Idle Hands

1999

Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 57 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 49939 49.9K

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Plot summary

Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's playground has a kernel of truth after all.

Director

Rodman Flender Photo
Rodman Flender

Top cast

Jessica Alba Photo
Jessica Alba as Molly
Randy Oglesby Photo
Randy Oglesby as Sheriff Buchanan
Seth Green Photo
Seth Green as Mick
Timothy Stack Photo
Timothy Stack as Principal Tidwell
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748.55 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.43 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Mash-the-stampede 7 / 10

"Go! Go! Buffalo!"

"Idle Hands" is a classic 90's comedy/horror flick which although swooped a little under the radar - it is still a must-see film for fans of horrors such as the "Evil Dead" series (especially army of darkness) and/or teen comedies like "American Pie"."Idle Hands" works well by striking the perfect balance between comedy and horror and this works extremely well. The cast are brilliant especially Seth Green who is always great to watch in comedic roles. Reletavely unknown actor Devon Sawa plays the lead character 'Anton', who's hand gets possessed by an evil entity and goes on a murderous rampage! Though I have never seen Devon Sawa in any films prior or since "Idle Hands" - he is excellent in his role and the way he makes his hand move wildly and mis-behave really makes it look like it is not controlled by himself! In fact, one of the funniest scenes is a make-out scene between 'Anton' and 'Molly' (Alba) in when his hand keeps trying to strangle her! It's hilarious!!!American skate-punk band, 'The Offspring' also make an amusing cameo in the film and also play a tune "off with her head" from their debut self-titled album which was a bonus! I won't give away what happens to singer Dexter Holland but it is pretty amusing!In conclusion, "Idle hands" is a great late 90's comedy/horror flick which should have been bigger than it was.Most definitely worth a watch!
Reviewed by Bored_Dragon 7 / 10

"The touching story of a boy and his right hand"

The teenager wakes up on Halloween and discovers that his right hand is possessed and murderous. After unsuccessful efforts to control it, he decides to cut it off, but the hand continues its killing spree on its own. A premise that is irresistibly reminiscent of "The Evil Dead" and the hand is the same one used for "The Addams Family". The film was shot in the area we remember from "Halloween", and the gym where the school dance is held is the one from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Everything in this film is obviously "secondhand", but it works great. It is classified as a horror-comedy, but I would rather call it a silly horror that is both a homage and a parody of B horrors and teenage comedies from the end of the last century. Plenty of violence, gore, and disgusting scenes, dull stoned teenagers, a few zombies, a bit of nudity, good music and, like icing on the cake, seventeen-year-old Jessica Alba. The film is somewhat in the style of the series "Ash vs. Evil Dead", but it mostly reminded me of "Todd and the Book of Pure Evil". I really enjoyed it.7/10
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