However, it is with his Stephen King adaptations that Garris has become most associated, he being the most prolific interpreter of King’s work to date. Garris first appeared with scripts for Batteries Not Included (1987), The Fly II (1989), Hocus Pocus (1993) and as director of Critters 2 (1988) and Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990). Mick Garris has strong potential to be in the running for worst director currently at work in Hollywood. The hand runs out into the world where it plans to start a revolution to free other hands. The hands then drag George to the kitchen where the left hand grabs a meat cleaver and liberates the right. George comes around to find the hands strangling his wife because she overheard them talking. As George sleeps, the hands start plotting together. The Body Politic:– Charles George is a successful plastic surgeon but suddenly finds that his hands are developing a will of their own. 2:– At a circus fairground, the pickpocket Charlie flees into Quicksilver’s freakshow of exhibits where Quicksilver tells him a story about the Hand of Glory he has on display. As Adams threatens him, Bill receives strange aid from the chattery teeth, which have a life of their own. They end up crashing, leaving Bill trapped belted into his seat in the overturned van. He offers a ride to hitchhiker Bryan Adams but soon after they set out Adams pulls a knife on Bill. He stops by a diner and on a whim buys a strange set of toy wind-up chattering teeth. Chattery Teeth:– While travelling the desert highway, salesman Bill Hogan is caught in a dust storm. He invites Olivia to dine with him and tells her one of the stories he collects on his journeys up and down the highway. As Kerry walks to get help, the strange Aaron Quicksilver stops by in his car and trailer. (Violence, adult situations.1:– Heading away on their honeymoon, newlyweds Olivia Harmon and Kerry Parker become stranded in the Nevada Desert when their car breaks down. in Roger Corman's 1960 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.) On the other hand, there's no such redeeming moment in the Stephen King story, "Chattering Teeth." Otherwise, these are a pair of tired fright exercises which happily abandon sense or logic any time there's a chance to score another cheap shock. (Given to exhorting "Join me and be free! Leave the tyranny of the body! The revolution is at hand!", the hands have some of the best monster dialogue since bloodthirsting plant Audrey Jr. But the climactic sight of a swarm of detached hands leaping off a rooftop, screaming "Free!" in high-pitched voices, is sublimely ridiculous. It's hard to tell if the original stories by Stephen King and Clive Barker (who appears in a cameo) were meant to be taken seriously, or if adapter Mick Garris intended to add a little humor. It's almost a shame QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY didn't get picked up as a series, if more of it would have been as silly as what's here. George is compelled to pinch a policeman. Charlie is taken to a hospital and his liberated hand follows, inciting other hands to "join the revolution." Pretending to speak for his remaining hand, Charlie leads the swarm of hands to the roof and orders them to follow him as he jumps to his death. Charlie's hands pull him to his kitchen, where one grabs a meat cleaver and severs the other. The next evening, as he sleeps, they strangle his wife before he can stop them. As he sleeps, the hands talk to each other, plotting to break free of Charlie's body. While running a sideshow in a carnival, Quicksilver meets plastic surgeon Charlie George (Matt Frewer), who is the star of the story he hears: Taking his hands for granted, Charlie notices them when they start acting oddly, trying to turn the wheel of his car into oncoming traffic. After the story, Olivia hears the returned Kerry being struck and killed by a passing motorist, and steps outside to see his body being dragged away by the teeth. Bill is saved by the teeth, which kill the hitcher and drag his body off into the desert. He also picks up a hitchhiker (Silas Weir Mitchell), who tries to rob him. At a truck stop, he picks up a birthday present for his son, an oversized pair of chattering teeth with legs. He tells her a story about a traveling salesman Bill Hogan (also played by Sbarge) who foolishly tries to drive through a desert sandstorm. She meets traveling carney Aaron Quicksilver (Christopher Lloyd). In the first segment, young bride Olivia (Missy Crider) is stranded in the desert as her husband Kerry (Raphael Sbarge) goes for help. Compiled as a feature for home video, QUICKSILVER HIGHWAY is two episodes of a failed horror anthology TV series featuring Christopher Lloyd as a spooky storyteller.
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