Goofs
Continuity: The strap on
Casey's bag as he's walking up to the school in between
the shots of Coach Willis talking to his dad and him
looking back at them.
Continuity: The position of
Stokely in between shots after Marybeth punches her to
the gym floor. (Watch the black line.)
Continuity: The amount of blood
on the floor in between shots after the alien trips
Stokely.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs:
The controls for folding bleachers could be located in
the gym if they are operated by a key; Casey does in fact
turn a key before pushing the button.
Continuity: Marybeth (the
Queen-Alien) explains she could pass Zeke's Skat test by
quickly removing the blue cap on the pen, making the drug
fall on the floor. However, the pen is empty but the blue
cap is still on the pen.
Continuity: When the main
characters gather around the fish tank in the science
room after they discover the creature missing the tank
goes from half full to full and so on during the entire
scene.
Continuity: The position of the
soap on a string in the shower scene with Stan and Mrs.
Brummel.
Continuity: Nurse Harper puts
the lid on her medicine twice before she is attacked.
Crew or equipment visible:
While the students are walking toward the fishtank to
examine the creature, if you look at the fishtank, there
is a reflection of a crew member in a blue shirt.
Factual errors: When the
students are sniffing the drugs from the pens, the lids
are still on at the other end. This would make it
impossible for the to sniff the powder out of the tube
and into their noses.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs:
Miss Burke is decapitated during the car crash scene, yet
near the end of the film, she is seen in the stadium
stands watching Zeke play football. However, she is seen
reattaching her head before the queen is killed, and such
regeneration lies within what we've seen of the aliens
capabilities.
Continuity: In the faculty
lounge near the beginning of the film, when Mr. Tate has
the line "Can we say retirement?," Mr.
Furlong's green jacket can be seen next to him. However,
at that point, Mr. Furlong is actually talking to Nurse
Harper and her patient by the table. Furlong doesn't move
next to Tate until later in the scene.
Factual errors: Near the end of
the film, Stokely tells Marybeth that in the novel,
"The Invasion of the Body Snatchers," the
aliens win. This is not true; in Jack Finney's original
book (which is what Stokely is referring to, according to
the movie), the aliens give up in the end because
humanity is too determined to survive. This was changed
in subsequent film adaptations of the story.
Audio/visual unsynchronised:
While Marybeth is walking naked through the locker room
and her shadow shows her tentacles, in the shots from
behind and the shots from her sides she is not actually
talking, and it's clearly only a voiceover.
