trashgang Finally I found this OOP over here on flea market for a few cent. My expectations were very high because one of my favorites was involved, Clive Barker. Mick Garris directed the flick, also a well known name in the genre. The only let down for me was Stephen King. Flicks based on his books mostly fails towards the end. While watching it it became clear that we had two episodes being told by Aaron Quicksilver (Christopher Lloyd). sadly the two episodes didn't contain any gore or even some kind of red stuff, in fact the two stories are just one big joke. I won't spoil it but you can easily watch it with your youngsters.The acting is superb and all believable, the fighting with the CGI hands did remind me a bit of Evil Dead. I guess they had a lot of fun while shooting it, look out for cameos from Clive Barker and John Landis. Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Robert W. I didn't realize when I started watching Quicksilver Highway that it was a made for TV movie and as I was watching I just kept thinking...this feels more like two Television episodes than a feature film. The movie is in the same vein as The Hitchhiker, or The Twilight Zone, or Creepshow...two stories interwoven with a narrator in this case Aaron Quicksilver, a slightly creepy carnival showman who seems to have obscure stories to tell. The two stories which apparently are in various orders depending on where you see them are definitely obscure, outrageous and absolutely out there. The great thing about the two stories is they treat them so seriously, the actors, the film maker, everyone does not treat them like B-Movie fodder but serious film which is funny in itself given how outrageous both stories are. Gore is in decent amounts given that it is a TV movie and there is some strong performances but the disappointing part is I think that you expect a lot more given two powerhouse writers behind the helm like Stephen King and Clive Barker. I don't feel like they really gave this script their all.Christopher Lloyd brings his eccentric quirky style to the narrator of the story. Some reviewers have said Lloyd isn't right for the goth like character but Lloyd does eccentric like few others and he is a legend so I enjoyed seeing him on screen. A terrific character actor Matt Frewer gives a solid performance in an incredibly strange story as a surgeon whose hands revolt against him. Ironically the thing I remember Frewer the most from is Honey I Shrunk the Kids but it should be noted he was also the man behind the 80's icon Max Headroom. Frewer is a great actor. Raphael Sbarge is another great character actor and does a great job as lonely traveller Bill Hogan. His story doesn't have quite the intensity as the other but he still does a solid job. Silas Weir Mitchell is terrific as the insane hitchhiker out for blood. Bill Nunn, Veronica Cartwright, and Missy Crider round out the supporting cast and are good in their respective roles although they don't get a lot of screen time.Director Mick Garris has had some real success in adapting horror stories especially King's, some of his best include The Stand and The Shining TV remake and he does well when he's given the right script. Quicksilver Highway is just a little bit silly. Its fun in a lot of ways and it made me smile in a rather twisted guilty way. Between the two stories Chattery Teeth was the better of the two but The Body Politic was really bordering on absurdity. The hands revolting with their tiny voices and silly revolution was hard to buy even in the world of movies. When all is said and done die hard fans like me might find something worthy in this double dipping of horror/sci-fi stories but it certainly won't be memorable other than for its over the top style. 6.5/10

spoken At the time of this writing I'm a bit confused because the version I saw gave the "hand" story first followed by the "teeth" story, but comments here and on Amazon say the movie presents the two stories the other way around. And it should be noted that I haven't read the original stories; I judge the movie as a stand-alone form of entertainment.So, imagine what would happen if your hands stopped responding to commands from your brain and began doing whatever *they* wanted to do. And what if your hands plotted a revolution requiring an army of hands from other people. If you happened to see the modern "Addams Family" remake then you can extrapolate: picture a bunch of "Thing" hands running around free. I thought the army, and how they got that way, were very funny. OK, there is a rather serious horror story going on in the background, and Matt Frewer does some excellent hand-acting.As for the second story, well, I can't say much without giving too much away. But I was blown away by my favorite character, the wind-up teeth. I have a small collection of similar wind-ups, similar in that they walk or play instruments, but I never saw anything like these teeth. I felt totally torn between the seriousness of a hitchhiker-horror story and the humor of a wind-up character. Enjoy, just for fun.

Coventry Christopher Lloyd's name on the cover, Clive Barker in the writing credits and a nice enough sounding titles…those indicators were enough for me to give this film a chance….A decision I already regret. Quicksilver Highway tells two lame and tedious stories, even though the respected authors Stephen King and Clive Barker wrote them. Lloyd stars as the host and he looks like some kind of goofy masochist with a fetish for the occult. The first tale (by Clive Barker) is laughable effort in which a salesman is saved from a criminal hitchhiker by a set of chattering teeth-toy. I kid you not… My little niece has a toy like that and I must say it really looks scary indeed. I didn't think it would be possible but King's story is even lousier. The hands of a surgeon all of a sudden decide to organize a revolution and they want to be separated from the body! Talking hands, people…give me a break! Both stories run low on creativity and they're extremely repetitive…You'd be better of watching `The Hitcher' instead of the first story and `The Beast With 5 Fingers' instead of the second one. In the film, Christopher Lloyd keeps on stressing that his tales contain no moral at all…Well, it would have been better if he also mentioned they were pointless and a complete waste of time.