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

Faerie Tale Theatre - The Boy Who Left Home To Find Out About The Shivers
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A cowardly king offers a young man who isn't afraid of anything all the riches in the land if he rid the castle of a ghost.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #76856 in DVD
  • Released on: 2004-11-16
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
  • Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
  • Original language: English
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Running time: 53 minutes

Customer Reviews

Peter MacNicol and Dana Hill are superb3
THE BOY WHO LEFT HOME TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE SHIVERS is one of the scarier entries in the FAERIE TALE THEATRE series and thus may not be suitable for younger children, though older viewers will be captivated.

Martin (Peter MacNicol) sets out on a journey to discover the feeling of being scared. He meets an old King (Christopher Lee) who lets Martin stay in his haunted castle for 3 nights. If he makes it through the 3 nights without being scared away, he'll be rewarded with his own kingdom and a beautiful princess.

Dana Hill, David Warner and Frank Zappa co-star in this fabulous TALE. Highly-recommended.

A Graveyard Smash!!!5
Arguably the best of Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre series, "The Boy Who Left Home..." is a macabre delight. Dragonslayer's Peter Macnicol is smart as the fearless boy and Christopher Lee is perfect as the son of Vlad the Impaler. An obvious homage to Lee's own British Hammer Horror films of the 50's with the narration of another genre favorite Vincent Price adding to the fun. Growing up in the 80's, I was entralled with the set design, actors and dry humor of this sensational series. Two or three aren't enough; buy all 26 of these priceless gems or buy the 4 disk set coming in January of 2005.

Hillarious, will be your favorite5
From the antics his family goes through to try to scare him, to the real ghosts of a haunted castle, "the boy who left home to find out about the shivers" is not phased. Granted, this is one of the scarrier faerie tale theatres, so maybe not good for children under 5 or 6, but will quickly become everyone's favorite episode.