![]() ![]() ![]() Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.” 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. 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. Torrance doesn’t initially seem like the guy to face them. It focuses on both The True Knot, a strange roving band of semi-immortals who look totally normal, but occasionally capture children who have “the Shining” as Danny Torrance did, and consume their essence, called “steam.” the shining It’s easy to believe he’ll be pretty happy with Flanagan, who previously directed the well-received Netflix adaptation of the author’s Gerald’s Game.ĭoctor Sleep was in many respects a very different book from its predecessor, but no less chilling. CANNOT WAIT Įveryone knows King hated Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining. He’s been crapping on it for years. Thrilled and honored to spend some time at the Overlook. ![]()
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