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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
6.5 / 10• 1984• 52m•NR• English
HorrorFantasyFamilyTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Peter MacNicol
Martin
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Graeme Clifford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
