Danish writer/director Ole Bornedal broke out in 1994 with his acclaimed thriller
Nightwatch, which he subsequently remade in the US in 1997. Now Bornedal returns
along with original cast members Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kim Bodnia and Ulf Pilgaard for a
belated sequel, Nightwatch: Demons are Forever.
The film sees medical student Emma (the director's daughter Fanny Leander Bornedal) take a job in the infamous forensic
department that terrorised her parents in the original film. Seeking
answers as to what happened to her parents, Emma unleashes a long dormant
evil.
Sonja Richter, Casper Kjær Jensen, Paprika Steen, Nina Rask, Alex Høgh
Andersen, Sonny Lindberg, Niels Anders Thorn, Tina Gylling, Casper
Phillipson, Vibeke Hastrup
and Christopher Læssø also star.
Nightwatch: Demons are Forever is on Shudder from May 17th.
The 1994 film will also make its streaming debut on the same date.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
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.
