Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Continuity mistake: After the doors are closed, all the remaining zombies are exterminated. In several shots we see prone bodies with puddles of blood around the head. Later, when they are cleaning up the bodies, there are no blood pools around any of them. (01:20:00 - 01:23:30)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Continuity mistake: Immediately after the three men close the first door, when they are driving away Flyboy can be seen in the trunk aiming a handgun. It cuts to his face and he's holding a radio, talking to Fran. (01:18:10)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Continuity mistake: After the four arm themselves, they go to raid Penney's. As Peter and Roger roll up with the wheelbarrow, Francine shoulders her rifle. There is a cut and she shoulders it again. (01:13:35)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Continuity mistake: The zombie that attacks the helicopter at the gas station loses the top of its head to the spinning rotor, causing gouts of blood to flow down its front. In the shot as it falls over, the blood has miraculously stopped flowing and is now a dry stain. (00:25:20)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Continuity mistake: When they stop to refuel the helicopter at the abandoned gas station, a zombie approaches from under an airplane. In one shot, it is holding onto the wing support next to it - in the next shot, the zombie is standing in front of the support with its hand at its side. (00:22:25)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Continuity mistake: Early in the movie, Peter enters the basement and has to exterminate zombies in a cage. He fires seven bullets from a six-chambered revolver without reloading. (00:15:05)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Secret Window (2004)

Continuity mistake: While Mort is talking to Amy on the phone near the beginning of the movie, the watch on the table moves from flat on its face to on its side between shots.

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Secret Window (2004)

Continuity mistake: When Mort is hiding his smoking from his housekeeper, in the third shot the cigarette is burned noticeably less than the second shot.

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14th Apr 2004

Secret Window (2004)

Continuity mistake: There are three different shots on Shooter's script on the porch weighted with the rock. The rock shifts from toward the front door to away from it on the script in different shots.

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Hellboy (2004)

Continuity mistake: In the chapel at the end, Ilsa punches Myers and looks down to her right at him. Next shot is over Hellboy's shoulder, and she's still looking down in the background. Cut back to her for several lines and she's looking up and to her left. (01:41:00)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Hellboy (2004)

Continuity mistake: Hellboy tosses Dr. Manning through the quickly-closing door to escape the pendulum on the bridge - he barely makes it under. Hellboy then spends thirty seconds dodging the pendulum, but when he dives for the door it's still closing at the same point and speed - just enough for him to pass. (01:30:55)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

Hellboy (2004)

Continuity mistake: When Rasputin is talking to the professor about the evil in him, his hand ripples. From the front, his small finger is mostly straight, but in the shot behind, it's mostly flexed. Cut back and it's straight again. (01:17:40)

Phoenix

14th Apr 2004

The Game (1997)

Continuity mistake: In Christine's apartment, watch the lamp. In some shots, the entire ring around the shade is smoking, but in others, there is only one tendril. (01:21:15)

Phoenix

6th Apr 2004

Dracula (1992)

Continuity mistake: When the peasant woman gives Jonathan the crucifix in the carriage, the chain falls over the side of his palm. When he opens his hand to look at it, the chain runs between his fingers. (00:10:10)

Phoenix

5th Apr 2004

Dark City (1998)

Continuity mistake: When Emma is protecting John at the top of the stairs and he says, "I didn't kill anyone," her hand is at her side. In the next shot, her arm is raised in front of him. One shot later, it's back at her side. (00:23:40)

Phoenix

5th Apr 2004

Dark City (1998)

Continuity mistake: Emma steps in front of John to protect him from Bumstead at their apartment and says, "You have the wrong man." But in the previous shot and the next one, she is about two feet farther to John's left. (00:23:35)

Phoenix

5th Apr 2004

Dark City (1998)

Continuity mistake: When Bumstead confronts Emma and John outside their apartment, Emma just catches up to John and steps in front of him with her right hand in his side. In the next shot, her left hand has swung around and is gripping his sleeve. (00:23:30)

Phoenix

5th Apr 2004

Dark City (1998)

Continuity mistake: After Mr. Hand is imprinted, in the shot as the machine raises him, his headband is shifted slightly over his right eyebrow. In every other shot, the headband is exactly centered over his nose. (00:43:05)

Phoenix

5th Apr 2004

Dark City (1998)

Continuity mistake: In the interrogation scene, Bumstead says, "Every time I try to rearrange the pieces it still doesn't make any sense." While he says this, he hits the table and indicates the objects scattered on it, but in the next shot his hand is raised and palm up. (01:01:40)

Phoenix

5th Apr 2004

Dark City (1998)

Continuity mistake: The hole in the Shell Beach poster is a different shape when Murdoch tears it than after he punches through the brick wall behind it - the poster runs right up to the hole. (01:15:30)

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