Gruesome School Trip

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Gruesome School Trip
Film poster De Griezelbus.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Pieter Kuijpers
Screenplay by Burny Bos
Pieter Kuijpers
Story by Paul van Loon
Based onDe 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
CinematographyBert Pot
Edited byJ.P. Luijsterburg
Music byHet Paleis van Boem
Production
companies
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 7 December 2005 (2005-12-07)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch
Box office$1,780,020 [1]

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.

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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, an awkward 11-year-old who feels uncomfortable around his classmates. He believes that if he loses 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

Release

Home media

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

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