The two horror greats combine with Quicksilver Highway... Stephen King and Clive Barker side by side make the... unscariest horror movie ever. But one has to admit it is an amusing watch. The attack of the killer teeth (based on King's short story "Chattery Teeth") and the bloody revolution of hands (based on Barker's short story "The Body Politic") just doesn't scream 'HORROR'...
The narrator and part hero of the story is Aaron Quicksilver (played skillfully, if unremarkably by Christopher Lloyd), a quirky collector of the weird side of evil. He presents two tales to two people... with the moral of the story... Quicksilver is no moralist. He is more than happy to leave the preaching to the preachers. But these tales intertwine with the lives of the unwillful listeners and the wacky stories come to life in the most awkward of fashions.
The King story is bland and uneventful. Naturally with a story about murderous teeth I don't expect "It" type stuff, but it never really unfolds and really makes you uninterested with watching the much better second half of the movie. And it is worth a watch. The story is undeniably superwacky and on some level just plain idiotic... Oh but it is quite brilliant. And Matt Frewer plays the lead here quite masterfully and really is the biggest highlight of this movie.
All in all a tale of two halves... one boring and just dull. The second a real nut-case extravaganza and well worth the 45 minutes.
The narrator and part hero of the story is Aaron Quicksilver (played skillfully, if unremarkably by Christopher Lloyd), a quirky collector of the weird side of evil. He presents two tales to two people... with the moral of the story... Quicksilver is no moralist. He is more than happy to leave the preaching to the preachers. But these tales intertwine with the lives of the unwillful listeners and the wacky stories come to life in the most awkward of fashions.
The King story is bland and uneventful. Naturally with a story about murderous teeth I don't expect "It" type stuff, but it never really unfolds and really makes you uninterested with watching the much better second half of the movie. And it is worth a watch. The story is undeniably superwacky and on some level just plain idiotic... Oh but it is quite brilliant. And Matt Frewer plays the lead here quite masterfully and really is the biggest highlight of this movie.
All in all a tale of two halves... one boring and just dull. The second a real nut-case extravaganza and well worth the 45 minutes.