Kingdom Hospital
“Stephen King Presents: Kingdom Hospital” is the chilling tale of a hospital built over an old graveyard. A site of a once horrible incident long ago that resulted in the deaths of many mill workers, Kingdom Hospital is a haunted place where the staff has put all their faith in their physical sciences and refuses to see anything supernatural at their own costs. Beginning with psychic Sally Druse (Diane Ladd) who fakes an illness to be admitted to the hospital and learns the ghost of a little girl haunts the halls. Now Sally has to gain the aid of Dr. Hook (Andrew McCarthy) and Otto (Julian Richings) among others to help stop the devastating earthquake that is fast approaching as the evil spirits of the hospital use Dr. Stegman (Bruce Davison) and a host of others to stop them.
Talented artist Peter Rickman is run over by a junkie and taken to a mysterious Maine hospital with quirky staff and a lot of supernatural phenomena.
Eccentric elderly psychic Sally Druse becomes convinced that Kingdom Hospital is haunted; meanwhile Peter gets a new roommate - the very same junkie who ran him over with his van.
Dr. Hook starts to believe Sally. A vicious killer is brought in for treatment and music arrives with him. The Pompous Dr. Stegman faces the angry mother of his former patient, Mona, a little girl severely impaired by a botched surgery.
A malevolent ghost resembling a hideous teenage boy begins to plot Peter's death using the killer. Sally comforts her dying friend and tries to learn the little ghost girl's name. Dr. Elmer loses his mother.
Stegman attempts dangerous brain surgery on a street bum with a brain tumor. Meanwhile Dr. Hook shows Dr. Christine Draper a dark hobby of his which he keeps in the basement.
Dr. Stegman is hurt during his initiation into the Keepers of the Kingdom. Mary takes Peter into the netherworld of Swedenborgian Space to save the life of the giant anteater, Anubis, who originally saved him. The killer makes his move.
A sleazy lawyer, who is being accused of statutory rape, suffers a heart attack and arrives in Kingdom Hospital. Sally contacts Peter and his wife. Dr. Elmer gets reprimanded for his severed head prank gone wrong.
Antubis decides to help the lawyer get a new donor heart with a little help from Otto's seeing eye dog, Blondi. Hook learns about the 1869 and the 1939 fires. Dr. Elmer and his crush Dr. Lona have an out of body experience.
An ex baseball player tormented for 15 years by his angry fans for costing the New England Robins the World Series in 1987 attempts suicide and becomes trapped in his own private hell in Swedenborgian Space. Mary and Peter try to help.
After a priest crucified like Jesus by some junkies apparently starts performing miracles after death, media frenzy begins as crowds gather to await for his resurrection. An earthshake traps Otto, Lona and Dr. Havens under some rubble.
Patients at Kingdom Hospital begin having inexplicable divine seizures. Malevolent spirit of Dr. Gottreich kills the hospital librarian. Hook obtains proof of Stegman's malpractice. Dr. Shwartzton warns Hook of an upcoming earthquake.
Natalie Rickman and Mrs. Druse plan to gather their friends together to break into the spirit world. Meanwhile Stegman is humiliated when incriminating and embarrassing posters of his malpractice begin circulating.
Chief of maintenance, Johnny B. Goode, finally appears. Peter, Sally, Hook and all their friends go back in time to learn the truth behind the deadly mill fire and prevent it. Evil ghost, Paul, convinces unhinged Stegman to shoot them all.
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Benjamin Ratner | Ollie |
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Bruce Davison | Dr. Stegman |
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Julian Richings | Otto |
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Ed Begley Jr. | Dr. Jesse James |
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Diane Ladd | Sally Druse |
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Jodelle Ferland | Mary Jensen |
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Jamie Harrold | Dr. Elmer Traff |
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Jack Coleman | Peter Rickman |
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Andrew McCarthy | Dr. Hook |
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Kett Turton | Paul |
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Del Pentecost | Bobby Druse |
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Sherry Miller | Dr. Lona Massingale |
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Suki Kaiser | Natalie Rickman |
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Allison Hossack | Dr. Christine Draper |
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William Wise | Dr. Louis Traff |
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Lena Georgas | Nurse Carrie Von Trier |
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Jennifer Cunningham | Christa |
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Brandon Bauer | Abel Lyon |
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Beverley Elliott | Nurse Brick Bannerman |
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Ty Olsson | Danny |
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Janet Wright | Liz Hinton |
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Zak Santiago | Dr. Sonny Gupta |
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Ron Selmour | Firecracker Man |
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Alan Scarfe | Henry Havens |
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Gerard Plunkett | Dr. Richard Shwartzton |
| Director | Craig R. Baxley |
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| Writer | Stephen King, Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier, Richard Dooling, Tabitha King | |
| Producer | Bruce Dunn, Stephen King, Robert F. Phillips, Mary Anne Waterhouse, Lisa Henson, Janet Yang, Thomas H. Brodek, Richard Dooling, Mark Carliner, Lars von Trier, Karen Anne Smith | |
| Musician | Gary Chang | |
| Photography | David Connell | |
| Packaging | DVDigiPak in Sleeve |
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| Nr Discs | 4 |
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Subtitles | English | English for the Hard of Hearing | Hindi |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Aug 09, 2004 |
| Regions | Region 2 |