Idle Hands

Plot

Lazy Anton's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.

Release Year: 1999

Rating: 5.9/10 (20,521 voted)

Critic's Score: 31/100

Director:
Rodman Flender

Stars: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson

Storyline
Seventeen year old slacker Anton Tobias wakes up one Halloween morning to discover that both of his parents have been turned into two headless Halloween decorations. After speaking to his equally irresponsible friends, Mick and Pnub, he discovers that his right hand has a blood-thirsty mind of its own and is hell-bent on wreaking havoc whether he likes it or not.

Writers: Terri Hughes, Ron Milbauer

Cast:

Devon Sawa
–

Anton Tobias

Seth Green
–

Mick

Elden Henson
–

Pnub

Jessica Alba
–

Molly

Vivica A. Fox
–

Debi LeCure

Christopher Hart
–

The Hand

Jack Noseworthy
–

Randy

Katie Wright
–

Tanya

Sean Whalen
–

McMacy

Nicholas Sadler
–

Ruck

(as Nick Sadler)

Fred Willard
–

Dad Tobias

Connie Ray
–

Mom Tobias

Steve Van Wormer
–

Curtis

Kelly Monaco
–

Tiffany

Timothy Stack
–

Principal Tidwell

Taglines:
Get your hands on this hot new horror comedy!

Release Date: 30 April 1999

Filming Locations: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office Details

Budget: $20,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $1,807,181
(USA)
(2 May 1999)
(1611 Screens)

Gross: $4,002,955
(USA)
(13 June 1999)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min
 |
92 min
 |
Argentina: 92 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

When Anton kills the two police officers, Pnub shouts out "Go, go Buffalo". This is a reference to a deleted scene in which Anton remembers the two police officers as "the head and ass of the school mascot, Go, go Buffalo"

Goofs:

Continuity:
Both hands are visible. After Curtis and Tiffany are found in the car, Anton places his right hand on Mick's shoulder, then his left hand as he's walking away.

Quotes:

Mick:
It's Mighty Joe bong!

User Review

Excellent, violent tongue in a cheek slapstick horror comedy

Rating:

I can only say that I never expected very much from "Idle hands" but luckily
I watched it anyway because the film turned out to be rather a pleasant
surprise. Brutal gore effects, amusing dialogue, wacky storyline and wild
situation comic makes this film much better than most of the recently
released horror flicks. Devon Sawa was amazingly funny in the leading role
of young Anton and I have to give it to him: he really performed some pretty
damn skillful and terrificly successful slapstick comedy. Seth Green and
Elden Henson as his silly pothead pals were highly amusing too and Jessica
Alba was, well, simply lovely. This movie contains such a crazy ideas and
black, wicked humor I can't help of loving it. I also have to say how very
happy I was to find out that "Idle hands" wasn't just a bunch of teens
screaming, running and hiding from the vicious serial killer but actually
much more than that. I'm also a fan of The Ramones and this movie gave me a
nice opportunity to hear their classic hit song "I wanna be sedated" as
performed by The Offspring. So I suggest you to forget your ridiculous
"Scream" -trilogy and the likes of "I know what you did last summer" and
"The Faculty" and watch refreshing "Idle hands" instead. This dark and
speedy tongue in a cheek splatter comedy is a great, captivating experience
you shouldn't miss if you wanna enjoy and have some bloody good
laughs.