Trivia / Idle Hands

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $15 million. Box office, $4,152,230. Promotional posters were changed and the ad campaign was scaled back thanks to the Columbine shooting and backlash against violent content, causing it to sink at the box office.
• Completely Different Title:
  • Brazil: The Killing Hand
  • Bulgaria: Naughty Hands
  • Canada: The Murderous Hand
  • Czech Republic: Hand Killer
  • Finland: Restless Hands
  • France: The Hand That Kills
  • Germany: The Killer Hand
  • Hungary: Hand Madness
  • Italy: Young Devils
  • Portugal: The Devil's Hands
• Creator Killer: Has been Rodman Flender's last directorial credit on a theatrical film to date. Vivica A Fox's career as a leading actress hindered a bit after this, though fortunately she rebounded the following decade.
• Critical Dissonance: Critics hated this supernatural stoner comedy but it became a Cult Classic once it hit video.
• Direct to Video: In the UK (and other countries).
• DVD Commentary: Seth Green provided a commentary.
• What Could Have Been: In a deleted scene on the DVD, it's revealed they originally planned to make the climax of the film much more dramatic and intense. However, they changed it due to it feeling out of place with the film's tone as a horror comedy.

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