Years after darkness first surfaced beneath Kingdom Hospital, sleepwalker Karen is drawn to the haunted Kingdom Hospital by a voice in a dream. As Christmas nears, she teams up with porter Balder and surgeon Judith to banish its evil spirits, unaware that new staff bring secrets of their own.

The Kingdom Exodus is Denmark’s answer to Twin Peaks: The Return—at once enriching and recontextualizing what came before. Wielding nostalgia like a matador, Lars von Trier lures us with its comforts before pulling them away to reveal the moral quandaries on which the iconic hospital shakily stands.