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

6.5/10 52 min Horror Fantasy Family TV Movie

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.

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 Schwartz

Headless Man

David McCharen

Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1

Albie Selznick

The Mums

Regis Parton

Grim Reaper (uncredited)

Shelley Duvall

Self - Host (uncredited)

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