Kingdom Hospital 

Stephen King's take on the masterpiece series by Lars von Trier. A great disaster threatens a haunted hospital in Lewiston, Maine, built on the site of a Civil War-era mill fire in which many children died.

Creator:

Stephen King

Stars:

Jamie Harrold, Diane Ladd, Bruce Davison

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jamie Harrold	...	Dr. Elmer Traff 13 episodes, 2004
Diane Ladd	...	Sally Druse 13 episodes, 2004
Bruce Davison	...	Dr. Stegman 13 episodes, 2004
Jack Coleman	...	Peter Rickman 13 episodes, 2004
Julian Richings	...	Otto 13 episodes, 2004
Andrew McCarthy	...	Dr. Hook 13 episodes, 2004
Jennifer Cunningham	...	Christa 13 episodes, 2004
Jodelle Ferland	...	Mary Jensen 13 episodes, 2004
Sherry Miller	...	Dr. Lona Massingale / ... 13 episodes, 2004
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Dr. Jesse James 13 episodes, 2004
Brandon Bauer	...	Abel Lyon 13 episodes, 2004
Lena Georgas	...	Nurse Carrie Von Trier / ... 13 episodes, 2004
Allison Hossack	...	Dr. Christine Draper 13 episodes, 2004
Suki Kaiser	...	Natalie Rickman 13 episodes, 2004
Del Pentecost	...	Bobby Druse 13 episodes, 2004
Kett Turton	...	Antubis / ... 13 episodes, 2004
William Wise	...	Dr. Louis Traff 13 episodes, 2004
Beverley Elliott	...	Nurse Brick Bannerman 11 episodes, 2004
Ty Olsson	...	Danny 10 episodes, 2004
Benjamin Ratner	...	Ollie 10 episodes, 2004
Janet Wright	...	Liz Hinton 10 episodes, 2004
Zak Santiago	...	Dr. Sonny Gupta 9 episodes, 2004
Ron Selmour	...	Firecracker Man 8 episodes, 2004
Alan Scarfe	...	Henry Havens 8 episodes, 2004
Meagen Fay	...	Dr. Brenda Abelson 7 episodes, 2004
Gerard Plunkett	...	Dr. Richard Shwartzton 7 episodes, 2004
Penelope Park	...	Julie 6 episodes, 2004
Tygh Runyan	...	Idler #2 6 episodes, 2004
Emily Tennant	...	Mona Klingerman 6 episodes, 2004
Bill Meilen	...	Dr. Egas Gottreich / ... 6 episodes, 2004
Jim Shield	...	Rolf Pederson 6 episodes, 2004
Paul Perri	...	Frank Schweigen 6 episodes, 2004

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.

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Plot Keywords:

based on television series | remake | reference to stephen king | reference to the u.s. civil war | haunted hospital | 

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Taglines:

Where malevolence meets malpractice.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

ABC [United States] BBC [UK]

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital

Filming Locations:

Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$37,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Television, Mark Carliner Productions, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

40 min (per episode) 780 min (13 parts) 40 min (13 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The exteriors of Kingdom Hospital is actually the Workers Compensation Board building in Richmond, British Columbia, and isn't actually a hospital. However, just across the road from the WCB building is the Richmond Hospital, a real hospital. (The location of both buildings: intersection of Wesminster Highway & Gilbert Road.)

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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.

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Quotes

Paul: Where'd that little bitch go to now? I was right behind her... So, she took him with her, how nice. If you kill him now he'll be stuck in between just like her. Could be fun. Get busy. Rub two sticks together if you have to or just pour it down his throat.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Scariest TV Shows You Didn't Know Existed (2019)

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Soundtracks

Red Dragon Tattoo
Performed by Fountains of Wayne

User Reviews

thumbs up!!

I really looked forward to it when I heard that King was planning to do this show'(my favourite author), I watched the danish mini series when it aired in Danish television in 1994, back then I was thrilled with the show, it was simply brilliant. I wasn't disappointed with this version, it's basically the same story, but with changed characters, I don't think there's a lack of humour but it's just different. There is only one thing I can complain about and that is Bruce Davison/Dr. Stegman is doing a fine job but he gets nowhere near Ernst-Hugo Järegård/Helmer. In "Riget" the funniest thing was the Swedish Dr. Helmer, who hated danes, treating everyone like they had no brain, Dr. Stegman is quite unpleasant but not as enjoyably nasty as Helmer was. R.I.P.