Review of Idle-Hands (2010) by Rob C — 14 Mar 2010

Idle Hands works for fans into the slapstick comedy side of cinema; or spoofs. Taking it's storyline off Evil Dead 2 and mixing in parts of An American Werewolf in Paris; with the characters of Green and Henson coming back from the dead as one of the "undead" haunting their killer, Idle Hands is a product of imaginary pocus by Rodman Flender.

The idea of a possessed hand killing it's victims in a rather unrealistic sort of way, comes off as contrived, but it works so well for the film; you can't help but be amused by it all. Seth Green, Elden Henson and Devon Sawa provide ample laughs throughout all the mayhem, you seem to forget it's a horror film at times.

The laid-back approach to their roles relieves the tension associated with a film such as this. Most of the scenes are predictable, but they're welcoming to the point of distress. Vivica A. Fox was severely miscast and her dialogue was too childish compared to the other characters.

I don't believe this film would have suffered if she was left out of the final cut. Idle Hands is a soundtrack driven type of film with a witty background to it's roster, it offers a fairly comfortable take in the horror genre.