"Quicksilver Highway" is another in a series of films, typical for the eighties and nineties, in which several unrelated "horror" stories are more or less clumsily connected by the common narrator. This time we have two stories of cult authors directed by Mick Garris.
The first story is an adaptation of "Chattery Teeth" by Stephen King, about the traveling salesman who picks up a maniacal hitchhiker. Although the atmosphere is pretty good, and Silas Weir Mitchell nailed the role of the maniac, the story itself is stupid, and I could not have guessed that it was Stephen King, not in a million years. It's not a crap, but it is pretty lousy.
5/10
The second story is an adaptation of Clive Barker's "The Body Politic", about the hands that decide to become independent of their owner. The very premise is horrifying, and Matt Frewer in the leading role made it frighteningly convincing. To this story I really have no objections. Everything from the scenario, through acting, directing, sound and effects, is well executed and leaves a really strong impression. Unlike the first story, this one can rightly be called a horror.
8/10
Overall impression:
6,5/10
The first story is an adaptation of "Chattery Teeth" by Stephen King, about the traveling salesman who picks up a maniacal hitchhiker. Although the atmosphere is pretty good, and Silas Weir Mitchell nailed the role of the maniac, the story itself is stupid, and I could not have guessed that it was Stephen King, not in a million years. It's not a crap, but it is pretty lousy.
5/10
The second story is an adaptation of Clive Barker's "The Body Politic", about the hands that decide to become independent of their owner. The very premise is horrifying, and Matt Frewer in the leading role made it frighteningly convincing. To this story I really have no objections. Everything from the scenario, through acting, directing, sound and effects, is well executed and leaves a really strong impression. Unlike the first story, this one can rightly be called a horror.
8/10
Overall impression:
6,5/10