The Kingdom1994
“A baptism of fear awaits you.”
Directed by Lars von Trier
The premise
At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin occurring, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients. A ghostly ambulance appears and disappears, the voice of a little girl calls to a patient in an elevator shaft, and a doctor's fetus begins growing at an alarming rate.
Horror Vault's take
Beneath the gleaming, state-of-the-art corridors of Denmark's most prestigious hospital, something ancient and wrong is stirring. Patients sense presences that staff refuse to acknowledge, and the boundary between clinical reality and the inexplicable grows thinner with every shift. Lars von Trier's sprawling miniseries-turned-film blends deadpan Scandinavian wit with genuine supernatural dread to create something wholly unlike conventional horror. The Kingdom is a place where modern medicine's certainty is quietly, horrifyingly undone.
Content: Supernatural Horror Imagery, Medical Horror Themes, Dark Comedy Involving Death, Disturbing Depictions Of Illness
Cast
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Stig Helmer
Kirsten Rolffes
Sigrid Drusse
Holger Juul Hansen
Einar Moesgaard
Søren Pilmark
Jørgen Krogshøj
Ghita Nørby
Rigmor Mortensen
Jens Okking
Bulder Harly Drusse
Otto Brandenburg
Hansen
Annevig Schelde Ebbe
Mary Krüger
Baard Owe
Palle Bondo
Birgitte Raaberg
Judith Petersen
Peter Mygind
Morten 'Mogge' Moesgaard
Vita Jensen
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