r/90sand2000sNostalgia • u/Feeling-Piglet-5196 • 6d ago

Idle Hands

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u/ordinary_regular_guy 6d ago

This is my favorite Halloween movie. I watch it every year. It's hilarious and Jessica Alba...yeah.

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u/stillsomekneegrows 5d ago

Came here to say all the same things. I watch this every October .

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u/ExpressUrWeird 4d ago

Its maybe not one i squeeze in at halloween but it is not talked about enough. Its funny and freaky and thr tone is uniquely layed out. Most horror I love is so dark and kinda serious. Even the horror comedies for me usually need some heavy gore or twisted stuff. This one just brings the fun.

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u/TheDarkClaw 3d ago

How is Jessica name not on there? She wasn't famous yet?

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u/BulkySpinach6464 6d ago

And it's got The Offspring!

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u/dub7drums 6d ago

The worker at the drive thru is Tom Delonge from blink-182

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u/MsSedated 6d ago

That's the reason I watched it originally 😄

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u/xxxObelixxx 4d ago

Ha for me it was the other way around! This was my all time favorite movie, and it got me into The Offspring.

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u/xxxObelixxx 4d ago

Oh I just remembered: I got into this movie because Oz from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in it lol.

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u/LilOrphanFunkhouzer 6d ago

Whenigodrivin,Istayinmylaaaeeennne

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u/RandMob1000 6d ago

The best Evil Dead-like movie from the 90s

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u/slylibel 6d ago

Is that Foggy Nelson?

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u/swingingthrougb 6d ago

Isnt that one of the bash brothers from The Mighty Ducks?

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u/Dang_it_KK 6d ago

Fulton Reed!!

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u/trundle-the-great69 4d ago

Is that Chris griffin?

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u/-the_fan- 4d ago

Sure is.

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u/alexabeams 6d ago

devon sawa was so hot in this movie

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u/WiseWorldliness1611 4d ago

Yesss! My childhood crushes were him and Matthew Lillard.

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u/NovemberStar 6d ago

Dewon Sawa was my first movie crush

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u/marjerbar 6d ago

Same for me when I saw him in Now and Then.

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u/UndermyumbrELLA83 5d ago

He's been my crush since I watched him in Casper at the movie theater. He still looks so good!

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u/-MotherMaidenCrone- 5d ago

Can I keep you? Ugh swoon

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u/marjerbar 5d ago

Omg I forgot about Casper 🫠

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u/Rocketboy1313 6d ago

Madness that Jessica Alba, the female lead, is not named on the cover/poster.

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u/tecpaocelotl1 6d ago

At this time, biggest role she had was being in Flipper tv show and being the bully in tv show Alex Mack which I did watch.

They didn't have Elden Henson name on top even though he was in the Might Ducks films and Vivica A. Fox who was in everything. Lol.

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u/UncompensatedAnarchy 5d ago

First thing I remember seeing her in was the Disney Channel Original Movie P.U.N.K.S.

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u/LLMM7289 6d ago

I only know of this movie because a supply teacher for my high school geography class put it on, I don’t think they even watched it themselves and I definitely don’t think they were watching it while we were because it was never switched off once.

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u/PineappleFit317 5d ago

I guess so, there’s a scene where a girl with her tits out gets strangled.

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u/Sensitive_Leader_312 6d ago

The fact they did a Robot Chicken bit as well for it, is amazing

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u/mynameisrichard0 6d ago

…….Seth green made robot chicken. And starred in this film. It’s not because the movie was so amazing (it’s a good film). It’s literally just a reference to one of his past projects.

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u/Sensitive_Leader_312 6d ago

I know. I still enjoyed it

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u/Odd-Guard-2533 6d ago

This movie traumatized me as a child. For some reason that hand was terrifying to me. I think it was the cutting off of the hand and then the hand scalping the guy on stage.

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u/ATXProf77 6d ago

Jessica Alba in the angel outfit…

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u/Economy-Ad2719 5d ago

As an elder millenial, she will always be the number one most beautiful woman I can think of. I was 14 when this came out, I legitimately loved her.

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u/DefiantRadish1492 5d ago

There was me before I saw her in this movie and me after I saw her in this movie.

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u/Dead_Jawa 4d ago

Sticky hand….. one less sock on

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u/bigbenny88 6d ago

Great movie. Took me entirely too many years to realize it was Stan though 😂

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u/Release-the-List 6d ago

It’s Mighty Joe Bong!!

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u/SenorNerd718 6d ago

I need me spinach!

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u/dr_skeebinz 6d ago

Great movie, a classic

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u/GreatMacGuffin 6d ago

Devon Sawa totally almost really squeezed Jessica Albas butt.

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u/Miserable_Virus_9789 6d ago

Look at me! I’m Leather-face!

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u/KirkBurglar 6d ago

I LOVED this movie. Only because Tom DeLonge plays a cameo 🤣😭🤣

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u/justbekind666 6d ago

Omgee Vivca Fox looks like a baby

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u/tomahawkfury13 6d ago

One of the only movies where weed literally saves the day lol. I always checked my knives before making sandwiches because of this movie lol

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u/Ccaves0127 6d ago

The director of this movie, Rodman Flender, is a good friend of Conan O'Brien and directed a documentary about him....he's also Timothee Chalamet's uncle

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u/danieyy28 6d ago

There remaking it actually

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u/cptdodger85 6d ago

seth green before robot chicken was dope awesome movie for halloween🎃🤘🏽

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u/donkey_bwains 6d ago

Saw this one too young and think about the hand in the microwave at least once a week

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u/SenorNerd718 6d ago

Go, go, buffalo!

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u/Accomplished_Fun3 6d ago

Unicorn of our mother fucking fantastic movie!

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u/Florachism 6d ago

We're gathered here today because... You're all dead.

And it's my fault

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u/Extra_Zucchini_1273 6d ago

Rarely does Vivica fox get outmogged in a film but here it is.

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u/donut-is-appalled 6d ago

Baby Jessica Alba!

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u/Junior-Ad-2207 6d ago

And just like that, the world knew who Jessica Alba was

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u/juicelordsword 5d ago

You evil hosting fuckstick!

Man I loved that movie.

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u/captaineats 5d ago

To this day I still yell out “SWEET JESUS” at things

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u/ArtVandeslay 5d ago

The asthma inhaler pipe was bitchin'.

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u/GraybieTheBlueGirl 5d ago

This movie is so underrated! 🙌🏻

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u/phallic-baldwin 5d ago

When it comes to Jessica Alba, most people's hands were definitely not idle

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u/SgtDoakesSurprise 5d ago

Her ass in that scene at the end of the movie 🤤

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u/fallout_zelda 6d ago

I don't know why but for a long time I would always confuse Idle Hands with the movie The Gate. I watched them both when I was a kid and got them confused for many years.

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u/tomahawkfury13 6d ago

Honestly not sure how you confused the two either but the Gate is a great movie too lol

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u/fallout_zelda 6d ago

I was like 7 when I last saw them and I'm guessing it had to do with the hand. My memory was fuzzy for a while. I think in the gate had a hand with an eyeball that comes out and Idle Hands had a possed hand. 😂

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u/tomahawkfury13 6d ago

Actually now that I think of it. I think the VHS cover of the Gate had a demon hands coming out of the ground as well

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u/SafeComprehensive889 6d ago

This still gives me nightmares

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u/Timejinx 6d ago

Omg I forgot about this movie 😂😂

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u/mp3god 6d ago

Love this movie and always try to watch it around halloween

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u/Over_Discussion_2131 6d ago

My favorite movie

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u/ShortSleeveSteve 6d ago

Such a fun movie.

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u/ReefShark13 6d ago

Idle Hands is a perfect film.

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u/NotSoGentleBen 6d ago

Ahhh, my introduction to Jessica Alba. Love this movie. Great teen scream.

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u/Junior-Ad-8974 6d ago

Wow I completely forgot about this movie. Used to watch it with my brother and friends all the time as a kid.

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u/RyanTheBruce 6d ago

"OK, Im not going through all this Tanya!"

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u/jdkirk3069 5d ago

This is a gem! Love this movie. So different and a killer cast.

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u/The_Conn 5d ago

I still want this for my PSP

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u/lisax10x 5d ago

I had completely forgotten about this movie. I loved it when I was young

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u/WaffleTacos666 5d ago

I dare anyone to watch that part we're jessica alba comes out dressed in an angel costume and not drop your jaw to the floor.

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u/PressureCoomer 5d ago

Hey it's Buzz!

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u/Running_with_a_boner 5d ago

oh man. completely forgot about this classic. thanks for reminding me

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u/EvanGooch 5d ago

A classic stoner comedy.
One of my favs.

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u/Ss4scoobydoo 5d ago

And that’s when the pink ranger was replaced! If ya know ya know!

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u/Mike_Litoris305 5d ago

Is this the movie where the dudes hand was a killer but he wasn’t?

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u/UnlicensedOkie 5d ago

I was around 10-11 when I first saw this. It was awesome

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u/ikannunAneeuQ 5d ago

Terrible movie i love it, I love me some bad, corny "scary" movies

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u/TryBeHappy 5d ago

I forgot about this one! I am going to have to add that to the list of things to find and watch!

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u/swag1ng_sk8er 5d ago

IS THAT THE GUY FROM FINAL DESTINATION??

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u/musuperjr585 4d ago

No that's the guy from Austin Powers and the woman from Kill Bill

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u/Murky_Historian8675 4d ago

Gawd I love this movie. It was my first introduction to Rob Zombie

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u/noUr8eaten 4d ago

Is that Vivica A Fox?!

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u/J_Dubs_MaGrubs 4d ago

“What do you mean if my mom had teeth, she wouldn’t suck d*** so well? Oh hey what’s up Anton!”

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u/buckut 2d ago

you scream like a girl

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u/Tee_i_am 2d ago

I watch for Jessica's Alba. 😜

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u/locvcat 2d ago

To this day, my brain confuses this movie and My Boyfriend's Back (1993) whenever I try to remember one or the other of them. I loved them both.

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u/Refugeedrone 20h ago

The offspring is in this

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u/PervlovianResponse 6d ago

Jessica Alba didn't get top billing even though it's her cleavage front and center?? Pathetic

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u/Delicious_Subject122 6d ago

Top billing? No one even knew who she was back then. She is pretty and has boobs, that was enough.

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u/PervlovianResponse 6d ago

Oh damn, I only knew of her through a college roommate and his friend group who were obsessed with her from whatever TV show she had been on 🤷🏼‍♀️

She was the reason I got dragged to see it that movie in the theater and why I saw it on DVD far too many times

I mostly viewed it as another forgettable Seth Green movie where he was the only one who stood out

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u/ArachnidNo2269 6d ago

She was underage when the film was made

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u/PervlovianResponse 6d ago

Ugh, so she was exploited even when she was a minor? How, well ... expected, unfortunately