The tragedy of the Torrance family is one of the most beloved horror stories ever told. The Shining is one of Stephen King’s biggest hits and Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation has beguiled viewers for decades. But these two versions of the story have always been seen as very different sides of the same coin, as Kubrick’s film deviates majorly from King’s novel. That’s what made the prospect of adapting Doctor Sleep, King’s 2013 sequel to The Shining, so tricky – how do you stay true to one without betraying the other? It turns out, you get Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Ouija: Origin of Evil), a modern master of ghost stories; combined with a great cast, and a whole heap of cool psychic set-pieces, and it just works. Most of Doctor Sleep delights with the new material it brings to this chapter of Torrance family history – its only real moments of weakness come when overindulging in Kubrick’s vision of the story.
Source: IGN.com Doctor Sleep Review