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.

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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)

Family/Horror/Television/Fantasy · 0h 52m · 9/17/1984

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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.

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United States

Production Companies

Platypus Productions, Gaylord Productions
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Cast
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Peter MacNicol

Martin
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Christopher Lee

King Vladimir V
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Dana Hill

Princess Amanda
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David Warner

Zandor, the Inkeeper
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Frank Zappa

Attila
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Vincent Price

Narrator (voice)
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Jeff Corey

Father
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Jack Riley

Sexton / Deacon
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Gary Springer

Older Brother
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Gary Schwartz

Headless Man
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David McCharen

Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1
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Mitchel Evans

Horrible Man #2
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Roy Johns

The Mums
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Albie Selznick

The Mums
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Nathan Stein

The Mums
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Regis Parton

Grim Reaper (uncredited)
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Shelley Duvall

Self - Host (uncredited)
Crew
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Jacob Grimm

Director
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Wilhelm Grimm

Director
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Andi Copley

Director
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Fred Fuchs

Director
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Bridget Terry

Director
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Robert Folk

Director
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Michael Erler

Director
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Jane Osmann

Director
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J. Allen Highfill

Director
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Sheryl Ptak

Director
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Ron Wild

Director
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Richard Sabre

Director
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Claude Díaz

Director
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Claire Barrett Young

Director
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Ron Cronkhite

Director
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Bill Klages

Director
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Marco Zappia

Director
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Shelley Duvall

Director
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Graeme Clifford

Director
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Bruce Franklin Singer

Director
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Faerie Tale Theatre - The Boy Who Left Home To Find Out About The Shivers

(DVD)

11/16/2004

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