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Feature film — 1984

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

6.20h 52mHorror — Fantasy — Family — TV 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.

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A high-signal pick with 5 votes.

Platypus Productions / Gaylord Productions

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Director: Graeme Clifford

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Cast & crew

Peter MacNicol as Martin

Peter MacNicol

Martin

Christopher Lee as King Vladimir V

Christopher Lee

King Vladimir V

Dana Hill as Princess Amanda

Dana Hill

Princess Amanda

David Warner as Zandor, the Inkeeper

David Warner

Zandor, the Inkeeper

Frank Zappa as Attila

Frank Zappa

Attila

Vincent Price as Narrator (voice)

Vincent Price

Narrator (voice)

Jeff Corey as Father

Jeff Corey

Father

Jack Riley as Sexton / Deacon

Jack Riley

Sexton / Deacon

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Gary Springer

Older Brother

Gary Schwartz as Headless Man

Gary Schwartz

Headless Man

David McCharen as Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1

David McCharen

Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1

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Mitchel Evans

Horrible Man #2

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