Doctor Sleep

Ewan McGregor stars as the adult Danny Torrence in "Doctor Sleep" the sequel to "The Shining." (JESSICA MIGLIO/WARNER BROS.)

Writer/director Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep” has the seemingly impossible task of being a sequel to both Stephen KIng’s 1977 novel “The Shining” and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film adaptation. Miraculously, he pulls it off.

The novel “Doctor Sleep” is an official sequel to “The Shining” that King wrote in 2013. It focuses on an adult Danny Torrence who continues to struggle with the memories of what happened at the Overlook Hotel, where his father, Jack, was driven mad by the evil forces present there while working as the winter caretaker.

Doctor Sleep-Rebecca Ferguson-Emily Alyn Lind

Rebecca Ferguson as Rose the Hat and Emily Alyn Lind as Snakebite Andi in "Doctor Sleep." (COURTESY OF WARNER BROS.)

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