Quicksilver Highway
Quicksilver Highway is a 1997
horror film directed by Mick Garris. It is based on
Clive Barker's
short story The Body Politic and
Stephen King's short story
Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow.:
The main story centers around Aaron Quicksilver (played by Christopher Lloyd), a travelling showman who tells horror stories to the people he meets. He first runs into a pickpocket to whom he tells the story The Body Politic, a story about a man whose hands rebel against him. He later runs into a newly married couple who are hitchhiking, to whom he tells the story Chattery Teeth, about a man who is saved from a dangerous hitchhiker by a set of wind-up toy teeth.
Technical data
- music: Mark Mothersbaugh
- runtime: 90 minutes
- release date: May 13, 1997 (USA)
- budget: $4,000,000
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