10 Horror Movie Mistakes You Never Noticed Before
These errors passed under your radar first time round. But once you know, you know.
As a genre, horror can be as ramshackle as they come, often operating without the budgets and other resources that family-friendly and tentpole productions enjoy. This inevitably leads to mistakes in the final cut, with crew members standing in shot, continuity bungled in the edit, or actors missing their mark by a mile.
While even the larger horror movies succumb to the occasional glaring error, some mistakes are considerably more subtle, with neither the filmmakers nor audiences tuning into them. And who can blame them? After all, this genre is built on intense, attention-grabbing subject matter - the kind that usually holds our focus in one place only.
Nevertheless, with a trained eye, a keen focus and a bit of supporting knowledge we can detect even the most niche slip-ups. Do you know which direction the sun rises from; where you're supposed to place the defibrillator paddles; or why you don't use diving lights out of water?
Well, you're about to find out, and in the process discover ten horror movie mistakes you never noticed before.
10. 360 Degrees of Sunrise - From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
The Quentin Tarantino-penned, Robert Rodriguez-directed crime horror From Dusk Till Dawn managed to steal George Clooney away from his television roles and turn him into an action star (at least for the time being). The future Ocean's favourite featured alongside Tarantino himself as the Gecko brothers, a pair of ne'er-do-well bank robbers on the lam who find themselves holed up for the night in Mexican strip club the Titty Twister.
One of the most famous gear shifts of modern cinema sees the brothers plunged into a nightmarish world of the supernatural when the bar's staff and other clientele turn out to be vampires. And while Rodriguez handled this change of tone masterfully, turning out a cult classic in the process, that doesn't mean he got everything right.
In particular, during the final battle in which Seth (Clooney) and Kate Fuller (Juliette Lewis) are trapped and facing down a small army of vampires, they are saved by sunrise spilling in through the gaps and bullet holes in the walls. The light enters through holes in all walls simultaneously, when in reality the sun only rises from one direction, and should therefore only be shining through one side of the building.
But, with an army of vamps bearing down on our heroes - and bigger things at stake - you can be forgiven for not noticing this mistake sooner.