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

Top 10 Billed 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

Gary Springer
Gary Springer

Older Brother

Gary Schwartz
Gary Schwartz

Headless Man

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    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

  • Average

    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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    English
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