New Episode-Mick Garris' Quicksilver Highway (1997)

About this episode

This episode reviews Mick Garris' 1997 anthology horror film 'Quicksilver Highway', exploring its adaptations of Stephen King's and Clive Barker's works.

In 1997, Mick Garris stepped back behind the camera to launch what he'd hoped would be an ongoing anthology horror show on FOX. Capitalizing off the success of The X-Files, Quicksilver Highway would have been an ongoing series of standalone stories tethered together by a troupe of actors and narratively framed by the enigmatic Aaron Quicksilver, played by legendary Christopher Lloyd. Though the show never took off, we were provided with a great What Could Have Been? In this episode, I review the movie, comprised of an adaptation of Stephen King's "Chattery Teeth" and Clive Barker's "The Body Politic." As always, if you have any thoughts on anything related to Stephen King, write into stephenkingcast@yahoo.com Follow on Bluesky, Facebook, Tik Tok and Instagram. Stay organized and up to date with all things Stephen King at stephenkingcast.com

People in this episode

Host: Constant Reader

Topics covered

• anthology horror
• film review
• Stephen King adaptations
• Clive Barker
• TV history

Keywords

• Mick Garris
• Quicksilver Highway
• Stephen King
• Chattery Teeth
• The Body Politic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FOX, Stephen King

Books & works: Chattery Teeth, The Body Politic

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