Doctor Sleep. 2019.
Being a fan of The Shining (both book and novel) I was always curious how things would have turned out for Danny and Wendy after leaving The Overlook Hotel and Stephen King delivered it with This focusing on Danny from childhood to adulthood.
I liked Mike Flanagan's work with Oculus and Ouija: Origin Of Evil (the first Ouija movie is questionable IMHO) was always weary how Ewan McGregor would pull off being Danny and does manage to play the lead character decently from being a drunk to a straight headed person still troubled by his time at the hotel. In The Shining the Grady Twins did freak me out, in this Rebecca Ferguson plays the antagonist and a bit creepy with the glowing eyes and her portrayal of the character is even more sinister in the book. Kyliegh Curran plays the part of Abra decently and almost how she is described or imagined while reading the book.
The 1980 film is memorable for a good few things, Jack going "Here's Johnny", the blood coming for the lifts, the Grady twins popping up from round a corner, the hedge maze chase and the opening. Mike Flanagan manages to re-capture that shot with The Dies Irae Connection in a darker tone and the outside shot of the hotel that gives off the dark Gothic atmosphere, that we know what went on and why would you return there yet we still want to see the hotel. I feel bad I waited so long to watch this.
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