Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital [€19.49@Sendit.com]

Ruu_Old

Link here.

Kingdom Hospital is the first television series written and produced by Stephen King. 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. Every week, over 20 regular and recurring characters check in and out of Kingdom Hospital, playing out the eternal conflict between good and evil.

Episode titles: 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, Finale.

DVD EXTRAS

Filmmakers' commentary. Patients and Doctors - The Cast of Kingdom Hospital (14 mins). Inside The Walls - The Making of Kingdom Hospital (15 mins). Designing Kingdom Hospital - A Tour (7 mins). The Magic of Antubis (8 mins).

kc66

Has anyone seen this? What did you think of it?

blastman

It's on at the moment on BBC2, late, I think.

I watched the first few episodes and thought it wasn't bad in a Twin-Peaks-with-a-little-more-horror-thrown-in sort of way. I was relieved to find that Andrew McCarthy was still alive, too!

At that price, I'd be tempted to see how it panned out.

Blush_01

I watched that ages ago when it was on TV3, it wasn't bad. The little girl on the cover played Olive in Little Miss Sunshine!

Basq

Correction... you're thinking of Abigail Breslin from 'Little Miss Sunshine' whereas Mary Jensen in Kingdom Hospital was played by actress Jodelle Ferland.

Not a bad show... watchable but i'd never watch it more than once.

The highlight of the entire series was this really odd musical montage / scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6oAUQRSol8

Got it on dvd, it came out when tv3 were halfway through the series. Picked it up for €30. Not a bad show but its nothing special either.