Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Revealing mistake: In "Cat from Hell" the cat crawls back out of Halston's mouth after the clock strikes twelve at Drogan's return. As it exits, the mouth and face collapses and is quite obviously made of rubber. (00:54:45)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Lover's Vow" Wyatt leaves the bar after firing Preston, leaving his drink and newspaper on the end of the bar. In the next shot the paper has changed position and in the next shot it completely disappears. (00:58:50)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: In "Cat from Hell" Amanda trips over the cat on the staircase, and falls downstairs. The white kneepads that she wears as she rolls down are quite visible in the slow motioned close-up of her. (00:40:30)

Hamster

Plot hole: In "Cat from Hell" the cat latches onto Carolyn's face and digs its claws into her, leaving bloody scratches over her face. However Drogan states that the coroner said she died of natural causes. (00:41:50 - 00:42:20)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Cat from Hell" Carolyn locks herself in her room with the cat. The cat then attacks her and kills her whilst she is sleeping. It is then shown leaving the room, but the door was locked beforehand. (00:41:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Lot 249," when Andy is watching Bellingham snip open the dried, ancient mummy, the bandages hanging over the side of the mummy's coffin change position, and some bandages disappear and reappear from the side. (00:12:35)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In first segment of the wraparound story, Betty walks inside with her bag of groceries. We see the groceries sticking out of the top of the brown paper bag, and between shots, they are positioned differently. (00:03:10)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Lot 249" Andy has Bellingham tied to a chair, and he then brings over a box of paper and dumps the sheets all around the chair. In the following shots, the sheets of paper spread out change position. (00:26:35)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Lot 249," when Susan confesses to Andy that she saw who killed Lee, between shots the way she holds her brandy glass changes and also the position of the pearl bracelet wrapped around her wrist differs. (00:22:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Lot 249" Andy sets the ancient Egyptian scroll alight. In the first shot, just the right bottom corner of the scroll is on fire, but in the next shot the whole right side of the scroll is blazing. (00:30:50)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Betty is snipping some flowers in the wraparound story, just before the "Lover's Vow" story begins, the buds are closed on all of the flowers. However in the next shot most of the buds on the flowers are wide open. (00:55:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Cat from Hell" Drogan is attacked by the cat and suffers a heart attack. He then drops his pill bottle and all the pills spill out over the floor. In the next shot the pills and the bottle are differently positioned. (00:55:15)

Hamster

Plot hole: In "Lot 249" both Andy and Susan are knocked over on the stairs by the mummy, but have no clue as to who it was. Later in the film Susan is able to distinguish who killed Lee due to the mummy's stink of old spice and flowers. (00:16:35 - 00:23:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Cat from Hell" Amanda is walking downstairs, when the cat trips her. As she starts falling her legs face the camera. In the next shot her position has changed and now her head faces the camera. (00:40:30)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: In "Cat from Hell" Drogan has a heart attack in his wheelchair, due to the cat frightening him to death. But in the final shot of this story you can see Drogan blink, even though he is dead. (00:55:25)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: In "Cat from Hell" the cat attacks two people; Carolyn and Haslton, by clawing onto their faces. When this happens, and the victims struggle, it is all too obvious that a fake, stiff cat is used instead. (00:41:50 - 00:53:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Cat from Hell," when Halston pours himself a glass of whisky, he notices the bloody scratch on his shoulder. Between shots the level of his drink keeps lowering then rising back to the same level as before. (00:48:25)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Lot 249" during the scene where Andy has Bellingham tied to the chair, the items on top of the fireplace constantly move around. The lamp keeps moving and so do the ornaments. In one shot all the items shift, etc. (00:26:25 - 00:30:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In "Lot 249," Susan takes the Zuni Fetish out of it's box. Between the closeup of her removing the fetish, and the next wideshot, the items on the table (toy cars, fruit in the bowl, etc.) change position. (00:14:55)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In the final segment of the wraparound story, Timmy drops his marbles and Betty falls backwards onto the spikes, dropping her keys. In the next shot as Timmy reaches for them, they are in a different position. (01:25:35)

Hamster

Betty: I never could do long division. Let's see, how many times does twelve go into seventy-five.
Timmy: Oh, six times, three left over. Why?
Betty: Well, at twelve minutes a pound, that means you have to be in the oven by no later than 1:30. Oh, but evisceration takes at least an hour.

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Trivia: George A. Romero wrote the screenplay for the segment "Cat From Hell," so director John Harrison put two references to Romero's work into this film as a kind of payment. In "Lot 249" when Lee is lying on the couch and the TV is on, it is playing Dawn of the Dead. Later on in the film, in "Cat from Hell," Halston is shown watching the Vampire classic, Martin, directed by Romero. (00:18:30 - 00:52:30)

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Question: Why does the gargoyle have to kill Preston after he broke his vow? She loves him and even if he did go around telling people about her, nobody would obviously believe him.

Answer: While it's not explicitly said in the film, it seems Preston breaking his vow turned her back into a gargoyle. She didn't have a choice and since he swore on his life never to say anything, she had to kill him. Plus, the stories in the book don't have happy endings.

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