Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

Continuity mistake: Bowers and Van Schuyler retire in the cabin leaving Linnet behind them. The deck is dusky, but in the reverse angle that follows, there she is, on the fully sunlit deck. (00:34:30)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

Continuity mistake: Simon and Linnet regain their wits after the unexpected encounter with Jackie on top of the pyramid of all places. They make out, and Linnet's hair changes radically position depending on the camera angle throughout the whole snogging. (00:14:35)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Simon frees the horse's reins from under the stone, the saddle blanket all of a sudden folds between shots. (00:13:25)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

Continuity mistake: On the top of the pyramid, Linnet whispers "Silly" to Simon's question about her happiness, and she holds him close. Her thumb is on display at the side of his bicep, but at the cut it's on the part of the arm that faces her. (00:12:20)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

Continuity mistake: In the introduction of her character, Bowers tells Mrs. Van Schuyler "What do I care" to her threat. She sits straight, with the cigarette hand slightly below chin level. In the wide angle she sits back, with the cigarette hand resulting at a higher position. (00:09:45)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

Continuity mistake: When Jackie tells Linnet that she has a favour to ask, she holds the box at different height and tilt during the conversation, and the position of her fingers on it changes as well. (00:05:40)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Death on the Nile (1978)

Continuity mistake: When the butler tells Linnet Ridgeway that the architect isn't there yet, she turns towards him dramatically in the first shot, and in the following she again turns towards him. (00:04:30)

Sammo

Young Kidaichi's Murder: File 4 - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: When Itsuki retrieves the floppy disk and shows it to the other people in the room, in the first shot the fingertip is on the plastic edge, in the second it's by the metal shutter. The color is off, since a few parts that are plastic are colored like metal. (00:05:00)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: When the hotel manager says he won't pay the 5k, the trap is facing him with the top side. As it cuts to the Ghostbusters faking to just walk back in and release their catch, the trap turned 45°. (00:38:50)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: The detective gives Gale the picture that she identifies; her thumb is in a different spot in each shot. (00:12:30)

Sammo

21st Feb 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: Detective Kinkaid tells Gale "I'm here because Cotton Weary's been murdered." Behind him in the corridor, a girl that was at the conference, in overals and a loud pink top. Reaction shot on Gale, and in the background, in a different corridor, the familiar denim-and-pink-girl. (00:12:20)

Sammo

20th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Once Ghostface has stabbed Mr. Himbry, his knife points up, forward, up depending on the shot. (00:53:10)

Sammo

20th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Ghostface stabs Mr. Himbry, he is holding him by the shoulder in one and just one shot, and not in the others. (00:53:05)

Sammo

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