The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984•52m•6.2•Released
HorrorFantasyFamilyTV Movie
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
Writer
Bruce Franklin Singer
Languages
English
Studio
Platypus Productions
Cast
Peter MacNicol
Martin
Christopher Lee
King Vladimir V
Dana Hill
Princess Amanda
David Warner
Zandor, the Inkeeper
Frank Zappa
Attila
Vincent Price
Narrator (voice)
Jeff Corey
Father
Jack Riley
Sexton / Deacon
Gary Springer
Older Brother
Gary Schwartz
Headless Man
David McCharen
Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1
Mitchel Evans
Horrible Man #2
Roy Johns
The Mums
Albie Selznick
The Mums
Nathan Stein
The Mums
Production
Company
Platypus Productions
Company
Gaylord Productions
Producer
Fred Fuchs
Producer
Bridget Terry
Producer
Shelley Duvall
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