And with brilliant performances from the cast, this follow-up should satisfy fans of either King’s book or Kubrick’s film, making it the sequel audiences didn’t know they needed.ĭoctor Sleep is streaming on Max.

At the same time, this sequel fully embraces the supernatural elements of King’s story and uses elements from his version of The Shining that Kubrick controversially changed. Taking place 40 years after The Shining, it follows an adult Dan Torrance, now a recovering alcoholic, as he fights to protect a young girl also gifted with the “shine” from a cult of psychic vampires known as the True Knot.ĭirector Mike Flanagan ( Midnight Club) stays true to Stanley Kubrick’s original film by following the same narrative and including many loving tributes.

Doctor Sleep (2019)Įven though this is the sequel to one of the most esteemed horror films of all time, Doctor Sleep fell under the radar when it hit theaters, receiving just as much fanfare as its predecessor did upon its release. It even features a brand new ending written by Stephen King himself, which warrants a viewing from fans of his classic novel. Nevertheless, when compared to the 1994 miniseries, the reboot features much better visual effects and plenty of fantastic performances (with Montana Story‘s Owen Teague stealing the show as Harold Lauder). Also, the decision to tell the story with a nonlinear narrative rubbed plenty of audiences the wrong way. Yes, this miniseries did many things wrong, from cutting back on Nick and Tom’s individual stories to its portrayal of Nadine (Amber Heard) and Trashcan Man (Ezra Miller), who were played by two of the most controversial actors in recent memory.

This CBS streaming series had the bad luck of arriving just as COVID-19 shut down the world, and it seems like many more eyes would have been watching this Lord of the Rings-style epic if not for that circumstance. Based on one of King’s greatest novels to date, The Stand follows a group of people as they survive a global pandemic created by a man-made superflu and take part in a Biblical war between the holy Mother Abigail and the evil sorcerer Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgård of Infinity Pool).

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