Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers ... Read allYears following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.
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- 9 wins & 37 nominations
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- Director
- Writers
- Mike Flanagan(screenplay by)
- Stephen King(based upon the novel by)
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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 and survival. —Stephen King
- Taglines
- A new chapter from Stephen King, author of 'The Shining'
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for disturbing and violent content, some bloody images, language, nudity and drug use.
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaMike Flanagan painstakingly recreated the sets of the Overlook Hotel from blueprints acquired from Stanley Kubrick's estate.
- GoofsWhen Dan returns to the room his family stayed in at the Overlook Hotel, he sees the bathroom door that Jack hacked open with the axe and puts his face in the axed-open panel, recreating the iconic "Here's Johnny" shot. However, in "The Shining", Jack was shown to have hacked both upper panels open to try and get to Wendy, not just the one.
- Quotes
Danny Torrance: Our beliefs don't make us better people. Our actions make us better people.
- Crazy creditsThe 1992 version of the 1984 Warner Bros. Pictures shield logo is shown at the beginning with the 2018 WarnerMedia byline.
- Alternate versionsA directors cut was released on Blu Ray and Digital in February 2020
- ConnectionsFeatured in The NFL on CBS: Week 8: Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints (2019)
Top review
Enjoyed it a little more than I thought
I didn't have a ton of expectations going into this movie but I thoroughly enjoyed The Shining (like much of the human population) so I was expecting a good continuation of the original story line. Overall I think Mike Flanagan was able to deliver.
The way the movie was filmed and edited really exemplified a typical horror movie. Doctor sleep includes a constant mist in the settings, there are a lot of dramatic slow panoramic shots, and the music is eerie and impactful.
The acting is pretty decent but in my opinion Rebecca Ferguson absolutely shined as Rose the Hat. Ferguson put in so much emotion into her character and her expressions throughout the movie were just so unsettling, it was pure perfection.
I didn't find Doctor Sleep to be very scary I might classify it as more thriller, there were a few jump scares and a few shots disgusted me but nothing really shook me to my core, which is fine.
Overall as an avid fan of horror movies and King I enjoyed this movie a lot and might even say it's one of the best horror movies of the year.
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- jenisedong
- Nov 10, 2019
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- Language
- Also known as
- Doctor Sleep: Ký Ức Kinh Ho�ng
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Box office
- Budget
- $45,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,581,712
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,114,124
- Nov 10, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $72,381,712
- Runtime2 hours 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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