Idle Hands

Play trailer

Idle Hands

R

1999

1h 30m

Horror

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

18%

Tomatometer

57 Reviews

58%

Popcornmeter

50,000+ Ratings

When slacker teen Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa) has his right hand possessed by a demonic force, he finds that his life gets a lot more interesting. While Anton himself is an amiable guy, his hand proves to be an appendage of death, killing his two best buddies, Pnub (Elden Henson) and Mick (Seth Green), who return to life as wisecracking zombies. In addition to murdering those closest to him, Anton's evil hand significantly hinders his chances with lovely neighbor Molly (Jessica Alba).

Watch on Fandango at Home

Stream Now

Critics Consensus

An uneasy mix of slapstick and gore, Idle Hands lacks the manic energy and comedic inspiration required to pull off its goofy premise.

Read Critics Reviews

Jeff Millar

Houston Chronicle

07/21/2005

Maybe 90 seconds of viable and sustained humor at the end.

Go to Full Review

Kim Newman

Sight & Sound

12/02/2002

It's an infalliby funny gambit...

Go to Full Review

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

03/22/2002

1.5/4

Its mixture of slapstick humour and gore -- produced by the flying fingers -- gives new meaning to the phrase digital effects.

Go to Full Review

Chase Hutchinson

The Inlander (Spokane, WA)

Oct 11

A stoner horror-comedy more fun in theory than it is in execution, Idle Hands is still a movie you must watch just to say you’ve done it. You’ll likely groan at the iffy jokes, but you can’t fully dismiss the fun it has with practical body horror effects.

Go to Full Review

Elliott Cuff

Loud and Clear Reviews

11/23/2024

3.5/5

Idle Hands is a quirky mixture of slapstick comedy and horror tropes that melds together seamlessly, and it remains deserving of its cult favourite status.

Go to Full Review

Emilie Black

JoBlo's Movie Network

11/02/2023

8/10

Of course, some things are truly puerile and just didn’t age well, but still, it’s fun and that is all that movie aimed to be.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Ray L

@RT17291655 Jun 15

I like this movie I thought it was very funny and very good special effects

See more

Cordelia S.

@RT05827604 Jun 1

I love this movie sm 😭

See more

iain R

@Iainroundtree Mar 16

What can you say, it's purile yes but it's campy, great fun, and some pretty fun splatter to go with it, it also launched the careers of Seth green, Devon sawe, Jessica alba, and features a pretty good soundtrack also Leave your Brain at the door, settle in and enjoy it for what it is 90 minutes of bonkers fun

See more

Farah R

@Farah Nov 27

The movie is as stoned as its main character.

See more

Derek F

@TrailerRe-Cuts Oct 26

Highly recommend Stoner Halloween Horror Comedy with teen spirt energy and blood soaked kills!

See more

Carly G

@RT42773910 Sep 25

Definitely falls into the "so bad it's good" category. You can also tell it's a 90s film by how much women enjoy being sexually harassed and objectified in this film. Lots of unexpected cameos too! It warrants a watch for a bad movie night for sure.

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

POST RATING

Rodman Flender

Director

Devon Sawa

Anton Tobias

Seth Green

Mick

Elden Henson

Pnub

Jessica Alba

Molly

Christopher Hart

The Hand

Hideaway

23%

40%

Hideaway

Watchlist

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

29%

42%

Phantasm IV: Oblivion

Watchlist

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

42%

49%

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Strangeland

7%

63%

Strangeland

Watchlist

Bride of Chucky

47%

50%

Bride of Chucky

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

View more photos

Synopsis

When slacker teen Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa) has his right hand possessed by a demonic force, he finds that his life gets a lot more interesting. While Anton himself is an amiable guy, his hand proves to be an appendage of death, killing his two best buddies, Pnub (Elden Henson) and Mick (Seth Green), who return to life as wisecracking zombies. In addition to murdering those closest to him, Anton's evil hand significantly hinders his chances with lovely neighbor Molly (Jessica Alba).

Director: Rodman Flender
Producer: Andrew Licht, Jeffrey A. Mueller, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Screenwriter: Ron Milbauer, Terri Hughes
Distributor: Columbia Tristar, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Team Todd, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 30, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.0M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround