I've Never Heard of This One

[AquilusDomini]

Quicksilver Highway? Never heard of it. Has anyone else? If so can ya tell me a bit about it?

[Moderator]

It's in the Library on the main portion of the site. Here's the link (http://www.stephenking.com/library/television/quicksilver_highway.html) to that page with more information.

[Mr. Palmer]

It's a decent timekiller. I'd recommend it.

[Matthew.Degnan]

I had to look this one up to see what it was, now that i have though, i can't seem to get my hands on a copy.

[sai slone]

I have been looking for this one too. My brother-in-law found it at Wal-Mart in the $5 bin of all places. I've offered him $15 for it and he says no way but I can barrow it anytime.

[randallFlaggfan1]

I've never heard of this one, either!

[Raoul Duke]

I remember watching this when it premiered on FOX in 1997.

[Dylan Roberts]

I saw this..Chattery Teeth was in it, and it was done quite well..It was pretty humourous, actually. In a way, the movie reminded me of an extended twilight zone, except that it was in colour.

[bryantburnette]

It's quite bad ... like all Mick Garris films. (Apologies to anyone who needs one for that opinion, but I'm standin' by it all the way!)

[ashiepoo84]

hmmm, i've never heard of it either. I checked with my library and they dont have it, so now i'll head to Half Priced Books and see if they have a copy.

[KyleKarabekian]

I had to google this to find out what it was!

[Moderator]

It's listed here (http://www.stephenking.com/library/television/quicksilver_highway.html).

[MakaBozey]

I was pleasantly surprised that they could make a decent adaption of chattery teeth AT ALL.

[GNTLGNT]

Anything that stars Christopher Lloyd is cool in my book...Hell, it could be an infomercial and I'd watch it(Okey-Dokey Alex!)

[no bounce no play]

Revolution is at hand!!!

lol... that's a quote from the Clive Barker half of the movie. I loved both stories... I like a little comedy mixed with my horror :smile2:

[lovely1]

Never heard of it.

[allisonbergeron]

hmmmmm.....now I need to track this one down.

[Seb Shaw]

good story, Christopher Lloyd was ace!!!

Worth a watch :D It is now in my collection :P

just need to read chattery teeth now.... :P

[chris2-4]

Whoa, I can't believe I missed that one, sounds pretty cool, need to check it out.

[CCAL]

I understand this is a movie, but was it made for movie or originally a book? Now I read a book collection which included Chattery Teeth and another story (cant recall name) a couple arrive a little town to visit a relative and are killed by disgusting frogs....good stuff!ha but dont remember this quicksilver highway...

[king family fan]

Its pretty good.I have had it for sometime. Can't believe ya all are just hearing about it.

[DanishReader]

It's a TV movie that was meant to be the pilot for a possible series that never happened. I liked it too but is not something I re-watch.

[Chris Jones]

Quicksilver Highway is just a title not based on any book. The actual film is about a Vagrant (by the name of Quicksilver) who tells dark tales to people on his travels. The film features two stories, 'Body Politic' based on the short story by Clive Barker from Book of Blood volume four (or the first story from the second book of blood collection) and 'Chattery Teeth' based on the short story by Stephen King from Nightmares and dreamscapes. Christopher Lloyd plays Quicksilver. The film is a little cheesy but still a really enjoyable watch and a must for Stephen King and/or Clive Barker fans. Body Poltic skips a few parts but chattery teeth is a pretty faithful adaptation. I'm surprised so few have heard of this, its been in my collection for quite some time.
Check it out.

[Jax]

Just added this to my collection late last week. I had never read Body Politic, but I really enjoyed it. I got a kick outta it. :laugh:

[bryantburnette]

I think the movie is decent, but it's too cheesy for its own good. "Chattery Teeth" is a faithful adaptation, but I never liked the story all that much; "Body Politic" is well-made, with a good performance from Matt Frewer, but the voiceovers given to the hands are pretty lame.

The best parts are the scenes with Christopher Lloyd, who is pretty good. It could have made for a decent anthology series, but I can see why Fox skipped on taking it past the pilot stage.

[Chris Jones]

Clive Barkers Body Politic is a brilliant short story and I highly recommend everyone to read it especially after watching Quicksilver Highway. In fact go and buy Clive Barkers Book of Blood Ominbus 1 and 2 you will not be dissapointed.

[losthighway]

I had to look this one up to see what it was, now that i have though, i can't seem to get my hands on a copy.

Amazon.com has many copies, it appears. I just looked, because I had never heard of it either. Just when I think I have at least heard of most of what The Master has worked on, he ups and surprises me with this. Though I have read "Chattery Teeth," which is not a master peice but is a fun little story that would make a good show.