Gruesome School Trip
{{Short description|2005 Dutch film by Pieter Kuijpers}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Gruesome School Trip
| image = Film poster De Griezelbus.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Pieter Kuijpers
| producer = Burny Bos
Michiel de Rooij
Sabine Veenendaal
| screenplay = Burny Bos
Pieter Kuijpers
| story = Paul van Loon
| based_on = {{Based on|De Griezelbus|Paul van Loon}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Serge Price
- Jim van der Panne
- Lisa Smit
- Willem Nijholt
- Angela Schijf
- Romijn Conen
- Tom Jansen
- Theu Boermans
- Sylvia Poorta
}}
| music = Het Paleis van Boem
| cinematography = Bert Pot
| editing = J.P. Luijsterburg
| studio = {{plainlist|
}}
| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
| released = {{Film date|2005|11|29|Ede|ref1={{cite news|last=Berkhout|first=Karel|date=2 December 2005|title=Niet bij boeken alleen|url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2005/12/02/niet-bij-boeken-alleen-11051179-a482381|work=NRC Handelsblad|access-date=2 July 2025|language = nl|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241013125939/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2005/12/02/niet-bij-boeken-alleen-11051179-a482381|archive-date=13 October 2024|url-status=live}}|2005|12|07|df=y|Netherlands}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = Netherlands
| language = Dutch
| budget =
| gross = $1.8 million{{Cite Box Office Mojo |id=0436370|title=Gruesome School Trip (2005)|access-date=August 22, 2024}}
}}
Gruesome School Trip ({{langx|nl|De Griezelbus}}, lit. "The Horror Bus") 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.{{cite web | title = Gouden Film voor De Griezelbus | work =Netherlands Film Festival| date = 2006-01-02 | url = http://www.filmfestival.nl/publiek/over-nff/filmprijzen/gouden-films/de-griezelbus/ | accessdate = 2013-03-06 | language = nl | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130523141325/http://www.filmfestival.nl/publiek/over-nff/filmprijzen/gouden-films/de-griezelbus/ | archive-date = 2013-05-23 | url-status = dead }} The film received mixed reviews and grossed over $1 million at the box office.{{cite news |last=Stamet|first=Kenji|date= 7 December 2005 |title=De Griezelbus: Een redelijk geslaagde, fantasievolle film|url=https://www.filmtotaal.nl/recensie/11374 |work=FilmTotaal |access-date= 28 October 2024 | language = nl}}{{cite news |last=Stigter|first=Bianca|date= 7 December 2005 |title= 'Paul van Loons Griezelbus hortend op weg in filmversie' |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2005/12/07/paul-van-loons-griezelbus-hortend-op-weg-in-filmversie-11053054-a794214 |work= NRC Handelsblad |access-date= 13 October 2024 | language = nl|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241013125647/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2005/12/07/paul-van-loons-griezelbus-hortend-op-weg-in-filmversie-11053054-a794214|archive-date=13 October 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.parool.nl/film/2005/recensies/120705-griezelbus.html|last=De Jong|first=Fritz|title=Sfeervol, knap gemaakt horroravontuur|work=Het Parool|language=nl|date=7 December 2005|archive-date=29 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051229113617/http://www.parool.nl/film/2005/recensies/120705-griezelbus.html|url-status=dead}}
Plot
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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.{{cite web|url=https://allesoverfilm.nl/nieuws/warner-geplande-dvd-releases-voor-mei-2006/|title=Warner: geplande DVD releases voor mei 2006
|last=van Oostrum|first=Arnold|website=AllesOverFilm|language=nl|date=22 March 2006|access-date=4 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602065856/https://allesoverfilm.nl/nieuws/warner-geplande-dvd-releases-voor-mei-2006/|archive-date=2 June 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20060616213334/http://wwws.nl.warnerbros.com/gruesomeschooltrip/}} (Wayback Machine) (in Dutch).
- {{IMDb title|id=0436370}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|the_horror_bus}}
{{Pieter Kuijpers}}
{{Burny Bos}}
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Category:2000s Dutch-language films
Category:Films based on works by Paul van Loon
Category:Films based on children's books
Category:Films based on horror novels
Category:Films about school bullying
Category:Films set in amusement parks
Category:Films directed by Pieter Kuijpers