Hamster

24th Feb 2005

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: Evil Shelley wears red and white patterned socks as we see when Scotty pulls her out from the fireplace. Later when Scotty is dismembering her with the axe, he hits her ankles, and the socks are now all-red, thick, woolly socks which are longer in length too. (00:42:00 - 00:45:40)

Hamster

24th Feb 2005

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: When Ash first finds the book of the dead, he opens it, and in a closeup we see he's on a page with many skulls drawn on it. It cuts and the page he is on is different, with one big skull on it. (00:15:00)

Hamster

24th Feb 2005

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: After the dead possesses Cheryl to draw the book of the dead in her sketch pad, in the last shot of the pad as Cheryl lifts it up, the drawing has additional and extended lines and smudges have appeared/disappeared. (00:08:35)

Hamster

24th Feb 2005

The Evil Dead (1981)

24th Feb 2005

The Evil Dead (1981)

Revealing mistake: Watch the part when Ash takes the large wooden cabinet to block the door so Evil Cheryl can't get in. Evil Scotty suddenly sits up, however watch Ash in the background. He jolts, then the shot freezes. (01:13:10)

Hamster

25th Jul 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

4th Jul 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: Before everyone listens to the tape, you can see that Ash is sitting to the left of Linda, but in the next shot, Ash is by Linda's right. (00:15:40)

Hamster

3rd Jul 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: The actors' haircuts change a few times. This is noticeable when Scotty pulls back the bath curtain, and his hair is rather long and thick, but when he turns around, his hair is much shorter. Also, Linda's hair is short and wavy, but when she turns evil and she and Ash are fighting outside, her hair is very curly. (00:41:20)

Hamster

24th Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Trivia: The noise for the pencil being stabbed into Linda's ankle was made by stabbing a pencil into an apple, and tearing the apple apart with it.

Hamster

9th Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

9th Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Visible crew/equipment: When the cellar door 'opens itself' look very close, and for a few seconds you can see the arm of a crew member pushing up the cellar door, then quickly pulling their arm back down. (00:09:30)

Hamster

9th Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: The purple bruise on Ash's face near the end of the movie goes from very large to small, and changes from light to dark throughout shots.

Hamster

9th Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, after all of the evil dead have finally been destroyed, Ash's face is covered in blood. But when he gets up from the floor, you can see the two patches where the blood from around his eyes has been wiped away. (01:18:25)

Hamster

8th Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Easter egg: Select Extras, then go to then second extras page. When on here select the top left picture of a skull to see a another short film.

Hamster

8th Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Easter egg: Select Extras, then when on the first page, click left, and you'll highlight a fish. Click enter to see a short effects film.

Hamster

3rd Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: When Evil Shelley scratches Scotty's face, you can see her fingernails are very long. But when Shelley and Scotty are fighting by the fireplace, notice that in some shots her fingernails are much shorter, and in other shots they have totally disappeared. (00:41:30)

Hamster

3rd Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: When Cheryl is trying to get in the front door, and Ash is pushing against it, Cheryl manages to get her hand in the door. Ash hits it with the end of his gun, which gets blood all over the side of the door and the wall. But in the next shot, the blood has vanished. (01:08:30)

Hamster

3rd Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: When Ash is about to cut Linda with the chainsaw, you get a close up of her necklace, and it is visible, just under her neck. But in the next wide shot, the necklace is further down on top of her dress. (01:01:15)

Hamster

3rd Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Continuity mistake: At the end of the film, Ash gets blood splattered over his face, covering it entirely (when Evil Cheryl explodes.) Then in the next shot the blood is just partially dripping down his face. (01:17:40)

Hamster

3rd Jun 2004

The Evil Dead (1981)

Revealing mistake: When Evil Cheryl is being forced into the cellar with the butt of the axe, you can blatantly tell that it's a dummy. It's also obvious that when Cheryl gets her hand stuck in the cellar door, that it is a fake rubber hand, because it wobbles. (00:37:40)

Hamster

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