Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Beatrice Straight, Craig T. Nelson, Dominique Dunne, JoBeth Williams, Oliver Robins
Continuity mistake: Before the clown attack, its left leg keeps changing positions between shots.
Continuity mistake: The night after burying the bird, Robbie's hat is not tucked in, however a frame later it's totally tucked in.
Continuity mistake: When Carol Anne goes to the TV in the parents' bedroom the first time, the clock on the TV changes from 2:38, 2:58, 2:38 and then back to 2:53 with each camera angle change.
Revealing mistake: When the chair moves across the kitchen floor, Craig T. Nelson goes to investigate it (after it has stopped moving). He goes up to the chair and flips it over. If you look closely, Craig almost hits the camera with the chair's legs. You can tell this has happened because the camera moves up very quickly and Craig looks straight at the camera crew with very big guilty eyes. This is more easily visible on the widescreen version of the film. (00:33:30)
Carol Anne Freeling: They're here.
Trivia: The scene where the ghosts stacked the chairs on the kitchen table was filmed in one take with no cuts. As the camera followed Diane Freeling to the kitchen sink, the crew members rushed to the table, put an already built pyramid of chairs on the table and then took away the individual chairs.
Question: What exactly did the ghosts want with Carol Anne?
Answer: They were partly attracted to Carol Anne because she she was born in her house.
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Answer: They were attracted to her life force. She was such a young child, that it was particularly strong within her.
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