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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers

Genre:HorrorFantasyFamilyTV Movie

Released:1984-09-17

Runtime:52

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.


Cast:

Peter MacNicol

Character: Martin

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Christopher Lee

Character: King Vladimir V

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Dana Hill

Character: Princess Amanda

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David Warner

Character: Zandor, the Inkeeper

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Frank Zappa

Character: Attila

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Vincent Price

Character: Narrator (voice)

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Jeff Corey

Character: Father

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Jack Riley

Character: Sexton / Deacon

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Gary Springer

Character: Older Brother

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Gary Schwartz

Character: Headless Man

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David McCharen

Character: Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1

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Mitchel Evans

Character: Horrible Man #2

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Roy Johns

Character: The Mums

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Albie Selznick

Character: The Mums

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Nathan Stein

Character: The Mums

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Regis Parton

Character: Grim Reaper (uncredited)

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Shelley Duvall

Character: Self - Host (uncredited)

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