Idle Hands

Plot synopsis:
Anton Tobias is an average lazy stoner teenager. He has two caring parents (Fred Willard and Connie Ray) and two best friends, Pnub (Elden Henson) and Mick (Seth Green). He has a crush on Molly (Jessica Alba), the girl across the street. Everything is going fine until a string of murders plagues the town. Then, when Anton's parents wind up dead on Halloween, all the clues point to Anton. Anton's hand stabs Mick's forehead with a bottle (killing him), and throws a circular saw blade at Pnub (beheading him). He then realises that his right hand has become possessed (little does he know, the hand is searching for a soul to bring back to Hell). Anton's hand throws his cat across the street after fighting for the remote, and while searching for his cat, his hand forces him to ring Molly's doorbell and the two start a relationship. Anton holds a funeral (of sorts) for his parents and friends. However, Pnub and Mick decide not to go to heaven, claiming the entrance was "too far", and instead return to their former bodies, (although Mick has a bottle in his head and Pnub is still decapitated). With their help Anton must stop his possessed hand.Meanwhile, a druidic high priestess named Debi LeCure (Vivica A. Fox) in Utah has found out that when the locations of killings that have happened all over the country are connected in the order they happened, it makes a pentagram. After his hand kills two cops Anton knew from high school, Anton cuts it off with a cleaver and Mick cauterizes his wound with an iron. Pnub and Mick go to his place for a First-Aid Kit as Anton battles with his severed hand, eventually trapping it in a microwave and burning it. Meanwhile, Debi (now along with Randy (Jack Noseworthy), a local metalhead with a monster truck and a neighbor of Anton) hunts Anton down, as Debi knows how to put a stop to Anton's possessed hand. After sending Molly to the school dance, to what Anton thinks will be a safe place, Anton returns to his home to finish off the hand. Unfortunately Pnub and Mick opened the microwave to make some burritos and the hand had already escaped. Mick fixes Pnub's decapitated head with a meat fork and duct tape and they head to the dance with Anton to look for the hand.The three steal Randy's Ford, accidentally hitting Debi while backing up, and knocking her unconscious. Randy uses "CPR" on her and revives her. Meanwhile, a couple making out in a car are killed, one's neck being broken, the other's head bashed in. Anton, Pnub, and Mick see this and split up. Mick and Pnub go to the school Halloween dance (everyone thinks their gory appearance is a costume) to watch over Molly, while Anton looks for the hand. The hand, meanwhile, kills the principal in his office while he indulges in a little phone sex. Randy and Debi meet up with Anton, and after attempting to kill him to "stop the evil", they realize he has cut off his hand, and it is loose somewhere in the building, Debi explains to Anton that the hand will drag Molly's soul into the netherworld with it at 12:00am Druid time, which is in 6 minutes. Pnub and Mick, meanwhile, are at the dance 'watching' over Molly. Anton tries to warn everyone about his hand, but is just booed at for stopping the show.The Hand then kills the lead singer (Dexter Holland of The Offspring) at the dance and causes a panic. Molly and her friend Tanya, however, escape through the vents. They end up at a giant fan, and Molly uses Tanya's shoe to stop the fan from moving. Molly climbs down using a rope, but Tanya is too afraid to go, so she stalls; and the hand comes and ties the rope around her neck, then shoves her down. Then the Hand removes Tanya's shoe, causing the rope to pull Tanya into the now moving fan. Molly runs into the art room, only to have a pot smashed on her head by the hand, knocking her out. Anton, now searching in the art room, fights with the Hand while it is inside a puppet; but as soon as he is about to finish it off, Mick and Pnub drop from the vents right on top of him, causing it to escape. They hear Molly scream, and find the Hand in an autoshop, with Molly strapped to a car being raised toward a pentagram on the ceiling. Anton, Mick & Pnub fight with the Hand over the controls to try stop the car, but the Hand has a good grip. Mick finds a mechanics "Mighty Joe Bong" and he and Pnub smoke a bowl "for strength" while Molly is raised toward the roof. Anton takes in some and blows his smoke into the Hand (which is still inside a hand-puppet) getting it stoned, where it drops the controls and they save Molly. Debi throws a ritual knife into the Hand (which lands in Mick's chest), stopping it in a puff of smoke and fire. She and Randy take off for "ritualistic sex." Anton releases Molly from the top of the car, they go under the car and start making out. Meanwhile, Mick realizes he never got a hit off of the mechanics 3-Chamber Bong, and tells Pnub to 'light me up'. In the process of lighting the Bong, Pnub accidentally hits the controls for the car, and Anton is crushed by the car when the controls lower it too fast.In the film's climax, Anton and Molly went into the hospital. Anton has given up heaven to stay with Molly, and Mick and Pnub are now his Guardian Angels, sent to see that he does not return to his "evil ways". After Molly leaves, Mick and Pnub go to the SnackMaster in the hall, shutting off the lights as they leave the room. Anton looks at the ceiling to see "I'M UNDER THE BED" written in glow-in-the-dark paint. As Anton screams for Mick and Pnub, the two joke about how they wrote the sign and how Anton screams like a girl.

Tags: comedy, murder, stupid, cult, violence, good versus evil, entertaining

Review:
In addition to really revving up the laughs, this feature is also what kind of makes this movie stand out from the usual horror fare.Now, here's the key: While Anton struggles with the evil in his bumbling way, egged on by the wise-cracks of Mick and Pnub, the film delivers actual horror.
Its still a rather brainless teen slasher flick, with the usual array of 2D characters ( the goofy friends, gorgeous love interest, aggressive hunk etc) and situations (school Halloween dance), but the great dialogue and great visual effects elevate it above the majority of other movies in the teen slasher style and doesn't do too much talking down to the audience.
Don't get me wrong, this isn't up there with the likes of Lawrence of Arabia, but it never sets out to be; it's hilariously funny, satisfyingly gory and one hell of a lot better than you'd ever think.
The plot centers around Anton Tobias(Devon Sawa), he's 17, he hasn't been to school in 6 months, he's in love with Molly(Jessica Alba) a girl who has lived across the street from him for lord knows how long, and he smokes pot with his friends Mick(Seth Green) and Pnub(Elden Henson).
Yes, it's humor geared more for teens but people far older than 15 should still get a lot of laughs out of this.Warning: some of the scenes are pretty gross, at least for a comedy, but that's what made those particularly scenes funny.
Now that I finally saw the whole thing, it's now one of my favorites!It's a welcome change from most of the horror movies I've seen.Great music, great acting, and gorgeous women (Specifically speaking, Jessica Alba)...
Cast and crew were smart enough to put the whole horror genre into perspective a bit and therefore this feels a lot more like a light-headed spoof than a sickening gore flick.
Ever since that dreadful "Scream", the teen-slasher flicks are going through a revival and "Idle Hands" picks into this in a funny way with a very exaggerated plot, eccentric characters and outrageous situations.
"Idle Hands" is an overall okay film...not good enough to be named among the better horror-comedies but surely a lot better than the so many other pretentious spoofs..
It's got all of the elements for the perfect horror/comedy: (1) Great dialogue (2) Great gore/great make-up (3) Great performers/ Sawa and Green shine (4) A hot chick/Jessica Elba [insert panting and howling here} (5)...and a barrel full of laughs.
Loving a film like "Idle Hands" takes a certain mind-set, understanding and intelligence.
idle hands is very funny.it's entertaining,and cool.it's not for everyone's taste.the only way you will like this movie is if you like goofy comedy.in this case goofy horror/comedy.idle hands is about a lazy pot-smoking kid,and one day his hand gets possessed,and he can't control it.his parents were killed.then his hand kills his two best friends.they come back to live,they start partying again as they did before they were killed.he also finally gets with his dream girl.from across the street.his hand is always getting out of control.also a women tries to hunt the evil hand.it's a fun,bloody,and goofy movie.a lot of comedy in this movie.but you have to like goofy horror/comedy to like this movie.i give idle hands *** out of ****.
I use Idle Hands to break up the marathon with a bit of humor and levity when the serious and somber horror films start to take their psychological toll and depress everyone.
Great comedy & acting (especially Seth Green) make this one fun movie..
Him and his two best friends Mick and Pnub(Seth Green and Elden Henson) try to save their town, in particular a girl named Molly(Jessica Alba), from a horrific end,with the help of Debi(Vivica A.Fox),who has been trying to trace the the 'idle hand'.
Also, it's pretty much a late 90's time capsule with the likes of Seth Green, Devon Sawa, Jessica Alba and music from Rob Zombie and Offspring..
Devon Sawa from the much known horror film final destination stars in this movie as a young boy who's at home when his parents weirdly disappear and there is a murderous serial killer loose around,suddenly,this boy finds out his hand is possessed and soon goes on a night of mayhem with his dead friends(Seth Green)and the love of his life(Jessica Alba).
OK it is really silly but I honestly loved this film,it was such a funny stoner movie,Devon Sawa gave a hilarious performance as well as Seth Rogen.
Idle hands is a funny stoner horror comedy starring Devon Sawa,Seth Rogen and Jessica Alba and I forget his name but that guy from American wedding and date movie..
IDLE HANDS is a late-'90s comedy horror flick that comes across as a cross between the self-knowing humour of SCREAM and the bodily dismemberment of EVIL DEAD 2.
Unsurprisingly it's nowhere near as good as either of those movies, although those with a penchant for '90s horror might get a chuckle or two from this one.The worst thing about this, for me, was the main characters, who are a trio of the usual slacker/stoner types that I don't think much of.
The drug humor with his freak-outs, hallucinations and misconceptions about reality contort with the actual horror set-ups that result when he's sober again as the big revelation scene about his parents to his friends which leads into their own attack throughout the house that's insanely hilarious while being utilized by gruesome actions throughout which causes even more great fun in the scene.
As well, there's a lot of fun to be had from the film's last half which again features plenty of hilariously gruesome and horrific moments here as there's the rather bloody encounter with the cops, the main sequence of the group dismembering his hand and then going around trashing the house trying to stop it and the few odd interludes of him chasing after the truth about his condition all feature some rather enjoyable comedy while still trying to be scary.
The film is pretty shallow in terms of plot and character development but then again a horror comedy spoof like this it was never going to be deep in either of those aspects.
Whilst not hilarious there were a few scenes which I did laugh at but this isn't a film I'd expect to be as funny on a second or third watch for example.
I enjoyed this movie quite a bit im a big fan of horror and comedy and when they do it together just right it turns out pretty well.
Then all of the sudden his hand becomes possessed by the devil as it kills people he tries to control it.This movie is nothing too special but it is definitely worth a watch for most people considered.
"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.
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!
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!.
And so after his parents he kills his 2 best friends, really funny dudes named Mick played by Seth Green and Pnub by Elden Henson.
His one-liners hit the spot every freaking time I watch this movie.If you dig Dark Comedy or stoner flicks like Pineapple Express this one is for you !.
Devon Sawa from 'Final Destination' and Jessica Alba from 'Awake' star in this funny and drug filled horror movie known as 'Idle Hands'.This movie has something that most horror movies don't have a lot of.What this movie has is humor, lots and lots of it.You'll be chuckling and screaming at how entertaining and fun this movie is.The movie is about a teenager named Anton.He sits on his sofa all day, watches TV, and smokes lots of pot.Things suddenly go wrong one day.Anton finds out that his hand is possessed by the devil, which accidentally makes him kills his two friends.His 2 friends actually come back to life for some reason and they are willing to help Anton with his problem.Now it's up to 1 pot smoking teenager, his 2 undead friends, and his secret crush played by Jessica Alba to save the day.You're probably saying to yourself that this movie sounds kind of stupid.Let me tell you that this movie is certainly not stupid.It's a campy and funny horror movie with lots of drugs, lots of violence, and a very sexy Jessica Alba.I'm giving 'Idle Hands' two very big thumbs up.In fact, I might as well give it two hands up..
IDLE HANDS is horror teen comedy that definitely is not to be taken seriously; otherwise I couldn't score it more than 1 or 2 out of 10!
Idle Hands, a horror/comedy that sadly debuted only ten days after the Columbine massacre, is one of those films that, due to the circumstances surrounding its debut, was pushed under the proverbial rug, almost never to be seen again.
I thought that Idle Hands was a very good horror film.
it was a cold winters day i felt rather bored so i went to the video shop to get out some movies upon walking in i saw a new movie on the shelf.idle hands.in a rush i quickly rented it i took it home and boy was i surprised.I thought it would just be another stupid teen movie but i was wrong.As soon as the movie started i was laughing myself to a pant-wetting state.i think that the makers of this movie deserve an emmy or something.although its not that original i enjoyed the average amount of slapstick gore just like evil dead 2.If you want to see a really funny movie,are a teenager and have a sick sense of humour rent out this movie.
However, if you want to watch a movie that is fun, and don't expect it to be serious, you should see Idle Hands..
i enjoyed this movie, it took me a couple of times to get into it, the first time i saw it i wasnt really in a laughin mood so it was just annoying, but after viewing it a second time i saw it for what it really is, a standard horror comedy with a few bits of funny hillarity, but i think with out mick and pnub, it would have been rather boring, they had all the best lines and were good solid co-stars without them there would be no idle hands.
Devon Sawa is pretty good as the teen with the possessed hand.
Through an asle of old classic horror comedies you see favourites like Evil Dead 2,  Troma Films,  the contemporary classic Scream,  any maybe you say, "I have seen all of these."  Then you randomly pick a movie without looking and pick up something like "Robot Holocaust."  F-this?
What is it about marijuana jokes that always seem to be universally hysterical?This movie is basically a punk-horror flick with (other than the perfect music) side-splitting laughs and a little too much gore to add to the unbelievable wackiness of the story.Anton is the slacker we've always secretly wanted to be, who just doesn't care if he's walking around his neighborhood in just a shirt and boxers...
And molly is hot too....) and the possessed hand jokes, although reminiscent of Evil Dead 2, are fantastic.After renting this movie about 15 times, I finally managed to buy an ex-rental copy for £4.99 - what a bargain!I seriously urge you to watch this if you are a horror or comedy fan, and especially if you enjoyed the Evil Dead movies!
Idle Hands is funny.The horror is just a vehicle for the humor.
Idle Hands is a great movie for the teen audience, with sex, drugs, and humor you can't help but enjoy this movie.
Green and Henson have the best chemistry together for comedy, I could have just watched them sitting in their house making fun of each other and smoking pot all day.Bottom line, this horrific/comedic attempt at showing what happens to a high school slacker and his friends when his right hand gets possessed by an evil force, scored a perfect ten.
A good horror comedy should make you laugh and want to throw up at the same time, and this does it!
Great physical comedy from Devon Sawa, good undead support by Seth "Oz" Green and the kid who plays Pnub.
This could easily be a bad movie, if it simply alternated between scary and funny scenes, but thankfully, Idle Hands blends both together perfectly for a hugely enjoyable film..
Like Evil Dead 2 it's not for the person who wants to see a pure horror movie.
From a first-time director who has obviously seen Dead Alive, Evil Dead 1-3, and far too many Cheech & Chong movies comes Idle Hands, a movie that wears these and various other influences on its blood-soaked sleeve.The lack of originality shouldn't stop a true horror fan, though.
There's a good deal of backhanded irony that make this a lot of fun to watch -- the main character, Anton, uses his asthma inhaler as a marijuana pipe, for example, and in one scene he meets the girl of his dreams, who fawns all over him even though he's covered in blood and twitching maniacally.The hero of the movie, however, is the always-great Seth Green as a stoner-turned-zombie with a bottle stuck through his head.
One of the main reasons I love this film is because it mixes horror and comedy and doesn't screw it up like many other movies have done in the past.
HORROR + COMEDY = GREAT MOVIE.
Idle hands mixes horror with comedy and the result a great movie.
If Idle Hands was just a horror movie it would be a complete bomb but the comedy saves the movie and make it a very enjoyable watch.
Credit has to go to Seth Green and and Elden Reatliff who give us most of the laughs as Devon Sawa pot smoking, lazy, TV watching friends.
Although not original (short story in a movie exactly the same) Idle hands is a great, and fun watch.
A very original idea (I guess) and some pretty good acting (especially by Devon Sawa's hand) make this a better than average horror comedy.
The film is a great comedy which will make you laugh your a$$ off, and horror which will give you the chill.
Ok, I didn't get around to see 'Idle Hands' in the movietheaters, but since it looked like an interesting "teen-horror"flick, I checked it out on video.
The acting was very good for a horror movie, especially Elden Henson, who kept me laughing the whole time, and Jessica Alba, the most beautiful teen actress in Hollywood.
As before mentioned the best reasons to watch idle hands would be for the always great Seth Green's performance, and (from a male point of view) newcomer Jessica Alba.
Idle Hands was an incredibly funny movie that succeeds in making fun of old slasher movies without actually trying to be a horror film in itself...I think calling it comedy-horror might even be stretching it.
People who go in expecting a horror film will be disappointed, because I really don't think that was the idea behind Idle Hands.
I got what I expected--A silly, hilarious movie with strong performances by Seth Green and Devon Sawa.
You have to be in the right frame of mind to enjoy a movie like "Idle Hands".
I advise you to see "Idle Hands" for 3 reasons:1) Very funny sidekicks (especially Seth Green) 2) Beautiful love interest (Jessica Alba) 3) The Go For Broke attitude of the writers and director       (Rodman Flender) Enjoy!.
Seth Green in particular pulls off some really dumb lines with charm.The movie fails as a horror parody, but is surprisingly funny.
The only other movie I've seen trying to be funny and scary at the same time was "Scream", but those films went for the scares more with incidental laughs.
In this one, the comedy was put up front and there are some pretty scary parts to it too, though scary in an '80's horror sort of way.I'm getting to be a fan of Seth Green, who is always good in the roles he's given, kind of like Steve Buscemi.
He plays one of two friends of main character Devon Sawa, whose hand becomes possessed and kills them, so they come back as zombies.
This movie was one of if not the best comedy/horrors I have seen since well ever.
This movie is a good waste of time for those who have nothing much better to do, although see it with friends.Acting: Devon Sawa cannot act interesting for two seconds.
With a full hit of drug humor, Idle Hands is close on being a dude movie but with the horror, it rests firmly on the line.With a cast of Seth Green, Devon Sawa and Jessica Alba, we are able to see the talent of future great films with these actors/actress'.The Irony of a Bong killing the creature is very poor, but it's near enough a dude movie so its allowed...I give this classic film 9/10.
It's not a good movie to watch if you are not in the mood for twisted horror comedy, but if you are, this one is a killerA must see!9/10.