This film is actually two one hour stories, the first based on a Stephen King story called the “Chattering Teeth” about a man who picks up a hitchhiker and the second is based on a Clive Barker story called “The Body Politic” about hands that rebel against the body.

Quicksilver Highway (1997)
  • Rating: (1,217 votes)
  • Runtime:90 minutes
  • Director: Mick Garris
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Aaron Quicksilver
    Christopher Lloyd
    Charlie / Dr. Charles George
    Matt Frewer
    Kerry Parker / Bill Hogan
    Raphael Sbarge
    Olivia Harmon Parker / Lita Hogan (as Missy Crider)
    Melissa Lahlitah Crider
    Bryan Adams
    Silas Weir Mitchell
    Len
    Bill Nunn
    Myra
    Veronica Cartwright
    Scooter
    Bill Bolender
    Darlene
    Amelia Heinle
    Anesthesiologist
    Clive Barker
  • Genres:Horror, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Donna Dubrow
    executive producer  
    Mick Garris
    producer  
    Tarquin Gotch
    co-executive producer  
    Bob Lemchen
    co-executive producer  
    John McTiernan
    executive producer  
    Ron Mitchell
    producer  
    Sandra Ruch
    executive producer  
  • Plot: This film is actually two one hour stories, the first based on a Stephen King story called the "Chattery Teeth" about a man who picks up a hitchhiker and the second is based on a Clive Barker story called "The Body Politic" about hands that rebel against the body. Written by Spanner <Spanner@AOL.Com>
Quicksilver Highway
  • User's comment:Fun to watch. by 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.


  • Also known as: Stephen Kings Quicksilver Highway (Germany),

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