Quicksand is loose, water-logged sand which yields easily to weight or pressure.

Quicksand or Quicksands may also refer to:

  • Dry quicksand, loose sand which yields easily to weight or pressure

Places

  • Quicksand, Kentucky, a town in the United States

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

  • Quicksands (1913 film), directed by Allan Dwan
  • The Quicksands, a 1914 film starring Lillian Gish
  • Quicksand (1918 film), starring Henry A. Barrows
  • Quicksands (1923 film)
  • Quicksand (1950 film), starring Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre
  • Quicksand (2002 film), starring Michael Dudikoff
  • Quicksand (2003 film), starring Michael Caine and Michael Keaton

Literature

  • Quicksand (Larsen novel), a 1928 novel by Nella Larsen
  • Quicksand (Tanizaki novel), a 1928 novel by Junichiro Tanizaki
  • Quicksand, a 1967 novel by John Brunner
  • Quicksand, a 2015 novel by Steve Toltz
  • Quicksand (Persson Giolito novel), a 2016 novel by Malin Persson Giolito

Music

  • Quicksand (American band), a post-hardcore band formed in 1990
  • Quicksand (Welsh band) a band that released an album on Dawn Records in 1973

Albums

  • Quicksands (album), a 1990 album by Karel Kryl
  • Quicksand (Noah23 album), a 2002 album by Noah23
  • Quicksand (Ted Curson album), a 1976 album by jazz trumpeter Ted Curson
  • Störst av allt (album), by Carola Häggkvist

Songs

  • "Quicksand" (Caro Emerald song), 2015
  • "Quicksand" (David Bowie song), 1971
  • "Quicksand" (La Roux song), 2008
  • "Quicksand" (Martha and the Vandellas song), 1963
  • "Quicksand" (Morray song), 2020
  • "Quicksand" (Tom Chaplin song), 2016
  • "Quicksand", 2015 song by Björk from Vulnicura
  • "Quicksand", 2012 song by Bridget Mendler from Hello My Name Is...
  • "Quicksand", 2008 song by Britney Spears from Circus
  • "Quicksand", 2009 song by Keri Hilson from In a Perfect World...
  • "Quicksand", 1999 song by Lit from A Place in the Sun
  • "Quicksand", 1996 song by Silkworm from Firewater
  • "Quicksand", 2011 song by The Story So Far from Under Soil and Dirt
  • "Quicksand", 2017 song by Tech N9ne from Strange Reign
  • "Quicksand", 2020 song by Theory of a Deadman from Say Nothing
  • "Quicksand", 2003 song by Travis from 12 Memories
  • "Quicksand", 2019 song by X Ambassadors from Orion

Other art, entertainment, and media

  • Quicksand (board game), a 1989 Parker Brothers board game
  • Quicksand (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain

Television

  • "Quicksand", a 1956 episode of Cheyenne
  • Quicksand (TV series), a Swedish crime drama based on the book of the same name by Malin Persson Giolito

See also

  • Quicklund