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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

6.5

0h 52m

1984

Synopsis

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.

Director

Graeme Clifford

HorrorFantasyFamilyTV Movie

fairy talefearghostbased on fairy talefearlessfaerie tale theatre

Cast & Crew

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

as Martin

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

as King Vladimir V

Dana Hill

Dana Hill

as Princess Amanda

David Warner

David Warner

as Zandor, the Inkeeper

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

as Attila

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

as Narrator (voice)

Jeff Corey

Jeff Corey

as Father

Jack Riley

Jack Riley

as Sexton / Deacon

Gary Springer

as Older Brother

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