The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
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Released: Sep 17, 1984
Runtime: 0h 52m
Rating: ⭐ 6.5 / 10
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.
Top Billed 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