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Idle Hands (1999) with special guest Michael Varrati

Ep. 105

On today's episode, we’re diving in and telling the age old story of a boy and his hand, while we revisit the horror comedy classic, Idle Hands (1999). This movie was directed by Rodman Flender and written by Terri Hughes and Ron Milbauer.


This movie stars Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Hensen, Jessica Alba, and Vivica A. Fox


Joining me for this episode is fellow cult movie enthusiast, Michael Varrati!!!! We chop it up about how this crazy movie came to be and just have a fun conversation about cult cinema and horror as a whole!!!


Intro/Outro Music: "Phantom Fun" by Jonathan Boyle


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