Doctor Sleep (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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Doctor Sleep (2019) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Mike Flanagan

Written by: Mike Flanagan

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis

Runtime: 151 min

Synopsis: Doctor Sleep is the continuation of Danny Torrance's (Ewan McGregor) story 40 years after the terrifying events of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. Still irrevocably scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook, Dan has fought to find some semblance of peace. But that peace is shattered when he encounters Abra (Kyliegh Curran), 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 (Rebecca Ferguson) and her followers, The True Knot, who feed off the shine of innocents in their quest for immortality.

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The Shining (1980) - SPOILER-FREE Review

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The Shining (1980) - SPOILER-FREE Review

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd

Runtime: 144 min

Synopsis: Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who accepts a position as the off-season caretaker of the isolated historic Overlook Hotel in the Colorado Rockies. Wintering over with Jack are his wife Wendy Torrance (Shelley Duvall) and young son Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd). Danny possesses psychic abilities that enable him to see into the hotel's horrific past. After a winter storm leaves the Torrances snowbound, Jack's sanity deteriorates due to the influence of the supernatural forces that inhabit the hotel, placing his wife and son in danger.

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