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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

19846.50h 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.

Directed by Graeme Clifford
Written by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Bruce Franklin Singer
Produced by Fred Fuchs, Bridget Terry, Shelley Duvall
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Top 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

G

Gary Springer

Older Brother

Gary Schwartz

Gary Schwartz

Headless Man

Themes & Keywords

fairy talefearghostbased on fairy talefearlessfaerie tale theatre

About The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers is a horror, fantasy, family, tv movie film released in 1984 exploring themes of fairy tale, fear, ghost, based on fairy tale, fearless, faerie tale theatre. Directed by Graeme Clifford, it stars Peter MacNicol, Christopher Lee, Dana Hill. 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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