Doctor Sleep - Reviews

Flanagan takes visual and narrative cues from the Kubrick film and both of King's books, then fuses them into something as unique and powerful as his version of 'The Haunting of Hill House'.

...Ferguson’s career-best work to date. She walks away with the film as a presence that’s somehow both captivating and terrifying.

...a spirited rendition of Stephen King’s follow-up novel.

Flanagan, as ever, favours character and slow-burn storytelling over cheap shocks, and cleaves closely to King’s spiritual sequel until Kubrick’s Overlook inevitably comes into play.

It’s King’s floorplan, but with Kubrick’s furniture.

The Shining's horrors continue with epic panache

There’s an undeniable resonance to seeing Danny walk back through the darkened corridors of his one-time home, confronting a past that looks kind of, sort of, vaguely like Jack Nicholson.

Already a horror expert, Flanagan delivers a few truly spooky moments, sometimes inspired by the original but frequently his own.