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Continuity mistake: When Jenny is hiding in the trees all out of breath, after Vilmer drives off in his truck, the left shoulder strap of Jenny's prom dress is up on her shoulder but then in the next shot it has fallen down her arm. In the following shot it is back on her shoulder! Also there is a flowery corsage on her dress which is on top of a bow which is part of the dress; but in the next shot the corsage is under the bow, then back to being on the bow in the final shot. (00:35:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Darla arrives home, as she is walking indoors with the pizzas, the pizza boxes rotate in her hands a few times, evident by the large "pizza" printed on one side of the box. (00:47:55)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: When Vilmer is chasing after Jenny across the field in his truck, in the frontal shots of Jenny running you can see that she is wearing some kind of (protective?) white leggins that are not present in any other scene. (00:34:30)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: After the car crash in the forest, as the camera pans past the car of the teen who is knocked out you can see the cameraman reflected in the window. (00:08:35)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: When Jenny first enters the house, she runs upstairs and finds a gun. Then she runs down the stairs and points it at Leatherface; in this shot as she runs down with the gun, you can see a microphone at the top of the screen. (00:37:20)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Darla is telling her blonde joke to Jenny and Heather in her trailer, in the wideshot her hands are on her desk but in the closeup her arms are up by her face. (00:12:45)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: When Jenny is cowering in the corner of the roof, as Leatherface is attacking the chimney with his chainsaw, you can clearly see that Jenny is not Renée Zellweger, but a stunt double. (00:38:25)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Jenny is in Vilmer's truck and he is talking to her and scaring her, during the whole scene in the truck, Jenny's hair is inconsistent throughtout. Sometimes it is messy, then neater and her fringe constantly changes position. (00:33:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: As Heather is driving off and Barry is chasing after her, in one shot you can see the back tyre hubcap roll off of the car Heather is driving, but in the next shot the hubcap is still on. (00:04:50)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: As Leatherface puts Heather in the freezer, Heather's silk gloves are rolled right down her arms in one shot, but are half-folded up in the next. (00:27:15)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: As Leatherface breaks parts of the front door out with his chainsaw, there are three very large cracks in the door, presumeably to help him break the parts of the door out. In all previous shots/scenes, there were no cracks in the same part of the door. (00:37:05)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Leatherface chases Jenny, she locks the front door and then Leatherface uses his chainsaw to break pieces of the door out. However in a rear shot some of the door that Leatherface previously broke off is now back intact. (00:37:20)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Leatherface is putting Heather in the freezer and then when he runs out of the room, the rate at which the lightbulb on the cord swings differs between shots through the scene. In one shot it's totally still, but it is swaying violently in the next shot. (00:27:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Leatherface grabs Heather on the porch, he pulls her towards the door and then rams into the door with Heather in his arms going into the door first. However when it changes to an interior shot of the house, and they come bursting through the door, Leatherface comes in first with his back to the door. (00:26:10)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Barry and Heather are walking along in the woods, as Barry says "that bitch, she started this whole thing," his collar changes from tucked under his black suit to suddenly being out, between shots. (00:21:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: Darla's window gets smashed by some local boys, and when she flashes them you can see there is some kind of netting in the window which is ripped. In the next shot the netting has vanished from the window. (00:13:10)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Vilmer says to Jenny "I asked you a goddamn question" Darla is looking inside a cabinet in the background. In the very next shot she's now at the table putting makeup on. (00:49:50)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: When Jenny runs to Darla's trailer after being chased by Leatherface, she runs inside and trips, and her dress pulls upward, beautifully revealing the flesh-coloured kneepads she's wearing for the stunt. (00:40:45)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: As Jenny is climbing up a big aeriel on the roof, Leatherface swings his chainsaw at the aeriel. In shots of him swinging the chainsaw, Jenny has disappeared from the aeriel. You can almost see the whole aeriel, and she isn't there! (00:38:40)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: When Jenny lands on the roof, near the left of the screen by the side of the house, trying to hide behind some black bin-liner, is a boom mic moving about. (00:37:45)

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