Revealing mistake: After Paul shoots the monkey he picks it up to put it in a box and the "dead monkey" is fake. (00:51:56)
Jack Vaughan
31st Aug 2021
Flying Monkeys (2013)
31st Aug 2021
Flying Monkeys (2013)
Character mistake: When Joan is searching the web looking for information on what monkeys eat, there is a section on the screen that reads "The diet of monkeys varies form fruits, leaves." Obviously the correct word for this sentence should be "from" not "form." (00:36:21)
31st Aug 2021
Flying Monkeys (2013)
Factual error: In "China", when the white American guy shoots the flying monkey out of the air you can see the slide on his pistol locks back. However, he is then able to fire a second shot a few seconds later. (00:32:03)
31st Aug 2021
Flying Monkeys (2013)
Continuity mistake: In "China", when the trackers and the hunters are walking through the forest at night, between shots, the group goes from five people to four people back to five people. (00:30:46)
9th Aug 2021
City of God (2002)
Character mistake: After crashing their car into the bar the Tender Trio attempt to flee on foot but Clipper twists his ankle. Goose says "Goose f***ed up his ankle" accidentally referring to himself but obviously it's Clipper that twisted his ankle. (00:14:59)
9th Aug 2021
City of God (2002)
Continuity mistake: When the Tender Trio are fleeing from the gas truck robbery you can see a woman wearing a sleeveless yellow dress carrying a gas tank away, then a couple of shots later the same woman is fleeing empty-handed and then we see her suddenly ahead of the trio carrying a gas tank again. (00:07:08)
8th Aug 2021
The Purge (2013)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mary and her neighbour start to walk back up towards Mary's house, in the shot from behind them, you can see the distinct shadow of the camera cast on their backs. (00:07:59)
8th Aug 2021
Blood Red Sky (2021)
Other mistake: At the end of the movie the soldiers handcuff Farid despite the fact that he only has one hand.
8th Aug 2021
Blood Red Sky (2021)
Continuity mistake: When the terrorists take over the plane we see Eightball brutally stab a secret agent to death, and he gets blood on his face and clothing. In many scenes after this the position and amount of blood can be seen changing.
7th Aug 2021
Hook (1991)
Visible crew/equipment: When Peter first arrives at the Lost Boys hideout, as he stands up (and the shot moves backwards), you can see the cameras shadow on the ground on the far left side of the screen. (00:49:29)
7th Aug 2021
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: During the school play, at the beginning of the movie, Peter's phone rings and Moira stops smiling and turns to face him twice as he answers it. (00:02:06)
7th Aug 2021
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the school play Moira turns to Peter and says "Watch your daughter, she's stealing the show" and you can see two fathers stood behind Peter filming the play. The shot then changes to a wider angle of the audience and these two men have suddenly stopped filming and their cameras are nowhere to be seen. (00:01:14)
7th Aug 2021
The Descent (2005)
Trivia: Due to the potential dangers of filming in a real cave the entirety of the film was shot on sets. Twenty one "caves" were built for the shoot.
1st Aug 2021
Sinister (2012)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, when the family is unpacking their belongings in the new house, we see the young daughter painting a figure in red on a wall whilst talking to her father. Eventually she fully colours in the figures red dress. A couple of shots later, however, there is an empty patch now on the figures dress. (00:04:43)
7th Jun 2021
Audition (1999)
Visible crew/equipment: When the housekeeper says goodbye to Shigeharu you can see the boom microphone on the right side of the screen. Next to the light hanging above the dinner table. (00:16:42)
22nd May 2021
Puppet Master (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: When Frank, Carissa and Dana are "paying their respects" to Neil Gallagher, Dana pulls a long needle out and Carissa says "What are you doing?" and in the shot then facing Dana you can see the tip of the boom microphone pass by in the top left of the screen. It's very quick but it's there. (00:21:00)
22nd May 2021
Puppet Master (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: When we are first introduced to Frank and Carissa at the research centre you can see the camera and cameraman reflected in the glass doors as it moves in towards them. (00:16:17)
22nd May 2021
Salem's Lot (1979)
Visible crew/equipment: After speaking to Straker at his antique store we see Constable Gillespie on the phone back at the police station. Just after Gillespie says " the boy is missing" you can see the shadow of some equipment moving on the wall at the upper left part of the screen (probably the boom microphone). (01:14:04)
22nd May 2021
Salem's Lot (1979)
Trivia: The scenes where the child vampires float around outside or float into the bedrooms of their victims were partly filmed in reverse to make them seem more "unnatural."
22nd May 2021
Salem's Lot (1979)
Visible crew/equipment: When Cully marches Larry into the living room at gun point you can see the reflection of a crouching crew member in the mirror behind them. (00:59:44)
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