Doctor Sleep (2019)

Years following the events of "The Shining", a now-adult Dan Torrence meets a young girl with similar powers as his and tries to protect her from a cult known as The True Knot who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.

Director:

Mike Flanagan

Writers:

Stephen King (based on the novel by), Mike Flanagan

Stars:

Rebecca Ferguson, Ewan McGregor, Jacob Tremblay

Cast

Credited cast, sorted by IMDb STARmeter:
Rebecca Ferguson	...	Rose the Hat
Ewan McGregor	...	Danny Torrance
Jacob Tremblay
Zahn McClarnon	...	Crow Daddy
Bruce Greenwood	...	Dr. John
Emily Alyn Lind	...	Snakebite Andi
Carel Struycken	...	Grandpa. Flick
Jocelin Donahue	...	Lucy
Carl Lumbly	...	Dick Halloran
Catherine Parker	...	Silent Sarey
Chelsea Talmadge	...	Deenie
Bethany Anne Lind	...	Violet's Mother
Alex Essoe	...	Wendy Torrance
Robert Longstreet	...	Barry
David Michael-Smith	...	Recovering Alcoholic

Storyline

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless-mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death. 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. 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. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep." Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul...

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Plot Keywords:

sequel | second part | based on novel | 

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Taglines:

A new chapter from Stephen King, author of 'The Shining'

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 November 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doctor Sleep

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Intrepid Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Will be a sequel to The Shining (1980), which is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Sonic the WHAT IS THAT?!? (2019)