The Amityville Horror

The Amityville Horror (2005)

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Continuity mistake: When Kathy and George kiss on the bed, and in following shots, the mug on the desk to the viewers right of the bed constantly rotates itself, evident by the mug handle. (00:04:20)

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Continuity mistake: There is a plate on the end of the dinner table, and egg which gets spilt on the dinner table which disappear between shots, as George serves the eggs. (00:05:40)

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Continuity mistake: When the Lutz's look around the house, they enter a bedroom. Kathy walks up to a window and looks out. In the next shot George walks up to the same window - the whole window is in shot, but Kathy has gone. (00:08:50)

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Continuity mistake: When the realtor shows the Lutz's the bedroom, and hears a noise, she turns her head to look. In this shot she is in the living room, not the bedroom. (00:09:05)

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Audio problem: When the realtor suggests turning the basement into "A game room. Or a play room," her mouth says otherwise. (00:09:20)

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Continuity mistake: When the Lutz's get their first house call, the clothes in the suitcase, on the end of the bed, change between shots. (00:14:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: When George leaves the room after receiving the phone call from Kathy's mother, a boom mike dips into view, reflected in the large ornate mirror at the head of the bed. (00:14:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Kathy reprimands Chelsea for standing on the edge of the boat, the balloon Chelsea holds swaps hands. (00:20:35)

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Continuity mistake: When George locks the boat house door, you can see inside the boat house through the cracks in the door, but there is no boat visible inside even though there was a boat there in the previous shots. (00:21:10)

Continuity mistake: When Harry, the dog, scratches at the wall, a large slab of concrete laying on the floor, by the wall, vanishes. (00:26:05)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where George talks to Billy about the key incident in the car, in the overhead shot the car is speeding very fast. In the next closeup, through the window we can see the car is now going much slower. (00:27:05)

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Continuity mistake: Lisa's finger becomes bloody, as Jodie puts it into her bloody hole on her forehead. However, between shots, Lisa's finger becomes clean. (00:36:15)

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Continuity mistake: When George is laying in the bath and two arms grab him, the hands are all slit around the wrist, but in the next shot they're not. (00:42:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Kathy and George spot Chelsea up on the roof, Kathy races up the stairs, her sweater buttoned up. In the next shot as she enters Chelsea's room, the sweater is wide open and unbuttoned. (00:45:10)

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Factual error: After George and Kathy leave the Doctor's office they drive through town. When they are talking in the car there is a shot where, next to George's face, you can see the sign of the town hall where the scene was filmed, 'Village of Antioch' in Antioch, Illinois. (00:46:00)

Audio problem: When Chelsea is screaming "Liar! Liar! Liaar!!" to her mother, Kathy, in one shot we see Chelsea's mouth still saying "liar," but no audio is heard. (00:47:05)

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Father Callaway: Your house frightens me, Mrs. Lutz.

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Trivia: Ryan Reynolds chose to keep away from Jesse, Jimmy and Chloe so that when his character's personality started changing, it would be easy for him to transition into George's physical and verbal abuse. Ryan's distance from the three young actors made them think Ryan didn't like them.

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Question: Probably it's for dramatic impact, but it seemed strange that Ryan Reynolds' character would rush out to the boathouse on seeing the red balloon. It would have made more sense to check her room first, but he leaves (and even dives into the icy lake) without telling anyone. If it was out and out panic, wouldn't he wake his wife? Apart from as a plot device, any ideas why?

Answer: He sees the balloon, and instantly assumes his step-daughter is inside the boat house, and hence is in danger of slipping and drowning (or perhaps already in such a situation). He rushes straight out to get there as quickly as possible. Checking her room, or telling his wife would take up time, not to mention he is probably running on adrenaline.

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