Rebecca Ferguson plays Rose The Hat, the leader of The True Knot. Stone also has “the shine” but her power, which is much stronger than Torrance’s, attracts the attention of a cult known as The True Knot who feed off people who shine.

Doctor Sleep, is set years later in 20, there’s now a kid called Abra Stone (played by Kyliegh Curran) who telepathically communicates with Dan. The hotel’s head chef Dick Hallorann, who was also a telepath, recognised Danny’s gifts and he called them “the shining”. Whilst staying at the Overlook Hotel with his parents as a child, Danny saw apparitions of the previous residents (or victims). So how does Doctor Sleep compare to his other horror offerings? I haven’t read Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep novel so I’m basing this review on how this film compares to the classic movie it follows on from.ĭoctor Sleep stars Ewan McGregor as Dan Torrance (known as “Danny” in The Shining) someone with psychic abilities who suffered the trauma of his father attempting to kill him and his mother.

Flanagan has been responsible for some decent enough horrors over the years including Ouija: Origin Of Evil, Before I Wake, and the Netflix series The Haunting Of Hill House (there have also been some below average horror movies in his filmography such as Gerald’s Game and Oculus ). The task of translating Stephen’s follow-up book (whilst simultaneously trying to satisfy fans of Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie) was accepted by Mike Flanagan who writes, directs, and edits this sequel. Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is undoubtedly a classic movie but it deviated from Stephen King’s book to the point that many critics, fans, and even King himself, hated the film when it was first released. By What Went Wrong Or Right With.? on Novemĭoctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining, has some big shoes to fill.

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