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Continuity mistake: Soon after the car crash in the desert, the mom is seen bringing out deck chairs. She brings out two (one dark blue one and one light blue one) and leans them up against the campervan. But in the next shot the light blue one which was in front of the dark blue one has vanished. (00:22:25)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When the gas station attendant is sitting at the table going through the bag, he has a cigar in his mouth, but it is not smoking. In the next shot it is instantly smoking heavily. Then, in the next shot, instantly, the cigar vanishes from his mouth altogether. (00:07:50)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Lynn is retrieving the dog from inside the gas station attendants room, the dog messes up the window blinds. Between shots the position of the blinds in front of the window change, as Lynn turns around and is startled by the attendant. (00:14:05)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: When Doug is walking across the desert, soon before he and Bob leave for help, he walks into shot with Brenda in the background laying back on her lounger and the bottle of lotion is lying on the ground beside her. In the next closeup the bottle of lotion is suddenly standing upright, beside her lounger. (00:23:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: At the start, one of the mutants swings a pickaxe into the back of the head of one of the researchers and it goes through their helmet. In the next shot when he hits the floor there is no hole. (00:01:45)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Lynn walks into the gas station attendants room, she briefly lifts up the flap of the bag sitting on the table, and it falls back down. In the next shot of it when the attendants enters, the bag is opened wider and differently. (00:13:55)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When the gas station attendant returns to his house, he finds a bag sitting on the porch. After he goes back inside, between shots the position of the bag completely changes. (00:07:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Doug is fixing the system in the camper van while Lynn is speaking to him, he lowers his arms down from the system. Then as Lynn walks over to him, holding baby Catherine, his arms are instantly back up, tampering with the system again. (00:09:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: Ethel's nightdress has a blue dotted design on it, visible when Lizard shoots her in the caravan. Later in the movie when she is being eaten by another mutant, her nightdress is solid white. (00:56:50 - 01:31:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Ethel, Lynne, Brenda and Bobby are sitting around the table outside the caravan, talking, the position of the juice pitcher, ketchup bottle and mustard bottle constantly changes. (00:27:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: At the end, when Doug fights with Lizard, Lizard hits Doug in the face in one shot, and Doug's glasses fly off, onto the floor. In the next facial shot of Doug, his glasses are back on. (01:34:20)

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