Well, this person basically does all the referencing for me, so here ya go....
Woof! It's The Pit Bull back again with news about the new teen horror/comedy IDLE HANDS. Awhile back, Mean Johnny Barrow wrote about a preview he saw of this gross-out comedy, but what he didn't see was the new ending. That's because it was just shot! It seems that Sony Pictures decided that the climatic scene, although visually spectacular, was too serious and not in keeping with the comedic tone of the rest of the mayhem, so a new ending was written and shot this past week.
Mean Johnny has reported on the important elements of the plot and characters. The cast includes Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Eldon Henson, and Chris Hart. Who is Chris Hart, you ask? He is the actor who played Thing in THE ADAMS FAMILY films, and his talented hand is the murderous appendage in IDLE HANDS. And then there's Jessica Alba. She plays Molly, the girl next door who is the object of Devon Sawa's affections and the hand's chosen sacrificial victim who will open the Gates of Hell. She is one sexy lady, and the new ending reveals more of her assets than the original.
IDLE HANDS treads the fine line of gross horror and gross comedy. Imagine a guy who has had his head cut off and then put back on eating a microwave burrito and the stuff leaks out where his head was reattached. You get the idea. That's one of the milder things that happens.
Devon Sawa plays Anton Tobias, a teen who spends his days smoking pot, listening to rock, and watching music videos. He has all but dropped out of high school. This film will put Devon in the ranks of some of the best young physical comedians around. His timing is a joy to watch. Seth Green and Eldon Henson are his two best friends, Mick and Pnub, who Anton (actually Anton's possessed hand) kills, but come back as zombies to help their bud. Some of the funniest, and grossest moments are theirs.
In the new ending marijuana is the weapon that saves the girl and the world. The relaxed attitude to smoking weed that this film portrays is going to be very controversial. See too, if you can count all the references to South Park, as well as sly nods to classic horror films like CARRIE.
I saw IDLE HANDS with a temp music track, but with a cool soundtrack, this will be the horror, sex, drugs, and rock and roll film to beat. An instant cult classic.
I'm going to go chew on a few neighborhood cats, now, so until next time, 'bye from The Pit Bull.
