Parents' Guide to Idle hands

Parents need to know that Idle Hands is a horror comedy about a teen boy (Devon Sawa) whose hand is possessed and starts to commit evil acts that are out of his control. People are killed in various ways, including being decapitated, shot, having a broken beer bottle rammed into their head, being stabbed through the ear with a knitting needle, and crushed by a car. Body parts are cut off. There's blood spatter and pooling, and injury detail is shown—such as a corpse that's missing an eye and the eye seen rolling across the floor. There are references to the occult and the undead. A person vomits in a bush. Central characters frequently smoke pot and are seen high, there's reference to shrooms, and teens drink beer. There's kissing and touching over clothes, sex is briefly portrayed, and bare breasts shown. Characters mention masturbation and oral sex, among other sexual references. Frequent strong language includes "f--king," "s--t," "d--k," "bitch," and more. Characters say "'tards" in place of "retards" and "queer" and "f-g" are used as slurs. Much of the violence is funny rather than scary, but it also leans into stereotypes, such as sexualizing a teen girl (Jessica Alba) by constantly showing her in small outfits or underwear and making her role solely the love interest of the central character.

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