Warner Bros. Pictures have enlisted Mike Flanagan to direct "Doctor Sleep," the follow-up to King’s classic "The Shining." Published 36 years after "The Shining," "Doctor Sleep" follows an adult Danny Torrance from the original novel. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel, where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant shining power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.” There Dan meets Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival.
I had this book in my Nook library for years and never got around to reading it so I went into this movie blind. The trailers really didn't tell you much except for that it was a "sequel" to The Shining. I saw the run time and was pretty much like UGH! But I was very surprised. The movie was by no means terrifying. Like you will not lose sleep at all after watching it. But it was more than creepy enough and definitely kept you massively hooked from start to finish.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. I liked it a lot but again if you are going for straight scares - it is not that. There are some towards the very end but it really just zeroes in more on being creepy.
I had this book in my Nook library for years and never got around to reading it so I went into this movie blind. The trailers really didn't tell you much except for that it was a "sequel" to The Shining. I saw the run time and was pretty much like UGH! But I was very surprised. The movie was by no means terrifying. Like you will not lose sleep at all after watching it. But it was more than creepy enough and definitely kept you massively hooked from start to finish.
I would definitely recommend people checking this out. I liked it a lot but again if you are going for straight scares - it is not that. There are some towards the very end but it really just zeroes in more on being creepy.
