Sammo

20th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Dewey says "I'm 25 years old" to Gale, three people are coming down the stairs behind him. Next shot and they already went way past Gale. Same in the closing part of the scene as she says "Please, call me Gale!" and the guy above Dewey who is going up the stairs passes her by. (00:48:55 - 00:50:15)

Sammo

20th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Mr. Himbry calls the two expelled students "Desensitized little sh*ts", pointing the open scissors at him. In the next shot he's looking at him but he changed position, since the scissors are gone from frame. (00:45:20)

Sammo

20th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Sidney bumps into Billy around the corner after she walked away from Tatum and Stu at the lockers. Behind Billy there's a short-haired student with a sleeveless striped top that turns the corner followed by a long-haired brunette. The two extras appear again in the next shot behind Sidney, taking almost 10 seconds to walk 2 meters. (00:43:00)

Sammo

20th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Sidney tells Tatum to wait "Just a second" because she's going to talk to Gale outside school, Rose McGowan's bag has slipped off her shoulder during the take, but in the next shot she's wearing it properly. (00:39:55)

Sammo

20th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: Sidney is in Tatum's bedroom. Tatum is playing with her rabbit toy while Sidney turns the other way. Look at the notebook, pen, ice pack. Sidney doesn't do anything but a few seconds later Tatum's mom calls her and when Sidney turns towards her the objects have changed position. (00:37:10)

Sammo

19th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Tatum comforts Sidney telling her "I'm gonna get you out of here, okay?" in the background her brother comes out of the door holding the 'Father Death' costume box. The sheriff by him is holding an orange paper, but at the cut he's got his hand behind his back, no orange slip. (00:35:00)

Sammo

19th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When the killer pops out from the closet after Sidney closed the front door, he's holding the knife above his head, but it cuts then to a shot of him raising the hand from a position below the waist. (00:28:35)

Sammo

19th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: The gang is chatting about the murders and their interrogations. Stu responds "There's no way a girl could have killed them" to Tatum's complaint that nobody asked her if she likes to hunt. In these two shots, Rose McGowan's hair is wildly different. (00:20:00)

Sammo

19th Feb 2022

Scream (1996)

Continuity mistake: When Tatum asks "Why would they ask you if you like to hunt?" look at the blue backpack. Next shot, and the light is on it in a different position than before. The position of the various actors as they eat grapes also changes. (00:19:50)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: Dana is at the Ghostbusters' who just tested her with a device. When she says that she does not believe in 'those things', Ego picked up a cheez-it and brings it to his mouth. In the next shot he's not the one with a snack to his mouth, Ray is. (00:23:25)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: The guys have just been thrown off campus. A liquored-up Peter walks Ray to the right explaining; "I believe that everything happens for a reason." Before the camera cuts away, you can see the head of a girl with a red ribbon in her hair that is going down the stairs. Next shot and she hasn't even set foot on the first step yet. (00:14:45)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: Dana witnesses the horrific appearance of Zool inside the fridge, and as she tells the Ghostbusters, slammed the refrigerator door shut and left. However, when Peter talks to her in the living room after he checked the fridge himself, you can see that the items on the table (the one by the TV she watched the commercial from) have been radically rearranged, something she surely wouldn't do leaving in a hurry. (00:19:00 - 00:26:55)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: The future Ghostbusters don't have a clue yet what to do with the ghost of the librarian. They send Peter first, who tries to work his charm saying "Hello. I am Peter." Harold Ramis in the background is pointing the camera at a different height/angle between the two shots. (00:11:30)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: Venkman is questioning the shocked librarian about possible use of drugs. Director Delacorte in the background is half turned towards them, but he's facing them directly in the close-up when Venkman says "Just asking." (00:08:05)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: The shot that introduces the existence of the Ghostbusters is a shot of the door of the "Paranormal Studies" laboratory inside Columbia university. It's a door that opens to the left and bears a glass panel with the names of the 3 scientists. When the shocked kid and Ray use it though, the door swings the opposite way. And when the Ghostbusters get back to their lab and find the Dean there, it's a double door with no glass, which was a prop built just for that opening shot. (00:02:45 - 00:13:10)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: Cotton agonizes on the floor with his right arm raised, but for the views with the camera pointed at the killer, his arm is lowered. (00:09:10)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: In the action sequence where Cotton pushes Ghostface against the bookcase, the killer faces the wall, then at the cut he is facing Cotton before the case falls on him. (00:08:55)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: Cotton arrives at his apartment; seen from behind, he leans into the door putting his right hand on the frame. Side view and he's leading with the left. Very similar mistake a handful of seconds later; look when he moves up the stairs. He gets one foot on the last step and it's the right foot, then it happens again, but it's the left foot that leads. (00:06:20)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: Christine turns off the stereo. Look at her hair, and keep looking as she walks along the corridor. The hair keeps changing position over her shoulders between takes. (00:04:50)

Sammo

18th Feb 2022

Scream 3 (2000)

Continuity mistake: Cotton is talking in traffic using his car phone. Notice the way he holds it in the very first shot; his pinky finger is behind the receiver, but it's on a different position after the cut. (00:00:35)

Sammo

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