Gruesome School Trip

Gruesome School Trip
Gruesome School Trip
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pieter Kuijpers
Screenplay by	Burny Bos; Pieter Kuijpers;
Story by	Paul van Loon
Based on	De Griezelbus; by Paul van Loon
Produced by	Burny Bos; Michiel de Rooij; Sabine Veenendaal
Starring	Serge Price; Lisa Smit; Jim van der Panne; Willem Nijholt; Angela Schijf;
Cinematography	Bert Pot
Edited by	J.P. Luijsterburg
Music by	Het Paleis van Boem
Production; companies	Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions; AVRO;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	7 December 2005;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Language	Dutch
Box office	$1,780,020

Gruesome School Trip (Dutch: De Griezelbus) is a 2005 Dutch horror family film written and directed by Pieter Kuijpers and co-written and produced by Burny Bos, based on the Dutch novel series De Griezelbus by Paul van Loon.

The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on 7 December 2005 in the Netherlands and it received a Golden Film award for having been viewed by over 100,000 people.^[2] The film received mixed reviews and grossed over $1 million at the box office.^[3]^[4]^[1]

Plot

Onnoval is an awkward 11-year-old who feels uncomfortable around his classmates. He believes that if he loses self-control by becoming too excited or getting into a fight, he will turn into a werewolf. Onnoval keeps his worry a secret, even from his school sweetheart, Liselore.

After a particularly humiliating incident at school where the bully Gino grabs his love poem to Lislore and tears it to pieces, Onnoval writes a horror story where he takes revenge on his classmates.

The story is a way for Onnoval to cope with his humiliation at school. However, fantasy soon turns to frightening reality when Ferluci takes possession of Onnoval's story and makes a deal with the devil to make it come true.

If Onnoval does not rewrite the story immediately, the planned school trip to the Horror Park will end in disaster. But in order to rewrite it, he must first get his story back from Ferluci.

Cast

Serge Price as Onnoval
Lisa Smit as Liselore
Jim van der Panne as Gino
Tom Jansen as Nol van Paulo
Romijn Conen as Meester de Vriend
Fred Goessens as Ferluci
Edo Brunner as Chauffeur Beentjes
Willem Nijholt as The Tour Leader/Count Vlapano
Angela Schijf as Sister Ursala
Theu Boermans as Sok
Sylvia Poorta as Gerda
Paul van Loon as himself

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on 17 May 2006.

References

^ ^a ^b "Gruesome School Trip (2005)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ "Gouden Film voor De Griezelbus". Film (in Dutch). 2006-01-02. Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
^ Stamet, Kenji (7 December 2005). "De Griezelbus: Een redelijk geslaagde, fantasievolle film". FilmTotaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.
^ Stigter, Bianca (7 December 2005). "'Paul van Loons Griezelbus hortend op weg in filmversie'". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 October 2024.

External links

Official website (Wayback Machine) (in Dutch).
Gruesome School Trip at IMDb
Gruesome School Trip at Allmovie
Gruesome School Trip at Rotten Tomatoes

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[BOM-1] "Gruesome School Trip (2005)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[2] "Gouden Film voor De Griezelbus". Film (in Dutch). 2006-01-02. Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-03-06.

[FilmTotaal-3] Stamet, Kenji (7 December 2005). "De Griezelbus: Een redelijk geslaagde, fantasievolle film". FilmTotaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 October 2024.

[NRC-4] Stigter, Bianca (7 December 2005). "'Paul van Loons Griezelbus hortend op weg in filmversie'". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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