Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: The first night the ghosts come out of the TV, before Carol Ann wakes up, there's a pillow on the background laying on the floor by a basket. When she walks towards the TV the pillow is standing upright by the basket.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: When Robbie leaves in a taxi, in the close-up Steve is massaging Diane, in the wide angle he is just standing behind. This keeps swapping back and forth.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: When Carol Ann is about to be abducted, sometimes she is suspended horizontally over the bed, others diagonally.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Fever Pitch (2005)

Continuity mistake: Lindsay falls down on the playing field and covers her dark jacket with sand. When she stands up, the jacket is without any sand at all.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Lenny and Lex do the genetic experiment, the stuff on the table comes much closer together between the first and second shot.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: In the barn Carl looks ahead to see through the walls to check who's coming. His POV shows a cart wheel, but when the angle changes it's been replaced by 4 stables. The wheel is on the far right hand side.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: When Robbie is trapped by the tree and Carol Ann is about to be abducted, his bed cover keeps changing back and forth from messy to perfectly folded.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: After the chair moves, Steve is in awe, his left hand on the counter. A frame later, on the close-up shot, it's on his thigh.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: In the pool, Diane is surrounded by at least 4 bodies floating together; however, when she grabs the hose to climb up, half a second later, the overview of the pool shows just 2 bodies quite a distance each away from each other. In the next close-up, the 4 bodies reappear.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: When Diane falls in the pool, the distance to the floating corpse on the left increases or decreases randomly depending on the shot.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: Diane places the liquor flask upside down on the table, but a frame later it has turned 180ยบ.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the hotel room, Clark and Lois are watching the city skyline. From their POV the city is New York/Metropolis, but behind them is a glass door which reflects the real city, which is completely different.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: After the credits, the position and amount of beer cans around the fallen bicycle changes between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Before rampaging Metropolis, Nuclear Man elevates himself in Luthor's apartment and smoke comes out of his arms. For the rest of the movie this feature doesn't happen.

Sacha

8th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: In the barn, the vest is folded in such a way that the sleeve-hole is hidden. However, in the close-up of Carl hiding the glass the hole is perfectly visible. Then it swaps to the previous angle.

Sacha

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