Doctor Sleep is a movie directed by Mike Flanagan in 2019 and based on the book of the same name by Stephen King, first published in 2013. The movie features Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Carl Lumbly, Cliff Curtis, and others.
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Storyline
In 1980, Danny Torrance and his mother Wendy live in Florida, still traumatized by their ordeal at the Overlook hotel. Dick Hallorann, now a benevolent spirit, explains that the hotel’s ghosts feed on Danny’s psychic ability, his shining. Now that the hotel has been abandoned, the starving ghosts are pursuing Danny.
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
152
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
2013
Pages
531
Book Rate
8.22
S: Goodreads
Book
Doctor Sleep
Subtitle: A sequel to The Shining
Author: Stephen King
Country: USA
First published in: 2013
Length: 531 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Shining
User polls & recommendations
“I was impressed with Lynch's Dune, but it was not what I had dreamed of. I'll go back to the book and to the images that came out when I read it.”
DENIS VILLENEUVE (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter)
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