Idle Hands

Name: Idle Hands
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Released: April 30, 1999
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 31
Cast: Devon Sawa, Elden Henson, Seth Green

1999

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Movie Details & Credits

Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 30, 1999 | R

Starring: Devon Sawa, Elden Henson, Seth Green

Summary: Anton Tobias (Sawa) wakes up Halloween morning to discover-after watching some TV and perusing the contents of the fridge, oblivious to the pool of blood on the floor-that his parents have been turned into a couple of headless Halloween decorations. After hanging out with his equally irresponsible friends, Mick (Green) and Pnub (Henson),Anton Tobias (Sawa) wakes up Halloween morning to discover-after watching some TV and perusing the contents of the fridge, oblivious to the pool of blood on the floor-that his parents have been turned into a couple of headless Halloween decorations. After hanging out with his equally irresponsible friends, Mick (Green) and Pnub (Henson), Anton discovers that his right hand has a very bloodthirsty mind of its own, and it's hell-bent on wreaking deadly havoc with or without him. [Sony]… Expand

Director: Rodman Flender

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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Nathan Rabin

Loaded with smart sight gags and endearing secondary characters, it effectively mixes slapstick splatter and deadpan satire...Pretty damned irresistible. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Exhibiting high spirits and a crazed comic energy. It doesn't quite work, but it goes down swinging--with a disembodied hand. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Glenn Gaslin

This wry and surprisingly high-gloss production brings back the good stuff: zombies, latex body parts, screaming women on altars, errant eyeballs, and guys with no necks trying to eat burritos. Read full review

Lisa Alspector

Their splashy gore is more convincing than this incompetent horror-comedy's attempt to mock bourgeois high school dissoluteness without appearing judgmental. Read full review

James Berardinelli

There's just one problem: it's not scary and it's not funny...Idle Hands transcends that mundane level of badness into the realm of gross ineptitude. Read full review

Lawrence Van Gelder

Even pretensions toward the humorous and hip cannot save this blood-drenched film from its innate tastelessness. Read full review

Mary Elizabeth Williams

As stupefyng as Idle Hands is while the title appendage is still attached to Anton, it goes into a whole other realm of godawfulness when the demon digits take off on their own. Read full review

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FilipeM

Oct 13, 2009

Maybe it was supposed to be scary, but it turned out to be one the most funny movies ever.

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MichaelH.

Nov 18, 2008

This movie was so fun to watch I decided to watch it when i saw jessica alba is starring in it, and I was surprised how great it was. Neverf laughed so much at a movie - awesome.

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TylerDurden900

Jul 9, 2014

Idle hands is a horror comedy that will delight you. The movie is about a teen who's hand is possessed by
the devil. He can't control his left hand and many horrible events start happening. The comedy and horror
is balanced nicely. The movie will make you jump, chuckle and the movie isIdle hands is a horror comedy that will delight you. The movie is about a teen who's hand is possessed by
the devil. He can't control his left hand and many horrible events start happening. The comedy and horror
is balanced nicely. The movie will make you jump, chuckle and the movie is original with its screenplay.… Expand

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TastyJamProject

Apr 4, 2011

A horrible wasted time. I expected this to be a riff off of Evil Dead 2 and be more funny than scary. It was neither. This movie wastes the talent of Seth Green, still seems lame with it's R rating and gives you nothing to root for, (I hated the main character, he was dumb, knew nothingA horrible wasted time. I expected this to be a riff off of Evil Dead 2 and be more funny than scary. It was neither. This movie wastes the talent of Seth Green, still seems lame with it's R rating and gives you nothing to root for, (I hated the main character, he was dumb, knew nothing about weed for being such a stoner, and ultimately killed everyone around him). This movie single handedly ended Devon Sawa's career, (for good reason).… Expand

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