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Film review: Doctor Sleep

This horror flick is a snooze, says Linda Marric

October 30, 2019 12:35
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Doctor Sleep is prolific horror director Mike Flanagan's (Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Haunting of Hill House)  sequel to one of the most iconic horror films of all time, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (1980). Unfortunately, it's a snooze-fest. 

Based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Stephen King, the film stars Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting), Rebecca Ferguson (The Greatest Showman) and newcomer Kyliegh Curran, and is a continuation of Danny Torrance's story 40 years after the terrifying events at the Overlook Hotel.

After years of struggling to overcome the psychological scars from his time at the Overlook, Dan (McGregor) finally finds peace when he is given the chance to share his supernatural gift to help others. Dan’s world is turned upside down when he encounters Abra (Curran), a teenager with the same powerful extrasensory power known as the “shine.”

Abra and Dan soon join forces to defeat the sinister Rose the Hat (an electrifying Rebecca Ferguson) and her followers, The True Knot, a group of supernatural beings who feed off the shine of the innocents in their quest for immortality.