History Film / IdleHands

[[caption-width-right:350:The touching story of a boy and his right hand.]]

->'''''Idleness''': A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.''

* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler: Debi skewers the hand with her magic knife, and it disappears in a pathetic little puff of smoke.]]
--> '''Mick:''' [[LampshadeHanging That was weak!]]

* DeadlyRotaryFan: [[spoiler: How the hand killed Tanya.]]
* DemonicPossession: What's happened to [[spoiler: Anton's hand]].

* DirtyCop: Two of them bump into Anton, who recognizes them as dorks back when they were in school. They harass Anton until [[spoiler: he kills them]].
* DyingClue: [[spoiler: Anton]]'s name is half-written on the floor, close to where [[spoiler: his father was murdered]].
* DynamicEntry: How does Anton's evil hand make itself known at the dance? [[spoiler: By dropping from the ceiling and scalping the singer of the band]]

--> '''Mick:''' Bet she wins best costume.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mick and Pnub unleash [[spoiler: Anton's trapped hand]] from the microwave while trying to fix themselves a snack. In their defense, they didn't know [[spoiler:the hand was in the microwave.]]

* OffWithHisHead: How [[spoiler: Anton kills Pnub.]]
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Mick and Pnub]] act pretty much the same way dead as they did alive.

--> '''Tanya:''' Molly, what's bugging you?
--> '''Holly:''' Just thinking.
--> '''Tanya:''' (grinning) And I know who about!
--> '''Holly:''' Just thought he'd be here by now.
--> '''Tanya:''' He'll be here.

-->'''Debi''': Well, my work here is done. Time for the ritualistic sex. ''(turns to Randy)'' Coming?

* MsFanservice: Molly wears a lot of revealing clothes and is only in her underwear for the entire climax.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Anton's theory about why his other hand didn't get possessed. It was never idle for long.

--> '''Mick:''' That was weak!

* HornyDevils: Tanya wears a devil costume to the school dance, and makes out with Phub for a while.

* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler: Debi skewers the hand with her magic knife, and it disappears in a pathetic little puff of smoke.]] "That was weak!"

--> '''Tanya:''' Holly, what's bugging you?

* AThreesomeIsHot: Mick and Phub tried to convince Tanya of this in the past. She disagreed and told them to blow themselves, something she feels bad about after they temporarily die.

* MonsterHunter: Debi, who comes from a long line of druidic priestesses sworn to defeat this specific evil.

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A 1999 horror comedy, starring Devon Sawa, Creator/SethGreen, and Creator/JessicaAlba in her second major studio film to be released (only a few weeks after her first, ''Film/NeverBeenKissed'').

* CoincidentalDodge: Happens several times.

* DirtyCop: Two of them harass Anton until [[spoiler: he kills them]].

* EvilHand:...Duh. It turns into a [[HelpingHands Helping Hand]] after it's cut off.

* {{Fanservice}}: Jessica Alba. [[https://www.google.com/search?q=jessica+alba+idle+hands&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS574US574&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=4tueVY6GNpCnyASHhpzADA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=1085 Sexy angel costume]]. That's all that need be said.
** That and Molly (the Alba) spending the climax in nothing but her underwear. [[spoiler: Even if in said climax the hand has (somehow) managed to tie her onto the roof of a car that's on a hydraulic lift in a garage, and is trying to kill her by crushing her against the ceiling.]]
*** To say nothing of the car makeout session between Curtis and Tiffany. [[FanDisservice Too bad the hand wanted a piece of the action.]]

* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Halloween.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Mick and Pnub unleash [[spoiler: Anton's trapped hand]] from the microwave while trying to fix themselves a snack.
** In their defence, they didn't know [[spoiler:the hand was in the microwave.]]

* TheSlacker: Anton at the start of the movie.
* TheStoner: Yes.

A 1999 horror comedy, starring Devon Sawa, Creator/SethGreen, and Creator/JessicaAlba in her second major studio film to be released (only a few weeks after her first, ''NeverBeenKissed'').

* ShoutOut: Don't tell me [[spoiler: Anton's severed hand]] moving about and killing people is reference to ''Film/EvilDead2''.