes the police car into the wall, the explosion clearly occurs before the car even comes into contact with the wall. (01:12:30)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: Flammable liquid is clearly visible on Wayne's jeans, when he is thrown into the switchboard, and caught on fire. (00:49:30)

Hamster

Audio problem: When J.J. is jammin' to her song she notices Jason and screams. She then runs away, and magically the song that was playing on her tape player has stopped. (00:21:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In part 7, Tina uses her powers to split the hockey mask in two. In some shots you can see the straps of the mask cut into the back of Jason's head, leaving large cut marks. However in this movie when the mask is removed, the cut marks are not there.

SAZOO1975

Revealing mistake: In the scene when the crazy guy is hit in the back with the axe, when he falls, the axe sways side to side a little bit, then stops a couple inches of center from before.

Continuity mistake: When Rennie raises her hands and notices the blood on them, the position of blood on them changes in the next shot. (00:32:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: The position of the black glove on J.J.'s left hand changes between shots as she switches off the tape while playing her guitar up on the deck. (00:18:25)

Hamster

Audio problem: When Jim says "Gotta throw the anchor over" his mouth is slow and out of sync. (00:04:25)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: As Jason is dunking McCulloch in a barrell of toxic waste, a big wet stain of sludge on McCulloch's trouser, to the left, disappears between shots. (01:17:50)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In the streets, Rennie and Sean run past a group of teens, and behind them, look at the "Howard Johnson" sign. It is dark and unlit. But when Jason passes them, it is lit up. When Jason then turns and shows the teenagers his face, the sign is once again unlit. (01:23:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: The position of the hot rocks in the wooden box, and the position of the spoon in the bucket changes through the sauna scene. (00:27:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: As the water gushes out of the engine room, Rennie and Sean get totally soaked. They run upstairs and now their clothes are completely dry. (00:56:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When the two girls are sniffing cocaine their hair changes positions. (00:25:20)

Revealing mistake: Obvious dummies are in the car's back seats just before it slams into the wall. (01:12:35)

Rennie: There is a maniac trying to kill us.
Waitress: Welcome to New York.

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Trivia: Jensen Daggett was genuinely terrified when actor Kane Hodder pulled her towards him, through the porthole. This is because a huge shard of glass was right by her throat and Kane was unknowingly pulling her toward it. You can see the frightened look on her face. (00:53:25)

Hamster

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Question: After Jason kills Jim and Suzi on Crystal Lake, how does Jim's boat end up being at the harbor next morning? Crystal Lake is not connected to the sea. It's just surrounded by land, right?

Bunch Son

Chosen answer: To the best of my knowledge, this is just a bit of a continuity mistake. While previous films have not indicated Crystal Lake is connected to the ocean, this film portrays it as being connected. You just kinda gotta go with it for the movie to work.

TedStixon

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