A teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.A teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.A teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.
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- 4 nominations
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- TriviaThis is the same hand that appears in the Addams Family (1991) as Thing played by magician Christopher Hart
- GoofsWhen Anton pulls away after hitting Debi with the Ford, both hands can be seen on the steering wheel.
- Quotes
Anton: Hey, I didn't kill anyone on purpose, okay?
Mick: Yeah, well, we weren't in hell! I mean, there was this bright white light at the end of a long tunnel, right, and there was these chicks' voices, and that music...
Anton: Music?
Pnub: Yeah, kinda uncool music, like, Enya. And these chicks' voices, they were saying, "come to us, come towards the light".
Anton: So what happened?
Mick: We figured, fuck it, I mean, it was really far!
- Alternate versionsThe DVD contains the original ending, set in the school's gym pool. The producers and the director decided to shoot a different ending because the original ending was very different in its style of humour and horror and they thought it didn't fit into the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into Idle Hands: Alternate Ending (1999)
Featured review
"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
7/10
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,152,230
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,807,181
- May 2, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $4,152,230
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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