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Doctor Sleep

2019
7
Director: 
Mike Flanagan

SYNOPSIS: 

Struggling with his alcohol addiction, Dan Torrance bears the weight of the sinister events he was a victim of as a child. The encounter with a teenager with extrasensory powers, Abra, changes his life.

REVIEW: 

Direct sequel to Stanley Kubrick's cult film "The Shining" based on Stephen King's novel and always hated by him for the many liberties taken in the screenplay compared to the original text. Directed by Mike Flanagan, a horror expert (Oculus 2013). Unfortunately, the comparison with the 1980 film does not hold up. The narration is too classic and tasteless and the nostalgia factor does not fascinate as it would like, furthermore the film is too long and slow. But the many horror and supernatural scenes are of great quality and are truly disturbing, so much so that they gave me bad nightmares. The cast is good, although I do not like it when a character, especially one as iconic as that of little Dan Torrance, is distorted in its features, making him play an adult version by a very blond Ewan McGregor.

Post by Miluna V on 14/01/2025 - 23:05
Tags: 
sequel cult Oculus classic Supernatural Iconic child

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