The horror genre has unquestionably given birth to some of the greatest pictures of all time, but it’s also given movie lovers some of the funniest big-screen mistakes, too.
In fairness, the films within this genre don’t typically boast the same gigantic budgets or time to shoot (and reshoot) scenes as your average big studio blockbuster. So, it’s not exactly surprising that so many of them contain the odd little continuity or production error left in there.
More often than not, fans don’t even spot these goofs during their first few watches either, with them generally being too small or unimportant to catch the eye.
But then you have these rather comical mistakes.
After taking in the following entries, you’ll likely wonder how on earth you managed to get through everything from iconic scary sci-fi stories to creepy supernatural pictures without noticing a number of quite obvious blunders.
You were likely just too busy understandably looking at another part of the screen or being freaked out by the film in question to see the hilarious rubber, continuity, or other filming errors staring you right in the face. By the time you finish this list, though, you’ll never be able to look at the following horror moments the same way again.
You’re welcome.
Before he was the absolute megastar seen wearing pretty much the same outfit in every movie and leading many a successful blockbuster, Dwayne Johnson found himself starring in the dud that was 2005’s big-screen adaptation of the horror/sci-fi video game Doom.
While largely being a bit of disappointment, there’s still a bit of fun to be had in this demonic ride. For example, the pulsating first-person shooter sequence in Andrzej Bartkowiak’s movie is an absolute blast, and the autopsy moments are also wonderfully gruesome as Rosamund Pike’s Dr. Samantha Grim cuts away at a creature.
It’s during one of those latter scenes when viewers’ eyes are locked on Sam getting stuck into a carcass that something quite hilarious goes down.
To the right of the screen, as the lights flicker mid-autopsy, you can actually see a member of the crew literally lending a hand by turning a switch on and off.
The camera pans away from the invading arm just quickly enough for the assistance to be missed during a first viewing. But if you choose to revisit this flop of a mission to Mars, and pull your eyes away from the surgical procedure for a second, it’s just about impossible to miss a silly – though rather helpful – goof that likely should’ve been blown to pieces long before it made it to screens.Â