Well, this is a very unexpected turn of events: according to a press release we just received here at FANGORIA Headquarters, a sequel to Ole Bornedal’s Nightwatch (originally released in 1994, remade by the same director with Ewan McGregor and Patricia Arquette in 1997) is headed to Shudder, with original cast members Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kim Bodnia and Ulf Pilgaard reprising their roles!
Nightwatch, for those who are unaware, concerns a night watchman (Coster-Waldau) at a morgue. This coincides with a series of murders in the watchman’s home city of Copenhagen, and soon enough “mysterious and unexplained things” begin happening in the Forensic Medicine Institute where he works. Are these two things related? Well, you’ll just have to watch Nightwatch to find out, but let’s all assume that this is a safe assumption.
Bornedal returns to helm the sequel. Here’s an official synopsis for Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever:
“22-year-old medical student Emma (Fanny Leander Bornedal) has just taken a job as the night watch in the same forensic department where her parents were once almost killed by the famed psychopathic police inspector Wörmer. The events led to her mother’s suicide, and her father Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) has turned to tranquilizers to suppress the memories. Determined to investigate what exactly happened to them, Emma tracks down and confronts Wörmer, only to unintentionally reawaken his bloodthirst and ignite a violent revenge on everyone who sealed his destiny years ago.”
A sequel to Nightwatch three decades beyond the release of the original is not something we expected, but it’s exciting to know that it’s on the way! Always a pleasure when that kind of things happens, and we’re delighted to learn that it’s headed to Shudder.
So, when can you watch it? That’d be next month, on May 17th. Nothing further to report on Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever at this time, but do stay tuned for further updates (including a trailer, which we expect to drop any time now) as they become available!
