Idle Hands?!

[jae]

OK I caught the last 40 minutes of this on cable tonight and have to say it was pretty decent.. Sure it has elements of the lame 90s horror movies that I hate but it was pretty damn funny and had some decent gore and deaths.. Reminiscent of American Werewolf in London for obvious reasons.. What does everyone else think of it?

[napalm68]

A great horror comedy. The DVD is excellent too - the commentary is one of the best I've heard. Very Evil Dead 2 like in parts... I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[JOHN DOE]

One of my favorite Horror/comedy's next to Return of the living dead and Evil dead 2.

[jae]

Whoa. 3 for 3.. Thanks guys.. that was the first thing I did was look into the DVD, sounds good.. I'll probably have to check it out.

I'm just surprised it was good. I've pretty much written off all of these modern/teen horror movies, but then I'm sitting around flipping channels and catch Seth Green with a bottle buried in his head so I watch for a few minutes and its great!

[Mark Relford]

Same here! Idle Hands has a nice 80's horror feel to it. Very underrated.

[TobalRox]

I saw it in theaters the day it came out thinking it was a comedy, but was pleasantly surprised by seeing that it had a good amount of gore as well. Devon Sawa seems to know what he's doing. Say what you will, but Final Destination was another good 90's horror flick. Also, Idle Hands has the ever gorgeous Jessica Alba in it. Great DVD too, I only rented it, but it's on my "to buy" list.

[napalm68]

Yeah, Final Destination was a fine film too. A new concept for a teen horror for once. Well executed, too.

[Jasondog]

I to thought it was great! A+ stuff

[Dave]

Idle Hands fucking rocks! I'm going to review it eventually.

VERY underated, VERY funny horror/comedy movie. Right up there with Evil Dead 2 IMO.

I finally convinced my brother to watch it the other night and he's watched it 4 times SINCE! :)

[ctyner]

See, this is why I love horrordvds.com.

Every other forum I read, everyone rants about how awful they think "Idle Hands" is. It was one of my first 10 discs, and almost 200 discs later, it's still among my favorites. It's also the only disc I've watched more with the commentary on than without.

[fishhead]

I rented Idle Hands this weekend and was surprised by how much I liked it. It's going on my "to buy" list now. It's definitely a keeper.

[Jason Reynolds]

Definitely one of the better horror comedies to come along in a while. It deserved to do much better at the theater, but oh well.

I agree about the commentary too, it's hilarous!

-Jason

[Squiggy]

Originally posted by ctyner:
Every other forum I read, everyone rants about how awful they think "Idle Hands" is.

There are other forums besides this one? :p

I don't personally think Idle Hands comes close to ED2, AWiL, or RotLD (three of my favorite films), but it was certainly fun. I'd love to see Jessica Alba do more horror films and Seth Green is ALWAYS great (Why don't you just kill him?).

[Paff]

My favorite line came from Pnub: "Don't be such a skirt"

Not to mention Mighty Joe Bong (complete with seat belts)

And the only reason I even rented it, the lovely Jessica Alba, doesn't disappoint at all.

Commentary is a blast as well, as the director points out all his homages, including Suspiria, Tenebrae, Dead-Alive, Re-Animator, The French Connection, and Cannibal Ferox.

I rented this, maybe a purchase is in order soon

[ctyner]

Originally posted by Paff:
And the only reason I even rented it, the lovely Jessica Alba, doesn't disappoint at all.

Plus, unlike "Dark Angel", she has very little dialogue but a lot of screentime. I had no idea what an awful actress she was until recently. :D

[Vdlman]

I love Idle Hands. I'd say it comes closer to the good horror movies from the '80s than the usual '90s teenybopper crap.

[hojimoji]

Dammit, now I have to go back and watch the movie again. Somebody in the house rented it and I watched it off and on and didn't think much of it. Since it's gotten such good reviews here, I guess I'll just have to try again.

G.

[mutleyhyde]

This is great :) ! I've never seen it, so I really have something new to look forward to. To me it just looked like another teenybopper slasher flick, so I stayed away. Now I'll definitely give it a go.

[AceRimRat]

I caught most of it on cable, and to my surprise, actually enjoyed most of it. A lot better than I thought it would be, so I guess I fit in with the majority here.

[indiephantom]

Hey guys, I just bought the DVD dirt cheap only to discover it is a full screen. i thought since this was an older Columbia release it would have both versions, but I was somehow duped. Then I read at amazon.ca that it is supposed to have both, but my dvd has only full screen, and that's what the fine print says on the back, too. Damn pan and scan getting harder to spot all the time! :fire: :fuck:

[BloodMan]

I remember really liking this when it first came out. Might have to pick up the DVD if I see it somewhere. :)

[Katatonia]

Hey guys, I just bought the DVD dirt cheap only to discover it is a full screen. i thought since this was an older Columbia release it would have both versions, but I was somehow duped. Then I read at amazon.ca that it is supposed to have both, but my dvd has only full screen, and that's what the fine print says on the back, too. Damn pan and scan getting harder to spot all the time! :fire: :fuck:

That's happened to me also with some of the Columbia/Tri-Star DVD's in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart. Full Screen only, and no widescreen even though if you buy the DVD anywhere else it usually has both versions. You get what you pay for I suppose.

Oh well, I traded them in at a store with no problems. I guess they had the same UPC code as the normal DVD's...

[indiephantom]

That's happened to me also with some of the Columbia/Tri-Star DVD's in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart. Full Screen only, and no widescreen even though if you buy the DVD anywhere else it usually has both versions. You get what you pay for I suppose.

Oh well, I traded them in at a store with no problems. I guess they had the same UPC code as the normal DVD's...

Yeah, that's where I got mine. It's the only one I picked up that wasn't OAR. Think I'll stick with it at that price, though. Has all the extras, but the fuckin' proper ratio woulda been nice! :fucked:

[Mortis]

I've always liked this movie. "Look at me.. I'm Leatherface!"

[Latency]

I thought I was the only one who liked his movie. I saw it in the theatre and thought it rocked. I've watched it on DVD more times than I can remember. It's cool so many of you think highly of this flick too. Alot of my friends find this movie lame. Losers :)

[Tawny]

Me and my daughter love this movie. It taught her about "Shout at the Devil" and "I Wanna Be Sedated." (I know its the crappy Offspring version, but when she hears the real thing, she's like hey Mom, Idle Hands!)