Idle Hands is a 1999 comedy/horror movie starring Devon Sawa, Seth Green, and Jessica Alba. It follows the life of a teen whose hand becomes possessed and goes on a killing spree, even after being cut off from his arm.

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
• Fred Willard - Dad Tobias
• Connie Ray - Mom Tobias
• Steve Van Wormer - Curtis
• Kelly Monaco - Tiffany
• Timothy Stack - Principal Tidwell
• Tom DeLonge - Fast food guy
• The Offspring - Band

Plot

Anton Tobias (Sawa) is your average lazy, stoner teenager. He has two caring parents (Willard and Ray) and two cool best friends, Pnub (Henson) and Mick (Green). He also has a crush on Molly, the beautiful girl across the street (Alba).

Everything is going fine until a string of murders plagues the town. Then, when Anton's parents wind up dead, all the clues point to Anton. After killing his two best friends, he learns that his right hand has become possessed. Pnub and Mick decide not to go to heaven and instead return to their former bodies. With their help, Anton must stop his possessed hand before it can get to Molly.

Trivia

• The film, in which the main character kills his parents and his two best friends (albeit not intentionally), was delayed in its release because of the Columbine massacre.
• During the scene at the school dance, the band is The Offspring where Dexter Holland is killed.
• Anton is watching Night of the Living Dead on TV.
• Mick and Pnub are watching Dawn of the Dead on TV.
• Filmed in the same neighborhood as Halloween.
• Christopher Hart, who played the Hand, also played the hand (Thing) in The Addams Family and its sequels.
• The fast food worker is blink-182 and Angels and Airwaves frontman Tom Delonge.

External links

1999 films | Comedy horror films | Teen films | Thriller films | American films

Idle Hands