Shiverstone Castle

Shiverstone Castle (German: Burg Schreckenstein) is a 2016 German family film directed by Ralf Huettner. It is loosely based on the 1959-1988 children's book series Burg Schreckenstein by Oliver Hassencamp, updating the setting to modern times. The film was shot in 2015 in locations such as Taufers Castle, Kraiburg and Tüßling. It was positively received, being granted a "worthwhile" mention by the Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung (FBW). It was followed in 2017 by a sequel, Burg Schreckenstein 2 – Küssen (nicht) verboten. Plot After his last misdeed, rebellious 11 years old Stephan is sent by his busy flight attendant mother to a boarding school, Schreckenstein Castle, directed by her friend Gerhard "Rex" Maier. The castle is no ordinary school, as it is owned by an eccentric aristocrat who descends from a legendary 1780s inventor, count Eduard Alfons von Schreckenstein, who committed suicide after the Montgolfier brothers unveiled their hot air balloon before he could show his own flying machines. The aloof Stephan struggles to fit in with the rowdy local boys, especially his roommates, a gang known as the Knights, formed by Ottokar, Dampfwalze, Mücke and Strehlau. However, he gets eventually accepted into their group, which gathers in the castle's secret torture chamber, and is subjected to a test in order to prove he is worthy, namely aiding them to pull a practical joke on a rival board school, Rosenfels. The latter, located at the other side of the castle's lake, is a prim and proper female-exclusive school, just as Schreckenstein is a male-exclusive school that favors creativity. The prank is successful, with the boys thrashing Rosenfels' computer room by releasing hens inside, but when Rosenfels's strict headmaster Mrs. Horn comes to complain, Stephan cannot help but confess, which drags the entire gang into punishment.