Continuity mistake: When Jason swings the machete to kill Andy, he swings vertically, which would have cut him between the legs down to his head, as he was walking on his hands. Later when Andy is shown, he is cut horizontally at the waist. (01:00:15)
dewinela
10th Mar 2007
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D (1982)
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Suggested correction: This is wrong. It might look it at first, but if you pause it, he's cut vertically and his legs are simply stretched to be able to put the feet by his head. The cut reached just past his abdomen, so Jason spread Andy's legs to fit on the rafter, giving the illusion that he was cut in half horizontally.
Hogwash. I saw this scene and Andy was cut vertically, not horizontally. There is no illusion. Everything is too obvious.
That's what I said, vertically. The shot is quick, which is why some people think he's cut horizontally.
15th Sep 2013
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Revealing mistake: When Jason is on top of Ginny's car, she reacts to the pitchfork through the roof a second too early. (01:10:50)
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Suggested correction: She had just seen Jason through the window before he disappeared. Then the pitchfork comes the roof. Just before she screams, you can hear the pitchfork tearing through the fabric of the roof. That's what's she's reacting to.
Also, when you see the car and Jason is reaching in through the hole in the roof from the passenger side, it's pretty obvious she would have seen him before he stuck the pitchfork through. That could be another reason she react before we see the pitchfork.
3rd Nov 2005
The Fog (1980)
Corrected entry: When it shows the fog rolling over the hill, there is some fog on the right side coming out of thin air.
Correction: Where else is fog supposed to come from?
Let's not forget the several scenes we had witnessed before and after of fog appearing out of nowhere, cutting off the main characters' escape, resulting in them being directed to the church. Fog appears 'out of nowhere' because that's how fog works.
18th Jun 2008
Demon Knight (1995)
Corrected entry: Even when not referring to his own emotions, The Collector can't say the word "love" when he is trying to seduce Jeryline at the end. He tries very hard to say it, but is simply incapable of using the word. Earlier, when The Collector was tempting Cordelia, he used the word several times without issue.
Correction: He's more than capable of saying the word. He is simply having fun and toying with Jeryline at the end. Since he has the key and thinks he's about to undo creation he can afford to take his time. When talking to Cordelia, he is using the word to play on her emotions and 'sell' her on the idea of getting what's she's missing out, which is why he used the word. Also, you may not have noticed that he used the word love a moment earlier when he said to Jeryline "I know my folks are gonna love you."
24th Jul 2012
Halloween II (1981)
Corrected entry: When Laurie is put in the ambulance, her feet are uncovered. When she arrives at the hospital, her feet are covered up.
Correction: We only see a few seconds of the ambulance ride. Laurie's feet could have been covered at any point during the trip to the hospital.
Exactly. It only takes a couple of seconds for Laurie to say that her feet might have been cold and an attendant would have covered them up for her before they got to the hospital.
13th Dec 2005
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
Corrected entry: The main character from the "Wicked Prayer" comic book was changed from a woman to a man for this adaptation.
Correction: Although the first one to die in the novel version of 'Wicked Prayer' is a woman, the Crow is still a man by the name of Dan Cody. The only novel that contains a female Crow is 'the Crow: Clash By Night"
2nd Nov 2017
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
Corrected entry: In the third story, "A Lover's Vow", Carola tells Preston that she was able to get his artwork exhibited at a very prestigious art gallery. At the end of the story, it's revealed that Carola is the very gargoyle that killed Preston's friend and swore him to silence. A very big mystery how a gargoyle, posing as a human, would have any connections to an art gallery at all.
Correction: This gargoyle is a supernatural creature. Who knows what kind of connections it might have, or what kind of powers of persuasion it would possess in human form? She's with Preston to make sure that he wouldn't reveal the secret, and when he doesn't she rewards him for not revealing its existence by making him a successful artist by using her abilities to make it happen.
That's what makes it a plot hole. The only known ability is being able to become human. There's no way of knowing if she has other abilities such as persuasion. It's mere speculation.
Maybe, but since we know nothing about the gargoyle one can argue that it's a potential power it possesses. Another possibility is that Preston may not be the only one it has an agreement with. It could very well have other people in the city that saw it at one time or another (we don't know how old it is, after all) that promised not to tell and theoretically that could include people in positions that could help Preston (museum curators, art critics, etc). So there isn't really any plot hole here, just a requirement to stretch one's imagination.
7th Nov 2002
Halloween 4 (1988)
Corrected entry: How can Jamie have nightmares about her uncle if she never met him, for that matter never seen him in his Halloween outfit?
Correction: This is not a plot hole. In fact, this idea is integral to the plot of this overlooked horror movie. Jaime and Michael Myers are have a psychic link. This is how he finds her. This is how he is ever even aware of her.
Correction: Not only the psychic link applies, though. Michael's exploits are legendary in the town, and Jamie may have seen pictures of him in the newspaper or on television. The kids at school that tease her at one point refer to her uncle as the Boogeyman and may have described him to her, so her knowing what he looks like is plausible.
22nd Nov 2012
Halloween (1978)
Revealing mistake: When Michael cuts Annie's throat, notice there's no visible cut or blood at all. When your throat is cut blood is going to pour out.
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Suggested correction: True, but the view we have is distorted because it's shown through the windshield in a dark garage. Blood most likely poured out, but we don't see it because of how it's shown to us.
In the documentary, John Carpenter specifically stated that he left out of the gore on purpose. He wanted to film the movie so that the viewer would have a "mental image" of the kills without all the blood. He wanted it to be left to the imagination of the viewer.
24th Jul 2012
Halloween 2 (2009)
Continuity mistake: The Myers' house in this film is a different house than the house in part one.
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Suggested correction: The house could have been remodeled.
It is implied that the house was unoccupied since the murder. So why would anyone want to remodel a Cape Cod style house that was in the first one into the huge house in this film? If you look at the interior, the house was definitely worse for wear, so it being remodeled is highly unlikely.
6th Jul 2015
The Lost Boys (1987)
Corrected entry: Sam asks his mom if he can sleep in her bed. He sits down and she says "you smell like garlic." He's wearing whole cloves around his neck which don't smell at all until they are cut, crushed, or minced.
Correction: When there are as many as he had around his neck there is a faint smell of garlic. Put several in a jar or bowl and you'll smell it. True that the characteristic garlic smell is very pungent when you prepare it, but even when whole there is the smell, just not as strong. He was close enough to her that she could smell the garlic, but it wasn't overpowering, which is why she simply remarked about it in passing.
24th Jul 2012
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Corrected entry: The bed is soaked with blood after Jason kills Sandra and Jeff, yet when Vicky comes into the room the white sheet on top is spotless.
Correction: This was already corrected once. Jason most likely took a clean sheet, lay on top of the blood, then put the clean sheet on him. He was simply tricking his next victim to come closer to strike. With Jason between the blood and the clean sheet, the blood wouldn't soak into the clean sheet.
Correction: There was, but it might have been too soon. We don't know how long since he killed Jeff and Sandra, so it might not have had time to soak through yet, not to mention that the sheet would have tented over Jason and probably didn't make contact with the blood. Point is, it's possible so the posted mistake isn't valid.
Correction: Both Jeff and Sandra were impaled on the bed. Jason couldn't have possibly laid over all of the blood obviously. And there was a lot! The sheets were completely soaked with blood and when you cover blood with another white sheet it will obviously soak through. When Vicky entered the room there was no blood in sight.
I also just watched this scene. Not only was Jason under the sheet, but Sandra's body was as well. Vicky even addresses her as she approaches the bed because you can see her hair on the pillow. The sheet on top of them would never make contact with the blood with both of them lying between it and the sheet.
20th Jun 2009
Halloween (2007)
Corrected entry: In the cemetery scene, Loomis and Chester Chesterfield are discussing the dead animal when Loomis uses his cell phone. In 1978 cell phones were a loooong ways off.
Correction: By the time this part of the movie takes place, you've already seen several other characters using or at least handling cell phones. Another correction says it had been many years since Michael's first crimes, so yes, they'd been invented.
Correction: At this point in the movie it has been many years since Michael's incarceration and by that time cell phones have been invented.
Correction: The remake isn't set in the 70's. In this film, Michael was born in 1980, so when he's 10 and murders people, it's 1990.
3rd Dec 2014
Halloween 5 (1989)
Corrected entry: When Tina and Samantha are talking, Tina sees Michael (her BF) driving and yells over to him. Only problem is he's at least 100 yards away from them and his music is loud. He wouldn't be able to hear Tina when she called him.
Correction: She calls to him, but she also runs into view and waves her arms around in the air. That's what got his attention, not her calling to him.
29th Aug 2003
Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
Corrected entry: When everyone runs from the school bus, there are about 20 students running into the field, but when we see them again there are only 4 survivors running from the school bus. It is never explained what happened to the rest of the students.
Correction: There is a quick aerial shot of the Creeper flying over the field, where you see a large group of the students running below. There was a smaller group that included Scotty and at least one other person the Creeper picked out that broke off from that group. The larger group was trying to reach a farmhouse they figured was nearby. It already killed some of the people it picked out and most of the remaining ones were in the group it turned its attention to (Bucky was the only one it selected that stayed close to the bus), so it isn't much of a stretch to believe that it may have decided to disregard the larger group and they made it to safety since it was more interested in the smaller group.
27th Aug 2001
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Corrected entry: This huge demon monster flies around and is seen by at least 30 people, and the day after this demon kills all these people. Everyone just goes on with their daily life. Where the hell is the FBI and the National Guard, this thing just killed 10 people and there's no search the next day for this demon that killed about 5 police officers?
Correction: It takes time to mobilize the FBI and the National Guard, or anyone on that level. Perhaps they were on their way by the time the end of the film takes place. In fact, if you watch the third film, which starts right after the Creeper takes Derry in the first film there were lots of law enforcement officials inspecting the truck and searching for the Creeper, so it's not like they weren't informed.
As for going about their business, well, life goes on. Things still need to be dealt with so perhaps they're dealing with things that need to be dealt with while still thinking about the events that occurred.
5th Mar 2005
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D (1982)
Corrected entry: If there have been multiple killings at Camp Crystal Lake and everyone, even the police, knew about it wouldn't they have closed it down for good by now?
Correction: The camp is closed down in Part 3 and is not reopened until Part 6 when they have renamed the area Lake Forest Green and Jason is in the ground buried. In this movie, the killings don't take place at the camp but at a house on Crystal Lake owned by Chris's parents. Throughout the series, Jason stalks the entire Crystal Lake area and not just the famous campgrounds. So, even if the camp is closed, Jason still has the rest of the area around the lake to look for victims. Can the police close that down too?
Correction: The camp was closed down after the events of the first film. At one point in the second film, a character looks at a sign for Camp Crystal Lake and says "this place is on the same lake we're gonna be." In another correction someone mentions that Jason prowls for his victims all over the lake, which is a valid point. The only area that's closed is the camp itself, not the entire lake and town, which simply can't be closed down for good.
Also, if you check out the other side of the lake during the scene in the second movie where they go swimming right before Jeff and Sandra sneak away you can see buildings that could be other camps or lake homes owned by people like Chris' parents. Jason had these areas to find his victims, not just the camp from the first movie. Also, the officer that brings back Jeff and Sandra makes the statement that the camp was condemned.
11th Apr 2015
Open Water (2003)
Plot hole: It shows two air tanks missing on the boat. Now obviously when they get back to shore and all the tanks are put back, there would be two empty spaces, meaning hey, we forgot two people.
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Suggested correction: True, but who says they didn't alert the authorities or return when they eventually realised it? Even if they did, the two divers drifted and were being stalked by sharks. It was set up earlier in the film when they showed their flawed way of tracking who went into the water and returned, so it makes sense that they overlooked what happened. There's also a scene when the boat returns where an employee notices two missing tanks, so they did notice it.
24th Jul 2012
Halloween (1978)
Corrected entry: Where did Michael get the white sheet? I doubt he took the time to look for one and cut eye holes in it.
Correction: He'd been stalking around that house ever since Annie started babysitting, so he had plenty of time to learn where everything was. He might have even taken one out of the laundry room since it was in a separate building away from the main house. After he killed Bob, we're not given any indication how long it was before he went after Lynda, so he may have taken one from a linen closet in the house. It's doesn't require much a stretch to the imagination that he'd find a sheet in a house and use it to simulate a ghost, especially since it's Halloween night.
5th Jun 2013
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D (1982)
Corrected entry: How is Ali still alive at the end of the movie? Earlier in the film we see Jason chop him. And if he wasn't killed immediately, why was he in the barn the whole time? Makes no sense at all.
Correction: He didn't get hacked he got knocked unconscious with a wrench, that's why he got that wound on his head.
It wasn't a hammer. It's a knife. You can plainly see Jason chop his head and neck area 4 times. And since when does Jason just knock someone out? All through the series he kills people brutally.
Take a closer look. It's definitely not a knife, looks more like a wrench. Also, in the previous film, he fights with Paul, goes after Ginny, then Paul comes to the rescue. At this point in the series, Jason made mistakes and didn't always kill someone outright when he attacked. Shelly's death is a good example of that since he managed to make it to the house from the barn after Jason cut his throat. Perhaps he got more brutal as the series went on to be sure that anyone he attacked was dead.
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