The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)

17/09/1984
Horror, Fantasy, Family, TV Movie
52m

Overview

An intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of, "the shivers." A king hires him to rid his castle of ghosts and evil spirits, expecting him to die like all who have tried before him, but the boy is more fearless than he could have known.

  • Graeme CliffordDirector
  • Bruce Franklin SingerWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • fairy tale
  • fear
  • ghost
  • based on fairy tale
  • fearless
  • faerie tale theatre

Top Billed Cast

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Martin

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

King Vladimir V

Dana Hill

Dana Hill

Princess Amanda

David Warner

David Warner

Zandor, the Inkeeper

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Attila

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Narrator (voice)

Jeff Corey

Jeff Corey

Father

Jack Riley

Jack Riley

Sexton / Deacon

Gary Springer

Older Brother

Gary Schwartz

Gary Schwartz

Headless Man

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