SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Writer / co-producer / director Mick Garris keeps his tongue firmly in his cheek with this goofy pair of stories, which are told by kooky, mysterious character Aaron Quicksilver (Christopher Lloyd) to people he meets during his travels. Quicksilver, who's quite a sight to behold - Lloyd is decked out in red wig, dog collar, and man-in-black wardrobe - is both a collector of antiquities and tales, and is obsessed with exploring America's dark underbelly.First, he encounters new bride Olivia (Melissa Lahlitah Crider), whose husband Kerry (Raphael Sbarge) has gone off to get help after their car has broken down in the desert. To pass the time, he tells her the story of Bill Hogan (Sbarge again), who encountered a greasy psycho hitchhiker (Silas Weir Mitchell), and how Bill is saved by an extremely unlikely object, a novelty item of a set of chattery teeth. Based on Stephen King's story "Chattery Teeth", this segment features a cast also including Veronica Cartwright ("Alien") and has good desolate desert atmosphere. This is, in the end, one of those things that you can't possibly take seriously. It benefits from the sturdy acting of its cast.Then we move on to an adaptation of Clive Barker's "The Body Politic", which is definitely the more interesting of the two stories - its main conceit is a good one - but also ends up going in a blatantly comedic direction. Quicksilver regales pickpocket Charlie (Matt Frewer) with the story, about plastic surgeon Charles George (another role for Frewer) whose hands kick-start a local revolution of human hands, which want to leave the "tyranny of the body" and secure their freedom. Frewer really does a good job in this segment and helps you to buy into his characters' situation. Special effects are variable, but it's undeniably a hood to see so many severed hands in one place (Christopher Hart, who'd played Thing in the "Addams Family" feature films, performs the same sort of duties here).Garris works with a great bunch of actors here, people who are always a treat to watch, with the inimitable Lloyd having a high old time as our merry storyteller. Popping up in supporting roles and bits are Garris's lovely wife Cynthia, Bill Nunn as a psychiatrist, Bill Bolender, and sexy Amelia Heinle, with Garris and Barker themselves and John Landis doing the cameo thing. This is overall fairly lightweight stuff that's not too memorable in the end, but it *is* reasonably fun for the duration.Six out of 10.

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.

"I'm chronicling the real America, not the ideal America..the warts, the coarse black hairs, the dark underbelly of a nation trying to fool itself that it has none....There is no light without darkness, no life without death, no peace without war, no God without Satan....I'm a boatman on the River Styx in Black Asphalt..a traveler on Route 666."Introducing himself to recent, wedding-dress clad bride, Olivia(Missy Crider)is Aaron Quicksilver(Christopher Lloyd , dressed as if he walked off the set of THE ADDAMS FAMILY)a storyteller of the absurd and macabre and does he have quite the tale for her. Olivia is awaiting her husband off to find assistance due to their car having a flat tire.In the story Quicksilver tells her is Bill Hogan(Raphael Sbarge, also portraying Olivia's husband Kerry off to get some help)a bar-code label salesman who runs into a psycho hitchhiker on his way home through a bad dust storm that doesn't let up. Luckily, Bill has aide when a vehicle crash, during the hitcher's threats to kill him, causes his van to run off the road and upside down into a gully. Unable to unlock his seat, it seems as if Bill is sure bait for the killer, but is assisted by a steel toy he received by an old man running a grocery store nearby. That steel toy is chattery teeth with legs! This tale is based on a Stephen King story called "Chattery Teeth." In the wraparound, Olivia finds that this story hits closer to home than she could possibly ever realize.Matt Frewer, a Mick Garris vet, is Charlie, a pickpocket who happens across a gallery of oddities at a carnival, operated by...Aaron Quicksilver. Charlie spots a wax hand which serves as a candle for Quicksilver on display. Quicksilver has a tale for Charlie and it consists of a plastic surgeon, Dr. Charles George whose hands are rebelling against him! We see them actually talking to each other in conversation, the hands I mean(I'm not joking, we hear them speaking words as certain fingers act as lips!), planning to escape the tyranny of the body seeking freedom! Poor Charles George can not understand why his hands would wish to kill his beloved wife or sever ties with him. The rest of the tale consists of one hand, severing itself from Charles' arm, causing turmoil amongst a hospital staff telling the hands of everyone to revolt! Charles must make an ultimate decision..one remaining attached hand seems to be a "messiah" for the other hands and will have to die with his suicide the possible only viable option left to make. And, in the wraparound, pickpocket Charlie might not have the chance to use his hands for criminal activity any longer. Based on Clive Barker's story, "The Body Politic." Now, both stories are insane dealing with bizarre tales of horror. The outrageous nature of both tales might work for those willing to suspend disbelief. The beautiful, fluid camera-work, often always an asset in even director Garris' worst films, is on display here. The hands running free in a hospital causing havoc has to be seen to be believed. If one has seen the ADDAMS FAMILY feature films, they have an inclination of what I'm talking about. Seeing a toy with chattery teeth and legs leaping at the throat of an evil hitchhiker(Silas Weir Mitchell)isn't exactly something I remember seeing before so that might be novelty for those interested in the silly and weird. This anthology can be a lot of fun for undemanding viewers expecting true terror because these tales seem more geared towards chuckles than horrifying it's audience. If you enjoy Christopher Lloyd, you might enjoy his creepy storyteller, whose cracking, demented smile is memorable as those who hear his stories are effected by them.

When I say 1/10 I really mean awful in a cringing but enjoyable sort of way.This movie was shown late at night because it is supposed to be scary but I found it hilarious! Any body who tries to analyse the characters or seeks hidden meanings needs to watch more movies like "Atomic train" and "Tales from the crypt." Christopher Lloyd must have had De ja vous of "Thing" from "The Adams family" when filming this little beauty.A fun movie to watch with your mates when your all broke and drunk on cider and cheap wine! I urge you to add this to your DVD collection or a very least borrow it from someone.