Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the film, we see boots walking through the woods. In a closeup they stop, and to the left boot there's a cluster of leafless branches. In the following shot from behind, they are gone. (00:00:50)
Continuity mistake: When Tommy is at Jason's grave, the stones around Jason's grave are different from the closeup to the aerial shot. (00:01:20)
Continuity mistake: When young Tommy is looking at Jason's grave the amount of leaves on the grave change between the shots. (00:01:20)
Continuity mistake: Jason stabs the machete vertically into the man's stomach, but when he pulls it out the machete is in horizontally. (00:03:30)
Continuity mistake: When Tommy is dropped off at Pinehurst, the way he holds his bag changes between shots as he walks through the door with Pam. (00:09:15)
Continuity mistake: In the film Tommy tosses the alien mask that he wore to scare Reggie on his bed and the mask slides down the wall and is all crinkled up. In the following shots Tommy takes out another mask and you can see the alien mask now laying flat on his bed and away from the wall. (00:13:10)
Continuity mistake: When Ethel says "Now, I wanna tell all of you. Mark my words." she has her arms down. When it cuts she leans her left arm against her waist. (00:15:55)
Continuity mistake: When Ethel and Junior take off on the bike, the shades surrounding the police car differ between shots. (00:16:25)
Continuity mistake: When Joey walks out onto the porch, he has a yellow chocolate bar sticking out of his sweater. In a following closeup it has gone but it reappears in the next wide shot. (00:17:20)
Continuity mistake: In the film Joey has chocolate on his face/left side of his mouth. The amount of chocolate changes on his left side as he is walking off the porch towards Violet. (00:18:00)
Continuity mistake: When Robin and Violet hang up the laundry, the distance between the pink towel and boxer shorts increases between shots. (00:18:15)
Continuity mistake: After Tommy takes the prescription bottle out, and takes out a pill, pills scatter all over the desk. In the next shot the pills are arranged differently and some are gone, and also the pill bottle has gone. (00:26:20)
Continuity mistake: After Eddie scares Tommy with the mask, on the wall there's a poster - "Four ways you can stop drug abuse...", with nothing under it. When Tommy beats Eddie up there's now another small sheet tacked up under it. (00:29:45)
Continuity mistake: The position of the chicken changes as Ethel gives it it's last on-screen chop. (00:31:40)
Continuity mistake: The sound that startles Lana was breaking of plates. But when she investigates, she finds the cat sniffing fallen pots. (00:34:40 - 00:35:50)
Continuity mistake: Lana smears lipstick on her upper right lip, but when she turns at the cat's noise, it is pressed and perfect-looking. (00:34:40)
Continuity mistake: When Lana carries the cat to the door, she is holding it in her right arm while she reaches out for the light switch with her left hand. When it cuts, from the outside view she holds the cat in her left hand, while reaching with her right hand. (00:36:00)
Continuity mistake: The leaves around the blanket Tina and Eddie lay on vary during shots, the position of the blanket changes from wrinkled to smooth and the shade in the scene keeps changing. (00:40:55)
Continuity mistake: When Roy is squeezing Eddie's head against the tree with the leather strap, he is turning the rings counter-clockwise in the first two shots, but then clockwise in last shot. (00:44:20)
Continuity mistake: When Demon is in the outhouse, the pullcord hanging above his right shoulder disappears in some shots. (00:51:35)
Answer: Several possibilities: 1 The mother requested he not make any contact, 2 They could've moved away, and he lost contact until then, 3 He may have been drafted into the army, and she could've divorced him during his time away and moved into whatever state this is located.
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