Quicksilver Highway is a 1997 horror film directed by Mick Garris. It is based on Clive Barker's short story The Body Politic and Stephen King's short story Chattery Teeth. The film was originally shown on television before being released on video. The main story is centered on Aaron Quicksilver , a travelling showman who tells horror stories to the people he meets. He first runs into a newly married couple who are hitchhiking, to whom he tells the story Chattery Teeth, about a man who is saved from a dangerous hitchhiker by a set of wind-up toy teeth. He later runs into a pickpocket to whom... he tells the story The Body Politic, a story about a man whose hands rebel against him.
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| Release date: | May 13, 1997 |
| Directed by: | Mick Garris |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mick Garris, Ron Mitchell |
| Music by: | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography: | Shelly Johnson |
| Screenplay by: | Mick Garris |
| Estimated budget: | $4,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Body Politic |