Doctor Sleep

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".

Cast

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor

as Danny Torrance

Kyliegh Curran

Kyliegh Curran

as Abra Stone

Rebecca Ferguson

Rebecca Ferguson

as Rose the Hat

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

as Billy Freeman

Zahn McClarnon

Zahn McClarnon

as Crow Daddy

Emily Alyn Lind

Emily Alyn Lind

as Snakebite Andi

Selena Anduze

Selena Anduze

as Apron Annie

Robert Longstreet

Robert Longstreet

as Barry the Chunk

Carel Struycken

Carel Struycken

as Grampa Flick

Katie Parker

Katie Parker

as Silent Sarey

Reviews

Manuel São Bento

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog :) There's this misconceived idea that "scary movies" are the ones with demons, monsters, or ghosts literally showing up in jump scare sequences, one after another, accompanied by an extremely loud sound. Granted, we're scared of...

SWITCH.

‘Doctor Sleep’ could go either way with ‘The Shining’ fans - some will see it as a perfect follow-up, others will deem it too different (which I think is a good thing). ‘Doctor Sleep’ works as both and also stands on its own; you could fill in the blanks pretty easily if you had never read or seen t...

The Movie Diorama

Doctor Sleep may not diagnose you to the land of nod, but tediously drains your shining spirit. Director Mike Flanagan had an unfathomable task. To both adapt a Stephen King novel, which is no easy achievement considering his uniquely descriptive writing style, and provide a sequel to what many desc...

Matthew Brady

“Hi there” Hello there... Mike Flanagan has some of the biggest balls in the horror industry. I mean just look at his filmography so far. He took one of the worst horror movies in recent memory ‘Ouija’ and said: “yeah, I wanna make a sequel to that”, with ‘Ouija: Origin of Evil’ and somehow...

JPV852

Partially satisfying "sequel" (of sorts) to the Shining with good performances from Ewan McGregor and Kyliegh Curran (while Rebecca Ferguson kind of hams it up, but still was fun as a villainous). However, the movie is far too long with probably 15-20 minutes that could've gotten the axe (so to spea...

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