The acting ranges from made-for-TV standard, and slightly better all four of the leads did a good job, as far as I'm concerned: Christopher Lloyd, Matt Frewer, Raphael Sbarge and Missy Crider. The plot for both stories is good(yes, even the King story, I have to admit, though I despise his works), and it's both involving and interesting, for both segments. I will say, however, that based on my limited knowledge of King's work(and my even more limited knowledge of Barker's) that I do believe that they did a pretty good job on bringing the stories to life in this movie. I'll start this review by saying that I've read neither of the short stories that this movie is based on, neither Stephen King's Chattery Teeth, nor Cliver Barker's The Body Politic, so I can't comment on whether or not they're accurate conversions of the stories. I felt totally torn between the seriousness of a hitchhiker-horror story and the humor of a wind-up character. I have a small collection of similar wind-ups, similar in that they walk or play instruments, but I never saw anything like these teeth. But I was blown away by my favorite character, the wind-up teeth. As for the second story, well, I can't say much without giving too much away. OK, there is a rather serious horror story going on in the background, and Matt Frewer does some excellent hand-acting. I thought the army, and how they got that way, were very funny. If you happened to see the modern "Addams Family" remake then you can extrapolate: picture a bunch of "Thing" hands running around free. And what if your hands plotted a revolution requiring an army of hands from other people. So, imagine what would happen if your hands stopped responding to commands from your brain and began doing whatever *they* wanted to do. And it should be noted that I haven't read the original stories I judge the movie as a stand-alone form of entertainment. All in all, if you have nothing better to watch, this WILL keep you very entertained.a huge guilty pleasure.Īt the time of this writing I'm a bit confused because the version I saw gave the "hand" story first followed by the "teeth" story, but comments here and on Amazon say the movie presents the two stories the other way around. Author Clive Barker and director John Landis even offer their not-so-subtle cameos. Lloyd is overacting (or overREacting?) in a script full of clichés. The special effects are simply awful in the hand-attack narrative. It's a very corny, silly movie that is easy to watch. The movie is perhaps unintentionally bad, but I was entertained. Yes, it's as silly as it sounds, and hilarious to watch. The next involves a man whose hand is chopped off by his other hand (!) and all the hands in the world start a revolt. His tale involves a similar fate involving a man named Charlie (Matt Frewer) who picks up a hitchhiker and is nearly killed by him. His first he delivers to a newlywed bride whose car has broken down, and whose husband has wandered away looking for a gas station. (Wow, big difference.) Christopher Lloyd plays Quicksilver, a mysterious old man who roams the country delivering moral tales. I later found out that it was not actually a TV show, but rather a television movie. It looked pretty bad, but there was something about it that was strangely fascinating. I decided to put the TV on and one of the first channels I flipped to was a show starring Christopher Lloyd. The following adaptations of Barker's Books of Blood stories are just a handful of Barker's overall oeuvre, but they remain prime examples of his darkly imaginative mind.I was in a mediocre hotel in England, up at two in the morning and couldn't get to sleep. This impressive pedigree of work has placed Clive Barker in line with modern horror masters like Stephen King, who once called him " the future of horror." The author's unique and recognizable style, which mixes the fantastical with the terrifying, has made him a favorite of genre enthusiasts, while his prolific writing has accumulated a rich well of material for filmmakers to draw on. Related: Books of Blood: Which Clive Barker Stories The Hulu Series Adapts He's also taken up the role of director on multiple occasions, most notably for the horror classic Hellraiser, which is an adaptation of his own novella, The Hellbound Heart. Barker's prominence in the world of horror cinema also allowed him to produce the Academy Award-winning James Whale biopic, Gods and Monsters. Besides this, Barker is also an accomplished visual artist who has illustrated his own book covers and sketchbook collections and even designed his own line of Halloween costumes. Barker is horror's premiere renaissance man, having written stage plays, screenplays, and video game scripts alongside novels and short stories.
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