Content:ĭominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements: However, DOCTOR SLEEP has a strong, abhorrent occult worldview and contains strong foul language, disturbing violence and two scenes with extreme nudity. For example, self-sacrifice occurs, people are encouraged to help other people, and the Serenity Prayer is partly recited. DOCTOR SLEEP has some positive moral, redemptive content. As the teenage girl, Ryliegh Curran also turns in a terrific performance. As Danny, Ewan McGregor creates a sympathetic hero. Danny must use them to help a teenage girl with psychic powers defeat the evil cult.ĭOCTOR SLEEP has a strong, suspenseful plot structure.

Consequently, his psychic powers have returned. An alcoholic, Danny’s been sober for eight years. Danny’s mentor, a dead man who’s now a ghost, helps Danny stave off the ghosts of the Overlook Hotel. The opening reveals an evil cult with psychic powers is preying on children with similar powers.

DOCTOR SLEEP is a horror sequel to THE SHINING, both Stephen King’s original book and Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 movie starring Jack Nicholson.

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