Doctor Sleep
Director: Mike Flanagan
A; Horror
Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Ewan McGregor, Carel Struycken
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A sequel of sorts to the much revered The Shining, this film's narrative takes shape years later with the now-adult Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) meeting a young girl, Abra Stone (Kyliegh Curran) with similar powers. He realises she has to be protected from similar evil forces that tried to do him harm, as heralded in Stanley Kubrick's Stephen King novel-based classic.

The prologue reveals a young Danny Torrance figuring out how to control his "shining" powers and then we are introduced to an adult Dan, an alcoholic and drug user who, following an eye-opening experience, jumps a bus to New Hampshire, joins AA, makes a friend in Billy (Cliff Curtis), and gets a job at a hospice. At the hospice, he uses his powers to help people on the edge of death, cross over. On the other side, we see Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) leading a roving group of powerful creatures who have found a way to be immortal by torturing out the shine from exceptionally talented children. Abra is their victim-waiting-to-happen.