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chrisdk
8/12/16 @ 1:59am
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Riget [Danish TV mini-series in 1994, Riget II in 1997]
"The Kingdom" has been edited together into a five-hour film for distribution in the United Kingdom and United States. The series is set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget". "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead. The show follows a number of characters, both staff and patients, as they encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural.
A third and final season was written but the production was not picked up, 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, but it is unclear whether they used the scripts or not.
Despite being a mini-series, it appears as one of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quote
"The Kingdom" has been edited together into a five-hour film for distribution in the United Kingdom and United States. The series is set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget". "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead. The show follows a number of characters, both staff and patients, as they encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural.
A third and final season was written but the production was not picked up, 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, but it is unclear whether they used the scripts or not.
Despite being a mini-series, it appears as one of the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die. Quote
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chrisdk
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Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital [American TV mini-series 2004]
American horror writer Stephen King developed a thirteen-episode mini-series based on Riget. The plot retained many of the elements of Riget, transferring the location of the hospital to Lewiston, Maine, and placing it on the site of a mill built before the Civil War. Many of the characters derived their names from the Danish original (e.g. Sigrid Drusse became Sally Druse, Stig Helmer became Dr. Stegman). A significant difference in the American series was the introduction of the character of a talking giant anteater in the role of spirit guide/death/Anubis/Antubis. Quote
American horror writer Stephen King developed a thirteen-episode mini-series based on Riget. The plot retained many of the elements of Riget, transferring the location of the hospital to Lewiston, Maine, and placing it on the site of a mill built before the Civil War. Many of the characters derived their names from the Danish original (e.g. Sigrid Drusse became Sally Druse, Stig Helmer became Dr. Stegman). A significant difference in the American series was the introduction of the character of a talking giant anteater in the role of spirit guide/death/Anubis/Antubis. Quote
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lickau
8/12/16 @ 8:46pm
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Tales from the Crypt [ 1989 - 1996 TV Horror series . Half-hour stories with many themes, including; horror, twists, black-magic, sci.-fi. .... Introduced by a puppet called "The Crypt Keeper". A cross between "The Twilight Zone" and modern horror movies ]
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