Gruesome School Trip (2005): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2005, Gruesome School Trip is a fantasy, adventure and family film directed by Pieter Kuijpers, running about 96 minutes.

What it’s about. The sensitive Onnoval is the best student in his class and he loves Liselore, who was the girlfriend of the bully Gino. His teacher Meester de Vriend believes he is a promising writer and poet. Gino picks on Onnoval all the time, but Onnoval does not fight against Gino because he believes he is a werewolf. When the successful writer of horror tales Nol van Paulo comes for a lecture in his class, he advises Onnonval to never write a story for the evil Ferluci. However, Onnoval is humiliated by Gino and very upset and jealous he writes a story about a class excursion in a horror bus to a horror park, where Gino is killed by a vampire, and gives his story to Ferluci. Later he regrets, but Nol van Paulo tells him that the only way to fix the situation would be stealing his note book and rewriting the conclusion.

Who’s in it. Gruesome School Trip stars Serge Price as Onnoval, Jim van der Panne as Gino, Lisa Smit as Liselore and Willem Nijholt as Tour guide / Count Vlapono, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.2/10, Gruesome School Trip has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Gruesome School Trip page.

If you liked it. Fans of Gruesome School Trip tend to enjoy The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Green Mile, Spirited Away and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.