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Additional DVD options | Edition | Discs | Price | New from | Used from |
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August 31, 1999 "Please retry" | — | 1 | $19.00 | $11.02 |
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December 7, 2010 "Please retry" | — | 1 | $39.97 | — | $28.99 |
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May 12, 2017 "Please retry" | — | 1 |
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Genre | Horror |
Format | Color, NTSC, Dolby, Full Screen |
Contributor | Suzanne Todd, Jessica Alba, Vivica A. Fox, Jennifer Todd, Elden Henson, Seth Green, Jeffrey A. Mueller, Ron Milbauer, Rodman Flender, Terri Hughes, Fred Willard, Steve Van Wormer, Devon Sawa, Jack Noseworthy, Andrew Licht See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
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The devil will find work for idle hands to do...but what happens when he chooses the laziest teen slacker in the world to do his dirty work? Anton Tobias (Devon Sawa, Wild America) is a channel-surfing, junk-food munching, couch potato burn-out who can't control the murderous impulses of his recently possessed hand. With the help of his zombiefied buddies, Mick (Seth Green, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me) and Pnub (Elden Henson, The Mighty), Anton's got to stop the rampaging devil appendage before it takes total control of his life and ruins any chance he has with class hottie Molly (Jessica Alba, Never Been Kissed). Vivica A. Fox (Independence Day) and Jack Noseworthy (The Brady Bunch Movie) co-star in this wickedly funny horror comedy.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Item model number : 6867
- Director : Rodman Flender
- Media Format : Color, NTSC, Dolby, Full Screen
- Run time : 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Release date : December 7, 2010
- Actors : Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba, Steve Van Wormer
- Producers : Andrew Licht, Jeffrey A. Mueller, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd
- Studio : IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
- ASIN : B00441GYVA
- Writers : Terri Hughes, Ron Milbauer
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #70,132 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,493 in Horror (Movies & TV)
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Forever one of my favorite horror comedies!
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025I love the movie and always will.but Its unfortunate I have to pay extra for a movie from 1999 ....and also paying for prime membership getting no movies that I actually like w the prime unless I pay for individual movies/shows.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2020"Idle Hands" was released to theaters in 1999 in which it received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics along with dismal box office grossing only 4.2 million against a budget of 25 million. It had the misfortune of being released only 10 days after the Columbine tragedy which hurt its chances somewhat. The film mixed teen comedy with R rated horror violence & gore in which a teenager's right hand becomes possessed and begins killing his friends and family much to his shock and dismay. The cast includes Devon Sawa in the lead of Anton, Seth Green & Eldon Henson as his best friends, an incredibly sexy Jessica Alba (who was only 18 when this film was made) as Anton's crush, and an amazing looking Vivica A. Fox (her body is a work of art!) who is tracking the possessed hand as it transfers from person to person. Fred Willard also has a small role at the beginning of the film.
I saw the film initially in a theater back in 1999 and enjoyed it quite a bit. The mix of comedy and horror worked for me quite well. The entire cast does great work with Devon Sawa displaying a natural knack for physical comedy when his right hand becomes possessed. "Idle Hands" has steadily gained an audience over the years and is now a bona fide cult classic.
"Idle Hands" received a special edition DVD release back in 1999 featuring a commentary track, a making of featurette, the original ending, a storyboard comparison, and the theatrical trailer. It got its first blu-ray release by Image Entertainment in 2013 which featured a terrific transfer but sadly was bare bones in terms of any extras.
Scream Factory gave the film some blu-ray collector's edition attention in 2020 in what can be labeled as the definitive edition of this film. Fans should be ecstatic with this blu-ray release of "Idle Hands"!
Scream Factory repurposed the same transfer from the previous blu-ray for this release. The film is presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio utilizing the AVC codec at a beefy bit rate usually staying locked in at 36 mbps. Simply put the movie looks great with nice colors, contrast/black levels, accurate skin tones, and detail throughout. No digital noise reduction or sharpening appears to have been used. I do not have the previous blu-ray to compare but from what I have researched online, the Scream Factory disc features a superior encode compared to the Image Entertainment disc from 2013 which used the same HD master. I can't imagine the film looking any better other than a 4K UHD release.
Audio wise we get two options in a 5.1 DTS-HD master audio mix and the original 2.0 channel DTS-HD master audio mix too. I watched the film with the 5.1 lossless mix and thought it sounded great with the dialogue, music, and sound effects to be evenly mixed. English subtitles are included for the hearing impaired.
In terms of extras, Scream Factory commissioned a lot of new stuff in addition to thankfully porting over the DVD's extras too. The full list of extra content is as follows:
- NEW Audio Commentary With Actors Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, And Vivica A. Fox
- NEW Bloody Punk Fun – An Interview With Director Rodman Flender (12 min. 53 sec.)
- NEW Stoner Headspace – An Interview With Actor Elden Henson (9 min. 42 sec.)
- NEW This Face, These Hands – An Interview With Actor Sean Whalen (10 min 59 sec.)
- NEW Sleight Of Hand – An Interview With Actor Christopher Hart (15 min. 9 sec.)
- NEW Written In Blood – An Interview With Writer Terri Hughes Burton (5 min. 51 sec.)
- Audio Commentary By Director Rodman Flender And Actors Seth Green And Elden Henson
- Deleted Scene (i.e. the original ending) With Optional Audio Commentary (9 min. 19 sec.)
- Commentary By Director Rodman Flender
- Vintage Making-Of Featurette (6 min.)
- Storyboard Comparisons (3 min. 4 sec.)
- Theatrical Trailer (2 min. 26 sec.)
For the first few months, the Scream Factory edition comes with a slipcover with newly commissioned artwork. You can flip around the artwork on the case itself to have the original theatrical poster which is nice.
Fans of "Idle Hands" should be very happy with Scream Factory's collector's edition blu-ray. The film looks and sounds great in addition to containing a nice assortment of new extras along with all of the vintage extras from the ancient DVD release too. If you own the bare bones 2013 blu-ray from Image Entertainment of the film, the upgrade to the Scream Factory edition is highly recommended and well worth it in my opinion.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2025Enjoyed sharing one of my favorite movies with my teenage son, he loved it to
- Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2025Super great movie! Cult classic and definitely recommend you give it a watch!
- Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2024I'm gonna watch it again. My lord this movie is ridiculous.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2025One word DEVON!!
- Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2025Live the comedy in this movie. Had to rent it for Halloween. Highly recommend watching it.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2024Favorite movie ... loved getting to watch it again. Sad it was only a rental!!! It's a must see movie!!!
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Jose Antonio Ahedo MusiReviewed in Mexico on December 8, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars El diablo metio la mano
Una muy buena pelicula de 1999 donde Jessica Alba empieza hacer sus pininos en cine. Buen reparto de actores y lo mejor la presentacion de Offspring cantando en el baile de Halloween. Muy recomendable!!
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S.SpeerReviewed in Germany on March 2, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Der etwas andere Horrorfilm
Hauptfigur in dieser durchgeknallten Story ist Anton. Anton ist ein typischer Looser der außer den ganzen Tag vor dem Fernseher zu sitzen und zu Kiffen nicht viel in seinem Leben zusammen bekommt. Als in seiner Nachbarschaft immer mehr Leute verschwinden gehen die Medien von einem Serienkiller aus. Doch als die Wahrheit ans Licht kommt ist ein Serienkiller das kleinste Problem.
Der Film ist immer noch ein Klassiker und wird es auch bleiben. Vom Beginn an lustig und mit einem so verrückten Plot, dass es einfach Spaß macht den Film zu sehen. Für jeden der auf derben Humor steht und nicht nur den zurzeit gängigen Fäkalhumor mag ist hier genau richtig. Lustig, spannend, verrückt und gute Schauspieler warten hier auf einen.
- graeme austinReviewed in Australia on April 26, 2022
3.0 out of 5 stars Great movie but
Great movie but disappointing no slip cover as shown
- KrystieReviewed in Canada on December 17, 2023
4.0 out of 5 stars 🤘
Super stoked but concerned that it doesn't look like it does in your picture. There's no front sleeve. It looks good, just hope it's in good condition when we play it!
Krystie🤘
Reviewed in Canada on December 17, 2023
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AndreaReviewed in Spain on October 25, 2021
1.0 out of 5 stars Blu-ray NO se puede reproducir en Europa
La edición en Blu-ray de Estados Unidos es Región A y no se puede reproducir en Europa. No sé para qué la venden en Amazon España si no es región libre... Además no me viene con el cartón (slipcover) como aparece en la foto👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
AndreaBlu-ray NO se puede reproducir en Europa
Reviewed in Spain on October 25, 2021
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