It's a sequel to his 1977 novel The Shining, which was famously filmed by legendary Hollywood director Stanley Kubrick in 1980 and starred Jack Nicholson as an axe wielding psychopath. He uses his psychic ability called 'the shining' to assist people in dying peacefully, but befriends teenager Kyliegh Curran, who possesses prodigious powers of her own. The ghost of Kubrick appears in the impressive production design, especially in the now ruined Overlook Hotel with its geometrically patterned carpet, and illuminated bar. Lacking Kubrick’s icy intellectual glare, Doctor Sleep is not a masterpiece, but it is thrilling and accomplished, which is far more than we could have hoped for or expected. Doctor Sleep is released in UK cinemas on October 31, 2019.

Source: Daily Mirror October 30, 2019 15:56 UTC