Kingdom Hospital is horror novelist Stephen Kings adaptation of Danish director Lars Von Triers cult mini-series The Kingdom, geared very much for an American audience. The story unfolds across 15 hours, telling the story of a hospital in Maine thats been built on the site of a 19th Century mill fire that killed most of its young occupants--themes that King fans will be familiar with. In the present day, Kingdom Hospital is haunted by the ghost of ten-year-old child labourer Mary and, even more bizarrely, a fearsome giant anteater-like creature called Antubis. It... falls to the ace doctor Hook (Andrew McCarthy), the paraplegic artist Jack Coleman (Peter Rickman) and the hypochondriac psychic Sally Druse (Diane Ladd) to enlist the help of a surreal assortment of hospital staff and patients to help Mary and save Kingdom Hospital itself from certain doom. Fans of Stephen King will probably enjoy the blend of black comedy, spectral horror and general weirdness, which owes a big debt to previous television series like Twin Peaks and even ER. But too often, Kingdom Hospital seems to be trying too hard to make itself into a cult series, something which King is just not a subtle enough writer to carry off. But Kingdom Hospital looks good, especially the CGI Antubis, who steals every scene in which he appears. Generally, though, the series is more of an entertaining experiment than a cult-in-the-making. --Ted Kord [show more]
this is seriusly weird, if you can understand why there is an aarvark in it then good luck. it is one of steven kings worst films and i am a big fan i own all the books and films but this is bad
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Kingdom Hospital is the first television series written and produced by Stephen King, the legendary master of horror. Kingdom Hospital is not like other hospitals--it is built on the wreckage of two horrific fires. The first fire, during the civil war, burned down the Gates Falls Mill, where small children toiled away under nightmarish conditions--nearly all of the long-suffering children were trapped and died in the fire. The second fire destroyed the "old Kingdom," a creepy hospital where an evil doctor performed hideous experiments on patients. The "new Kingdom" is the site of strange, paranormal phenomena, where the unquiet dead still roam. In every episode, over 20 regular and recurring characters check in and out of Kingdom Hospital, playing out the eternal conflict between good and evil.
Written and produced by horrormeister Stephen King teamed with experimental filmmaker Lars von Trier, this 13-part TV mini-series is set in the haunted Kingdom Hospital, built on the wreckage of two horrific fires. The first fire occurred in the civil war, burning down a mill where small children, nearly all of whom were trapped and died in the fire, were forced to work under nightmarish conditions. The second fire destroyed a creepy old hospital where an evil doctor performed hideous experiments on patients. The current hospital is the site of strange, paranormal phenomena, where the unquiet dead from these previous incidents still roam the wards. Andrew McCarthy stars as brilliant, eccentric surgeon Dr Hook. Episodes are: 'Thy Kingdom Come', 'Death's Kingdom', 'Goodbye Kiss', 'The West Side of Midnight', 'Hook's Kingdom', 'The Young and the Headless', 'Black Noise', 'Heartless', 'Butterfingers', 'The Passion of Reverend Jimmy', 'Seizure Day', 'Shoulda Stood In Bed' and 'Finale'.
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