
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984·52m·en
6.5
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.
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Details
- Director
- Graeme Clifford
- Written by
- Bruce Franklin Singer
- Produced by
- Fred Fuchs, Shelley Duvall, Bridget Terry
- Composer
- Robert Folk
Released September 17, 1984·United States
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
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Gary Springer
Older Brother

Gary Schwartz
Headless Man

David McCharen
Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1
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Mitchel Evans
Horrible Man #2
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Roy Johns
The Mums

Albie Selznick
The Mums
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Nathan Stein
The Mums

Regis Parton
Grim Reaper (uncredited)







