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Storyline
A haunted hospital in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a Civil War-era mill that burned down in the fire which killed many children who worked there is hit by a series of increasingly devastating mysterious earthquakes. The jaded staff pays no attention to it, since everyone there has experienced much stranger and harder to explain things many times throughout the years. The arrival of two new patients, a comatose artist left paralyzed in a hit and run incident only to end up being saved from the brink of death by a mysterious divine force in the form of a giant telepathic anteater called Antubis and a female psychic whose son works at the hospital, stirs everything up. A strange ghost girl contacts both of them in an attempt to get them to warn the staff and prevent the upcoming great supernatural disaster. However, secretive malevolent forces are also there and they have no intention of letting anyone interfere with their infernal plans.
Written by
Cappella -NL-
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Plot Synopsis
Taglines:
Check your pulse at the door.
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Details
Release Date:
3 March 2004 (USA)
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Also Known As:
Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital
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Box Office
Budget:
$37,500,000
(estimated)
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
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(13 parts)
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(13 episodes)
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1
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Trivia
A third series was planned for the original series, Riget (1994), but due to the death in 1998 of Ernst-Hugo Järegård (Stig Helmer) and the subsequent death of Kirsten Rolffes (Mrs Drusse) in 2000, the likelihood of a third series was very remote. Lars von Trier actually wrote the third and final season, but the production was not picked up by DR. At that point, five regular cast members had died and it seemed impossible to continue the series. The abandoned scripts were sent to the producers of Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital (2004), but it is unclear whether they used the scripts or not. See more »
Goofs
When Peter finds the old newspaper clippings in the back of Mary’s doll, the headlines say “Hundreds Missing and Dead in Gates Falls Mill fire”, and under it is the information on the fire. When Sally and Hook save Mary and the headlines change to “Mill Owner, Foreman Arrested in Arson Plot”, underneath is the very same information that was on the last newspaper, which was supposed to no longer exist. See more »
Quotes
Dr. Lona Massingale:
[to Elmer, horrified]
If you can have sex with your brain, why does it have to be in a morgue?
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Connections
Remake of Riget (1994)
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Soundtracks
Where’s Your Head At
Performed by Basement Jaxx
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