7. The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984)
Overcoming fear is a problem for most people, but there once was a boy whose problem was his complete lack of fear! Peter MacNicol stars as that boy in this amusing production narrated by Vincent Price. The king played by Christopher Lee promises the boy treasure and a beautiful princess if he can defeat an evil sorcerer who has haunted the kings castle. The boy meets an ominous mute hunchback, a headless man and ghosts galore and finally the sorcerer himself (in a duel to the death fight). Yet, he still has no fear, until the surprise conclusion.
Release date: 1984-09-17
Season number: 3
Episode number: 7
Runtime: 51 minutes
Director: Graeme Clifford
Guest stars
Peter MacNicol
as Martin
Jack Riley
as Sexton / Deacon
Christopher Lee
as King Vladimir V
David Warner
as Zandor, The Innkeeper
Frank Zappa
as Attilla
Dana Hill
as Princess Amanda
Jeff Corey
as Father
Vincent Price
as Narrator (voice)
Gary Schwartz
as Headless Man
David McCharen
as Gargoyle / Horrible Man #1
Albie Selznick
as The Mums
Regis Parton
as Grim Reaper (uncredited)
Rest of guest stars - click here to expand
Gary Springer - Older Brother, Mitchel Evans - Horrible Man #2, Roy Johns - The Mums, Nathan Stein - The Mums