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

09/17/1984 (US) • 52m

Horror, Fantasy, Family, TV Movie

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.

Top Billed Cast

Christopher Lee

King Vladimir V

Dana Hill

Princess Amanda

David Warner

Zandor, the Inkeeper

Vincent Price

Narrator (voice)

Jack Riley

Sexton / Deacon

Gary Springer

Older Brother


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

fairy tale

fear

ghost

based on fairy tale

fearless

faerie tale theatre

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