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Doctor Sleep

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• Horror
• Thriller

• 2019
• Mike Flanagan
• 151 mins
• 15

Summary

Decades after the horror of The Overlook Hotel, when his dad Jack tried to kill him and his mother, an adult Dan Torrance is haunted by demons from his past. He crosses paths with a cult of psychic vampires, led by Rose the Hat, who torture and kill those who have Dan's special gift of the shining. Writer/director Mike Flanagan's thriller inspired by the Stephen King novel, starring Ewan McGregor and Rebecca Ferguson

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

An unnerving shocker is culled from Stephen King's sprawling sequel to The Shining by writer/director Mike Flanagan who expertly strips the novel back to meaningful basics with precision, amplifying its finer frights with visual flair and stylish assurance. Ewan McGregor is terrific as the grown-up Danny Torrance, an alcoholic now using his powers to alleviate anguish in a New Hampshire hospice. Destiny compels him to join telepathic teenager Abra (Kyliegh Curran, a true find) in fighting the True Knot, a sect of quasi-immortals led by Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson on top whimsical psycho form), who are killing other gifted individuals for their psychic essence. It's an involving and gripping film, fraught with sophisticated tension and exhilarating threat, especially when Dan returns to the Overlook Hotel to confront past trauma in brilliant re-creations of Stanley Kubrick's classic milestone. Flanagan brings masterly touches to key moments of pure horror, like True Knot victim Bradley "Baseball Boy" Trevor's death, for a remarkably sinister and eerily on-target adaptation.

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7.3/10

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rolenameDan TorranceEwan McGregorRose the HatRebecca FergusonAbra StoneKyliegh CurranCrow DaddyZahn McClarnonBilly FreemanCliff CurtisDr JohnBruce GreenwoodBradley TrevorJacob TremblayDeenieChelsea TalmadgeDick HallorannCarl LumblyWendy TorranceAlex EssoeSilent SareyCatherine ParkerSnakebite AndiEmily Alyn LindGrampa FlickCarel StruyckenThe BartenderHenry Thomas

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rolenameDirectorMike Flanagan

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Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2019-10-31

Languages

English | Persian

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Available on

DVD

Formats

Colour

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