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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-09-17
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4 Votes
Time: 0h 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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Platypus Productions
Gaylord Productions
Movie: The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Top 10 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 Schwartz
Headless Man
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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.
Release Date
1984-09-17
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