10 Horror Movie Mistakes You Can Never Un-see
3. Silent Hill
Okay, there aren’t many movies that get a free pass when it comes to onscreen mistakes, and 2006’s horror video game adaptation Silent Hill…
Well, some would argue that the entire film is a mistake.
But for anyone who is willing to give Christophe Gans’ imperfect film a pass thanks to its impressive visuals and production design, this mistake is cooler than most.
Early on the film, our heroine Radha Mitchell arrives at the titular fog-filled town via a sudden car crash. The crash results in a sizeable bruise above her eyebrow…
Which promptly vanishes for a few seconds shortly after she emerges from the car crash…
And then reappears a few seconds later (this time it stays).
This odd screw up is clearly a continuity error on the part of hair and make-up. But, it serves to incidentally imply (however unintentionally) that her character is moving between two different realities during this scene, a twist which be revealed later in the movie.
Clever!
If only they had actually done it on purpose.