The final trailer for Doctor Sleep appeared ahead of screenings of It: Chapter Two this weekend and now we have our final look at this frightening looking revisit into the world of The Shining.
Published in 2013, Doctor Sleep is the sequel to The Shining, King’s iconic 1977 novel, which Stanley Kubrick adapted into an equally iconic movie in 1980. The Shining tells the story of Jack Torrance, an aspiring writer and recovering alcoholic, who finds himself driven to the brink of insanity by the supernatural happenings at the Overlook Hotel, where he works as a caretaker. Jack is joined at the hotel by his wife and his son, Danny, whose gift of “the shining” enables him to peer into the hotel’s violent past.
Doctor Sleep introduces us to a now-adult Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor) and he is plagued by the same alcoholism that afflicted his father, as well as by traumatic memories of his time at the Overlook Hotel. Danny’s resolution to sober up gets complicated when he meets Abra, a young girl with similar psychic abilities.
Mike Flannagan is at the helm here which is promising considering his horror genre resume that has yielded some particularly satisfying results (Oculus, Hush & Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House). Doctor Sleep also stars Rebecca Ferguson, Jacob Tremblay, Cliff Curtis, Bruce Greenwood, & Kyliegh Curran.
Doctor Sleep hits screens on November 8.
