2019 · king-adaptation · supernatural · sequel
Doctor Sleep
Directed by Mike Flanagan2h 32m2019
Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".
Our read: Doctor Sleep (2019) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive king-adaptation · supernatural · sequel entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, extreme king-adaptation / supernatural, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- intense
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How Doctor Sleep feels to watch.
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