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Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

Idle Hands (1999)

Shat the Movies: 80's & 90's Best Film Review

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Film Reviews, 80s, Shermerhighschool, Sixteencandles, Movies, Tv & Film, Weirdscience, Breakfastclub, Vcr, Johnhughes, Vhs, 90s, Classicmovies

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week, Shat The Movies kicks off our annual Spooktacular with a bloody, bong-ripped bang as we revisit 1999’s Idle Hands — the stoner-horror-comedy hybrid where Devon Sawa’s right hand goes full demonic and Seth Green proves that death can’t stop a good hang.

Commissioned by listener Christopher, this Halloween starter brings everything you’d expect from the late ’90s: MTV aesthetics, a killer soundtrack, Jessica Alba’s scooter, and enough weed jokes to make even Scary Movie blush. But does Idle Hands still hit, or is it just a high school fever dream of Doritos dust and Hot Topic energy?

Gene and Big D dig into the film’s Columbine-cursed box office fate and confess which ’90s music videos helped shape their teenage “spooky season.” Along the way, we get a Fred Willard appreciation moment, a detour into Buffy fandom, and the single weirdest tangent about grasshoppers ever recorded on this podcast.

Is Idle Hands an underrated Halloween gem that deserves a second life—or just proof that the devil really does find work for idle bros? Either way, the Spooktacular has begun.

Movie Plot:
A lazy stoner’s hand gets possessed and goes on a killing spree, murdering his parents, friends, and half the Halloween dance. Now Anton, his undead buddies, and a demon-hunting priestess must stop the disembodied hand before it drags his girlfriend to Hell.

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0:00.0

It's that time of the year, Shack Ghosts and Gremlins.

0:03.3

The annual Spuptacular is back with the blitz of Halloween movies to keep you entertained.

0:09.6

So be sure to check your podcast feed and subscribe if you haven't already

0:13.9

because we'll be releasing four episodes between now and All Saints Day.

0:19.3

And speaking of Saints, you can help honor Big D's late Cat Bella and all the departed

0:25.1

Critters of Shat Nation by donating to the walk to save animals.

0:29.1

Or Sarah and Baby Lions and I'll be walking our dogs to raise money for the Arizona Animal Welfare

0:35.1

League, Arizona's oldest no-kill shelter.

0:38.3

You can visit tiny URL.com slash chat pod to contribute.

0:42.7

I'm nearly halfway to my $500 goal, and your help will make a big difference in the lives of

0:48.5

shelter pets.

0:49.7

Grab your spooky snacks.

0:51.6

It's time for the spooktacular.

0:54.6

Remember when we first met John McLean? Our god picked him up from the plane

1:00.0

and took him down the Nakatomi Tower at the Christmas party.

1:05.5

And the terrorists were overzealous, but it was sweet when they killed Ellis.

2:03.5

And with a little help from Allen, John McClain, King dies. Welcome back to chat, the movies, the podcast where we answer the question, where the movies we love and we were growing up really that good. You've ever caught yourself thinking, why don't they make movies like they used to? Can you still remember spending your Friday night searching for the perfect movie rental blockbuster video? Do you know what Blockbuster video is? If you answered yes, then this is the podcast for you. I am one of your hosts, Gene Lyons, and alongside me as my co-host, Big D. Dick Ebert. Good evening. And each week, we take a look back in time, decided if our favorite films still hold up. The movies we cover are chosen by you, the listeners who generously commissioned the films you love. If you like to tell the movies we have covered, we'll cover, want to choose one for yourself. Please visit chatpod.com and have a look. At the end of each podcast, we'll provide you the audience with the number of wipes each movie take to get off your respective butts. So thank you so much for listening. If you have not already, hit that subscribe button and share with a friend. It's how we help the podcast grow. Additionally, subscribe to our sister podcast, chat on TV, review TV series such as Westworld, Taboo, American Gods, Game of Throath, True Detective, Lovecraft, Country, and Watchman, find all information in past episodes at chatpod.com.com slash TV. And finally, if you'd like to hang up with this live, follow and subscribe to our Twitch channel, chatpod.com slash Twitch and our YouTube channel where we play

2:21.4

video games, host watch parties, and edit this podcast live. All that being said, Big D, what movie

2:27.8

are reviewing tonight? Gene, it is that special time of the year. Both you and I live in the furnace,

2:36.7

the hottest place in the United States. Today was the first day I woke up. There was a little chill in the air. I could feel

2:41.3

it was a little cooler. And then I realized what was happening. We're getting to that time of the year,

2:46.0

Gene. We're getting to like the spooktacular. We're getting into scary October. Baseball playoffs in full swing. No pun intended. Arizona, you can walk your dog outside after

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