Goofs for
Evil Dead, The (1982)

• Continuity: Scotty is shown being scratched by the demon on the right side of his face, however, later the scratches appear on his left side.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: Lights are visible everywhere: on the forest floor when Cheryl is being chased, mounted on the corners of the roof above the front porch, etc.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: A crewperson is visible outside the window when the white shutters keep on banging.
  
  
• Factual Errors: When Ash goes into the basement for shotgun shells, the shells he grabs are "spent" shells, and therefore, would not work.
  
  
• Miscellaneous: Linda's pendant as Ash is getting ready to use the chainsaw.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronised: Tires screeching on a dirt road at the beginning.
  
  
• Continuity: The amount of blood on Ash's face as he watches the demons disintegrate at the end.
  
  
• Continuity: Characters' hairstyles, as well as the amount of blood on them, change drastically from shot to shot - a result of shooting the film sporadically over several years. Note that seconds after Ash is completely covered in Linda's blood, he is clean again.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: Visible tube spraying blood out of Cheryl's face after she is shot by Ash.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: Producer Rob Tapert can be seen hiding in the bushes when the car starts to cross the bridge.
  
  
• Continuity: Ash's legs have been grabbed at, clawed and bitten into yet when he stands up at the end of the film, his trousers are intact although we've seen them ripped at least twice.
  
  
• Continuity: When Scotty first enters the cabin, it is clearly dark out, despite it being daylight outside when he approached the house.
  
  
• Continuity: The shotgun wound on Cheryl's face goes from the left side to the right side then back to the left.
  
  

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