FILM: Doctor Sleep

Doctor Sleep” is the continuation of Danny Torrance’s story 40 years after the terrifying events of Stephen King’s The Shining. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan Torrance has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra, a courageous teenager with her own powerful extrasensory gift, known as the “shine.” Instinctively recognizing that Dan shares her power, Abra has sought him out, desperate for his help against the merciless Rose the Hat and her followers, The True Knot, who feed off the shine of innocents in their quest for immortality. Forming an unlikely alliance, Dan and Abra engage in a brutal life-or-death battle with Rose. Abra’s innocence and fearless embrace of her shine compel Dan to call upon his own powers as never before-at once facing his fears and reawakening the ghosts of the past.

Rating:

R (for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use)

Genre:

Horror

Directed By:

Mike Flanagan

Written By:

Mike Flanagan

Runtime:

151 minutes

Critical Mass: [Thanks, Rotten Tomatoes] Tomatometer: 77% Audience Score: 89%

“I think what I respected the most about Doctor Sleep is that it does feel like it’s trying to be its own film for as long as it can.”
– Amy Nicholson, FilmWeek

“‘Doctor Sleep’ feels like the logical continuation to Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of ‘The Shining.’”
– Matthew Rozsa, Salon