The new adventure about the castle ghost Hui Buh is coming to the cinemas just in time for the gray autumn days. In the eponymous leading role, Michael “Bully” Herbig returns to the screen as an animated ghost. After 16 years, director Sebastian Niemann is continuing his children’s comedy “Hui Buh, das Schlossgespenst”. Also back are Christoph Maria Herbst as King Julius and Rick Kavanian as his faithful helper Charles. This time it goes into the dark world of the witch forest.
One day, at the gates of Burgeck Castle, where Hui Buh and King Julius live together, the little witch Ophelia (Nelly Hoffmann) stands and asks her uncle Hui Buh for help. The evil witch Erla has kidnapped Ophelia’s mother Maria in order to get hold of the powerful, talking magic book. But that must not happen under any circumstances.
With wit and lots of magic
Together, Hui Buh and King Julius embark on an adventure with Ophelia in the witch’s forest, in search of the good witch Diandra. Only she can defeat Erla, Ophelia explains. But Hui Buh keeps falling under the magic spell of the talking grimoire, which promises to fulfill his greatest wish: to become the “scariest horror”. Luckily, the three of them meet many new friends on their way to the witch’s castle who help them – including the crispy witch, who says she hasn’t put one in her oven for a long time.
A classic children’s film lesson is conveyed in the story with wit: that selfish action doesn’t pay off in the end and that you can achieve much more if you stick together. So even the most malicious witch has no chance in the end. The film uses motifs that are always well received by children: magic, puppies and a young girl who has the adults under control.
Although the film won’t be in cinemas until after Halloween, the mysterious world of the witch’s forest is still suitable for a grey, rainy film evening in November. It doesn’t get really scary – the funny dialogues between Hui Buh and King Julius, who is usually quite annoyed by him, make sure of that. Even if the jokes are sometimes a bit shallow and use clichés, the humor is definitely child-friendly. With the crispy witch, however, young viewers could pick up new favorite insults – they call their new friends Hui Buh and Julius “sack nose”, “poo bird” or “brain acrobat”.
Hui Buh fans from the very beginning have meanwhile outgrown the actual target group in terms of age. But even those who have never heard the well-known radio plays and have not seen the first film will quickly find their way into the world of the funny castle ghost. And it’s also worth staying in the cinema for the credits – the young viewers can see in the film outtakes how difficult it is to make a film with a genuine castle ghost.
