Let me make this crystal clear, Mike Flanagan can adapt anything in the horror genre, this is a masterpiece that sadly didn't get the respect it deserved at the box office, but we true horror/King fans will never forget it and hold it very high.
I agree..the book "Doctor Sleep" knocked it out the park..the movie nah.. too much was left out..same w/the Shining and I hated how the killed off the protagonist team when none of them died in the book. Dick Halloran didn't even pass til later on in Dr Sleep.
"They're not special. They're STARVING." I remember reading somewhere that Stephen King said that this movie redeemed the Kubrick version of the Shining.
King's softened a LOT on the first movie over the years. His rancor about initially he's come to recognize as youthful pride. How DARE the filmmaker change HIS story! Y'know? He's since realized that that's what it mostly was back then, and he's cool with it now.
Jacob Tremblay, the baseball boy, preformed his scene so well, it nearly traumatized the other actors who played the vampires while Jacob just laughed it off. He previously played the main character in Good Boys.
The Shining was a cold, detached and clinical look at a man’s descent into madness. Doctor Sleep is a redemption story that involves human connection and compassion and as someone in their late 50s, the story resonates with me more. Statistically I’ve probably got 20 years left so the idea that Danny Torrence redeems himself in the end is what makes the movie special for me.😊
The death of “baseball boy” was BRUTAL! It gutted me the first time I watched it. Saw commentary on it and it crushed Rebecca Ferguson as she was filming it.
Not sure which version the girls watched but the extended cut includes a longer version of that scene which is much more graphic. The kid gets killed in both versions, but in the extended the Knott cut him and torture him so he feels more physical pain before they drain him. The behind the scenes video I saw showed that the actor who played Baseball Boy had the easiest time of all of the actors, he would be screaming and crying in pain, they would cut and he would be laughing and joking straight away while the "bad guys" were still feeling like the monsters they were playing.
@@ChrisTheAspergerGuy Go watch with interviews with Mike. Apparently after shooting that scene Jacob (the actor) jumped up and gave his dad a high five. lol
This film does an amazing juggling act of serving as both an adaptation of the actual novel while also acting as a sequel to Kubrick's film, which itself is an adaptation of a novel that the source material for THIS film is a sequel of. And to me, finding the balance between all of that is executed so incredibly well. This is definitely one of my favorite King adaptations in recent years, and another success for Mike Flanagan.
Been a little while since I've read either book, but as I recall, this movie also re-ties full circle back to the original novel by doing something the Kubrick movie skipped, by making The Overlook forget (or "overlook" if you will) the fact that the boiler needed its pressure released or it would destroy the hotel, which it finally did this time.
The casting for this was excellent, but Carl Lumbly stepping in for Scatman Crothers was so good it had you thinking that they were the same person almost 40 years apart.
@@blackpowder99ngl i was wondering if that could be an aspect to this 😂 i also thought Carl Lumbly’s performance was incredibly but it’s because of his voice? He looks nothing like Scatman. Just like Alex Essoe looks nothing like Shelley Duvall but the voice is perfect.
The “younger” Jack Nicholson was played by Henry Thomas. He and several others in the cast were frequent players in director Mike Flanagan’s shows, like the “Haunting of” series.
While The Shining is the more iconic film, I actually love Doctor Sleep a lot more. It focuses more on Danny’s trauma and recovery, it’s more faithful to Stephen King’s books, and the villain Rose The Hat is far more terrifying than Jack Torrence because Jack was possessed and twisted by the ghosts of the Overlook whereas Rose is a near immortal psychopathic serial killer.
In the book you learn that Abra's mom is Jack Torrence's illegitimate daughter from an affair, which was why he lost his teaching job. So Danny really is her uncle.
In the book its more than just a funny connection, it's used to explain both why they are so strong with the Shining, and why both Danny and Abra have a side that is viscious, angry, even cruel. They inherited all that from Jack.
@@afroahmed3989 what a wild choice to call the creator of these stories a hack just because you didn't like a couple of elements! none of these would exist without him. and calling The Shining a trash novel is INSANE
There's an interview with Rebecca Ferguson where she talks about being unprepared for how the scene with the boy, Jacob Tremblay, would hit her. He played it so well that she had to hide tears, so as not to ruin the scene, and then, when the scene was done, she was worried about how hard it hit the kid, but he just popped up and went to go get a soda, like nothing.
I have caught a lot of flack for this, but I’d like this movie more than the shining. I think the shining is a superior film, but I was more entertained watching this one. Jacob Tremblay, as the baseball playing kid is phenomenal in his scene with Rebecca Ferguson.
The Shining is an iconic film whose legacy will never really be tarnished. Having said that, I agree that Doctor Sleep is definitely more rewatchable and satisfying for me.
Apparently, his father was there when they filmed the torture scene. He absolutely nailed the screaming and writhing. Then, he got up, walked to his father like nothing happened, and left.
Danny Loyld, the actor who portrayed the young Danny Torrance in The Shining, made a cameo as one of the baseball attendees at the baseball game sequence.
I love the little girl in this movie,she's so dope. But I did understand Danny's reluctance to help and wanting her to not get involved. Though her wanting to find the boy was admirable, those ppl were a serious danger. And he was the right,her father got killed. It took his old friend to convince him it's too late, she needs him. The casting, production, directing was EVERYTHING. I saw this in 2019, still doesn't seem that long ago. AWESOME SEQUEL to a classic movie,and we don't say that often.
Watching this makes me somehow comfortable with the fact that Mike Flanagan is gonna make the new Exorcist movie, the guy knows his horror and respects his Idols, Kubrick would've loved this movie
I've not seen too many more reactions where you could see just how engaged the reactors are with the film than this one. It really enhanced this one even more. I also love this film (and the book) and have it as one of my favorite horrors of these past few years. Its got so much meat to the story and works as a great follow-up to The Shining, both the film and novel.
The little girl was in The Haunting of Hill House as well. Henry Thomas of ET fame, as well Haunting Hill House and Blye Manor, played the Nicholson role. Mike Flanagan rocks. Sure hope he gets to do The Dark Tower!
A perfect rewatch with you guys. The scene where he possesses her and uses her power to crash the van is my favorite scene. But Rebecca was a great addition as well.
Mike Flanagan did a banger of a job with his directing of this sequel and the casting for this film was absolutely awesome; it's just a pity the audience didn't appreciate the movie as much when it came to the box office during its initial release because in my opinion this movie should have done far better than it did.
When I saw this film, I didn't know it was a sequel to The Shining, I had only heard that it was good. What an absolute delight, as I was a massive fan of The Shining, and I thought that they handled this so well. A great film in its own right, and I for one, would welcome a sequel to this, seeing what happens to Abra.
45:04 So glad you all noticed that the sound design for the movie was top notch. So effective! Director Mike Flanagan has been really good for that. Ouiji Origins has great sound design too.
46:00 The shining is a wonderful film but I felt little connection to many of the characters. Jack's descent into madness took centre stage, Danny was a little creepy and it even took me a little time to be comfortable with the mysterious Dick Halloran. The heart and humanity came from Wendy Torrance but she was incredibly over the top because of Kubriks direction to keep us constantly on edge. Doctor sleep turns that all on it's head. As well as expanding the world of shining, I felt so much more invested in most of the characters here.
46:55 the Irish accent is such a clever choice. It's a little playful and comforting and endearing at times so matches Rose the hats disarming demeanor when she chooses to be. English, Scottish and Irish accents along with not using too many modern English terms gives an authenticity that some of these people have lived for thousands of years.
My mind works in a way where I am never looking at the arts and going with prior works be it sequel or source material to judge it by. I'm always seeing it as a respective work. I could break down too much about the production that I am very impressed as I could The Shining. But I won't and will say I loved this film. It is not typical for me to watch anything more than twice, the second just to catch all the things I didn't but I have watched this more just for pleasure. Stellar job by everyone involved in the production of this imo.
Doctor Sleep is a brilliant film and Flanagan's direction is impeccable. I saw it twice in theaters and was just so impressed with the actors they chose to tell this story. One of my favorite horror films in the last 20 years.
Such an amazing sequel for one of the most iconic horror films in history. Mike Flanagan is one of the best filmmakers working right now, and he doesn't get enough recognition for it. One of my favorite aspects of the movie is Abra's bravery and courage. The recasting of the characters from the original movie were amazing choices. Focusing on Dan's trauma and his life choices was a great choice as well. It provides a lot more depth for his character. Amazing film.
This movie was so damn good! To me, one of the rare sequels that are better than the original. You 2 are awesome to watch. You got a new subscriber in me!
I love this movie. My and my friend just spontaneous choose this movie in the cinema without us having no idea what is this all about. Never regret watching this one.
You are 100 percent right it is a story about drugs and alchol and you willl see a lot of that in Mike's tv shows because Mike himself struggled with both those addictions for years and was able to finally find the strength within himself to beat it. Mike is a master of minipulaiting both horror and emotioins as well and he mixes them both together so well. He also has a lot of the 'we go on after we die' thing in his shows which is always interesting to see. The actor of the baseball boy was laughing his head off while doing the death scene he had a blast with it but it was really hard on all the other actors around him. The actress of Violet the girl in the beginning who by the way's real life name is Violet as well is actually the actress of young Nell in Haunting of Hill house which like this movie is another Mike Flannagan masterpeice and she was also in M3gan as the main part Cady. Stephen King said he liked how Mike did this with his story unlike when they did the Shinning. The actor that plays Danny's dad here is actually the actor of the kid in ET all grown up and yes Mike uses him in most of his tv shows that he did after this movie. If you want to see more of Mike's movies check out Hush,Occulas and Oujja 2 orgins of evil all amazing movies of his. Side note if you have not seen Huanting of Hill House I recommend you do so. The actress of Abra here is an amazing actress and has been in a lot of things since this movie including Mike's latest tv show Fall of the House of Usher which is based off short stories of Edger Allan Poe but with it's own story to it as well. Rebecca as Rose is amazing and she really brought Rose to life in a way that one would expect her to be. If you saw the tv show Revenge than you know the actress of the one that can control minds here because she plays the main character when she was younger in the tv show Revenge,she is just a lot older now haha. To make the set so much like in the Shinning they actually built a set based on the actual blueprints from the Shinning and made it with their own twist as well. It's interesting that you thought Carl Lumbly who plays the ghost that helps Danny was the same actor from the Shinning. Yes they look a lot alike but they are not the same person and actually Carl himself has been in many movies and tv shows that I like. I love this movie so much and I am glad you did as well grate reaction girls and glad you did this one.
Even though they didn’t film on location the fact that they used the exterior likeness of Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood outside Portland, OR makes me smile.
This movie has it all; “magic”, murder, astral projection, psychic powers, vampires, ghosts, haunted hotel, self empowerment, Obi Wan, top hats! Love It, great reaction! 🙌
Knowing that King connects his books into one big universe, I wonder if the Death Flies Danny sees are the same flies that John Koffey takes out of people in The Green Mile.
The scene where the baseball kid gets kidnapped and killed is one of the most horrific scenes I’ve ever seen in a horror movie and it actually scared the cast who were playing the villains.
I read the book, and fell in love with the description of Rose The Hat... when I watched the movie I don't know if Rebecca is any good looking at all... buy Stephen King kinda mesmerized me into believing that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, and now I'd fight anyone who says otherwise.
As far as I know they didn't use CG for Jack. Like with the other returning characters it's just an actor with a passing likeness and smart camera angles.
The girls on the Diegesis channel - Maple and Arianna - have been in the Stanley Hotel. The hotel portrayed at the end of this flick. They and the hotel r in Colorado.
This is a good reminder that I am long overdue to watch this film. I'm in the definite minority that thinks "The Shining" is the most overrated horror film of all time. I was disappointed in it on opening night in theaters and a few subsequent viewings over the decades since hasn't swayed my opinion, although many of the reasons I dislike it have 'aged out' as newer generations have seen it (mostly how much I dislike Jack Nicholson in it and how he was woefully miscast, IMHO, as was Shelley Duvall). But, having said that, I've heard so many good things about this sequel and now that I'm a big Mike Flanagan fan, along with pretty much all of this cast, I'm going to try and watch it ASAP, then come back and watch your reaction!
Flanagan is currently working on a limited series for Amazon based on King's "Carrie" and an adaptation of "the Dark Tower" series as well. Him and Frank Darabont (the Sawshank Redemtption, the Green Mile, and the Mist) are THE BEST directors at adapting King's work.
I watched this movie and then read the book. Now I can never look at RVs on the interstate the same way ever again. Some say that this is part of a larger universe in King's books which includes Firestarter. And the white cat is based on stories of such animals in elderly rest homes. And actually the angelic name of the cat is based on a good natured kindly angle of death. Great reaction, thank you.
I work at Wal-Mart, and I used to go in at 4 AM. We have to park at the back of the parking lot, and a lot of nights RV groups would park overnight. This movie made those nights a lot more uncomfortable.
I’m sorry, I don’t want to be controversial with this take, but it was so great seeing the two of you together for this reaction, considering all of the new contributors to the channel. Your chemistry is why I started watching this channel. This is maybe the best sequel ever made, considering the original movie is so well regarded. Stephen King really knocked it out of the park with the story.
Something from the novel that I wish they'd kept for the movie is that Dan discovers he really is Abra's uncle. It turns out Abra's grandmother slept with Jack before the events of the Shining.
Doctor Sleep is THE greatest horror sequel of all time. This movie had no business being as great as it was, not to mention a whopping 40 years later! And no less a sequel to one of the greatest horror films of all time. Flanagan killed it. The real bummer is that no one saw it at the cinema. It was a massive bomb and it pisses me off. That said, I'm glad people have come around and started discovering this horror gem.
Achara & Steph are the perfect reactors for Mike Flanagan's type of horror. If they haven't seen his Haunting series or Midnight Mass or some of his other films like Oculus or Before I Wake, they'd be great videos for them to watch.
Fun fact: unbeknownst to Dan, Abra's mom is Jack Torrance's illegitimate daughter, making her Dan's little sister, which means Abra REALLY IS his niece. He actually IS 'Uncle Dan', for real.
This is one of my favorite movies. I think the changes they made to the Dr Sleep book to make it fit as a sequel to the Shining movie was masterful and i didn't mind the changes at all. The Shining book contained a lot of this lore but was removed to focus more on the cabin fever aspect that Kubrick decided to go with. I like Kubrick's shining, but i love the Shining book which had much more complex characters and focused on this lore a lot more. I am so happy with Kubrick's Shining and Flanagan's Dr Sleep as a duo because now it includes the aspects that Kubrick removed.
Mike Flanagan might be THE best director in horror ever. He does nothing but knock it out of the park, and it's not coincidence that he loves Stephen King as much as he does. If ANYONE'S going to be about to handle the Dark Tower properly it's going to be him. I really hope his series gets made
Mike Flanagan is a director I always look forward to adaptations from because of how intimately he understands the source material. While not a direct adaptation, do check out his work on The Fall Of The House Of Usher
Oh wow, so this means you guys never watched the Haunting of hill house. If you loved this you're going to love that, I really suggest going on a Mike Flanagan binge, his style really is amazing.
Its not completely accurate to the book but thats because it had to be a sequel to Kubrick's the shining as well. Kubrick changed two major things in The Shining. First thing is that book Jack Torrance genuinely loved his family but had childhood trauma from an abusive father that fueled his alcoholism and while he had brute forced his sobriety he hadn't dealt with and healed that trauma yet and the Overlook played on that to get to Jack so that it could get to Danny. The other thing is that in the book DIck Halloran (the character that Scatman Crothers played and that Carl lumbly plays in Doctor Sleep) survived in the book and that story about his grandfather was waaaaay darker. So Mike Flanagan had to work around the fact that Dick Halloran was dead and that Jack Torrance in the film was far less sympathetic in the film to make this sequel and he did an amazing job. Aside from those things theres small changes like the fact that in the book the True Knot were all dying from modern diseases and thats why Rose the Hat was desperate for a big supply of steam. Also Snake Bite Andy's backstory was in the book and was very dark. A big change was that the Torrance family was linked to Abra's family in the book and not in the movie. I kinda wish they kept that reveal but it would require explaining Jack Torrance's activities before the events of the Shining which would have taken time away from the plot of this movie considering the Shining film didn't go into it.
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Let me make this crystal clear, Mike Flanagan can adapt anything in the horror genre, this is a masterpiece that sadly didn't get the respect it deserved at the box office, but we true horror/King fans will never forget it and hold it very high.
Yeah he's the best thing to happen to the horror genre and I'm not even a fan of horror.
I agree..the book "Doctor Sleep" knocked it out the park..the movie nah.. too much was left out..same w/the Shining and I hated how the killed off the protagonist team when none of them died in the book. Dick Halloran didn't even pass til later on in Dr Sleep.
Second part of movie is pure shit and kill all. Its too loud to call it masterpiece
"They're not special. They're STARVING."
I remember reading somewhere that Stephen King said that this movie redeemed the Kubrick version of the Shining.
That line goes so hard
King's softened a LOT on the first movie over the years. His rancor about initially he's come to recognize as youthful pride. How DARE the filmmaker change HIS story! Y'know? He's since realized that that's what it mostly was back then, and he's cool with it now.
Rebecca Ferguson's performance in this should have been Oscar nominated, she's incredible as Rose the Hat.
I can't believe it took me this long to make the connection she also plays Lady Jessica in Dune.
she's so beautiful.
I know she was such an evil b**ch in this but damn she was so gorgeous
Ikr? 🤘
@@cluster_f1575 also amazing in that.
Jacob Tremblay, the baseball boy, preformed his scene so well, it nearly traumatized the other actors who played the vampires while Jacob just laughed it off. He previously played the main character in Good Boys.
I always tear up at the end. I will give Mike Flanagan this; he is the absolute best at his specific genre of empathetic, poetic horror
The Shining was a cold, detached and clinical look at a man’s descent into madness. Doctor Sleep is a redemption story that involves human connection and compassion and as someone in their late 50s, the story resonates with me more. Statistically I’ve probably got 20 years left so the idea that Danny Torrence redeems himself in the end is what makes the movie special for me.😊
Hope they watch the hellboy new one also
The death of “baseball boy” was BRUTAL! It gutted me the first time I watched it. Saw commentary on it and it crushed Rebecca Ferguson as she was filming it.
Same here. I have to imagine what it was like for his parents to watch that scene, though.
Not sure which version the girls watched but the extended cut includes a longer version of that scene which is much more graphic. The kid gets killed in both versions, but in the extended the Knott cut him and torture him so he feels more physical pain before they drain him. The behind the scenes video I saw showed that the actor who played Baseball Boy had the easiest time of all of the actors, he would be screaming and crying in pain, they would cut and he would be laughing and joking straight away while the "bad guys" were still feeling like the monsters they were playing.
@@ChrisTheAspergerGuy Go watch with interviews with Mike. Apparently after shooting that scene Jacob (the actor) jumped up and gave his dad a high five. lol
Oh stop. Rebecca loved filming that scene 😈😎
This film does an amazing juggling act of serving as both an adaptation of the actual novel while also acting as a sequel to Kubrick's film, which itself is an adaptation of a novel that the source material for THIS film is a sequel of.
And to me, finding the balance between all of that is executed so incredibly well. This is definitely one of my favorite King adaptations in recent years, and another success for Mike Flanagan.
Been a little while since I've read either book, but as I recall, this movie also re-ties full circle back to the original novel by doing something the Kubrick movie skipped, by making The Overlook forget (or "overlook" if you will) the fact that the boiler needed its pressure released or it would destroy the hotel, which it finally did this time.
The casting for this was excellent, but Carl Lumbly stepping in for Scatman Crothers was so good it had you thinking that they were the same person almost 40 years apart.
Carl Lumbly doesnt get enough credit, but he's a really damn good actor!
Lumbly has been top-notch for decades. Always solid in everything he’s done.
They think all black people look alike
@@blackpowder99ngl i was wondering if that could be an aspect to this 😂 i also thought Carl Lumbly’s performance was incredibly but it’s because of his voice? He looks nothing like Scatman. Just like Alex Essoe looks nothing like Shelley Duvall but the voice is perfect.
The “younger” Jack Nicholson was played by Henry Thomas. He and several others in the cast were frequent players in director Mike Flanagan’s shows, like the “Haunting of” series.
HE is also the boy from E.T
criminally underrated sequel! i really wish this got more attention than it did when it came out.
I think it was number 1 on netflix at least when it streamed
It is a cinematic travesty that this movie is not well known! Great follow up for The Shining, brilliant cinematography!!
Hey, the kid who played Danny in The Shining was in this film. He was the commentator in the stands discussing the Baseball Boy.
While The Shining is the more iconic film, I actually love Doctor Sleep a lot more. It focuses more on Danny’s trauma and recovery, it’s more faithful to Stephen King’s books, and the villain Rose The Hat is far more terrifying than Jack Torrence because Jack was possessed and twisted by the ghosts of the Overlook whereas Rose is a near immortal psychopathic serial killer.
In the book you learn that Abra's mom is Jack Torrence's illegitimate daughter from an affair, which was why he lost his teaching job. So Danny really is her uncle.
Good thing they cut it out IMO
That's sounds so much like fan fiction that Stephen King probably things so as well.
Wow Stephen king is such a Hack , and the fact that he was mad at Stanley Kubrick for making his trash novel a classic movie is hilarious
In the book its more than just a funny connection, it's used to explain both why they are so strong with the Shining, and why both Danny and Abra have a side that is viscious, angry, even cruel. They inherited all that from Jack.
@@afroahmed3989 what a wild choice to call the creator of these stories a hack just because you didn't like a couple of elements! none of these would exist without him. and calling The Shining a trash novel is INSANE
There's an interview with Rebecca Ferguson where she talks about being unprepared for how the scene with the boy, Jacob Tremblay, would hit her. He played it so well that she had to hide tears, so as not to ruin the scene, and then, when the scene was done, she was worried about how hard it hit the kid, but he just popped up and went to go get a soda, like nothing.
I have caught a lot of flack for this, but I’d like this movie more than the shining. I think the shining is a superior film, but I was more entertained watching this one. Jacob Tremblay, as the baseball playing kid is phenomenal in his scene with Rebecca Ferguson.
I just watched him in “Wonder” on Netflix last night, and he’s so good in that too!
The Shining is an iconic film whose legacy will never really be tarnished. Having said that, I agree that Doctor Sleep is definitely more rewatchable and satisfying for me.
100 percent
Apparently, his father was there when they filmed the torture scene. He absolutely nailed the screaming and writhing. Then, he got up, walked to his father like nothing happened, and left.
Danny Loyld, the actor who portrayed the young Danny Torrance in The Shining, made a cameo as one of the baseball attendees at the baseball game sequence.
I love the directors cut. This was so much better than it should have been. Flanagan man.
I love the little girl in this movie,she's so dope. But I did understand Danny's reluctance to help and wanting her to not get involved. Though her wanting to find the boy was admirable, those ppl were a serious danger. And he was the right,her father got killed.
It took his old friend to convince him it's too late, she needs him. The casting, production, directing was EVERYTHING. I saw this in 2019, still doesn't seem that long ago. AWESOME SEQUEL to a classic movie,and we don't say that often.
Watching this makes me somehow comfortable with the fact that Mike Flanagan is gonna make the new Exorcist movie, the guy knows his horror and respects his Idols, Kubrick would've loved this movie
I've not seen too many more reactions where you could see just how engaged the reactors are with the film than this one. It really enhanced this one even more. I also love this film (and the book) and have it as one of my favorite horrors of these past few years. Its got so much meat to the story and works as a great follow-up to The Shining, both the film and novel.
Rebecca Ferguson is amazing in this and Rose the Hat is one of the best horror villains!
The little girl was in The Haunting of Hill House as well. Henry Thomas of ET fame, as well Haunting Hill House and Blye Manor, played the Nicholson role.
Mike Flanagan rocks. Sure hope he gets to do The Dark Tower!
Wait he's interested in adapting the dark tower? He would be fantastic especially if he's given a big budget.
And in Megan (2022)
A perfect rewatch with you guys. The scene where he possesses her and uses her power to crash the van is my favorite scene. But Rebecca was a great addition as well.
Billy's death is always so sad. He was such a good friend to Danny.
Both the book and movie made me cry. I loved The Shining and I loved Dr. Sleep 40 years later.❤
Mike Flanagan did a banger of a job with his directing of this sequel and the casting for this film was absolutely awesome; it's just a pity the audience didn't appreciate the movie as much when it came to the box office during its initial release because in my opinion this movie should have done far better than it did.
When I saw this film, I didn't know it was a sequel to The Shining, I had only heard that it was good. What an absolute delight, as I was a massive fan of The Shining, and I thought that they handled this so well. A great film in its own right, and I for one, would welcome a sequel to this, seeing what happens to Abra.
Such an underrated movie..
I went with all kinda negativity and after watching my mind was fckn blown...
FYI, the actor who played Jack Torrance in Dr. Sleep is Henry Thomas. He played Elliot in E.T. (1982)
Mike flannigan at his best!
An almost perfect sequel
Agreed, it's close to perfect as you can conceivably get with a film, at least for me!
The moment the theme plays as they are on their way to the overlook gave me instant goosebumps in theaters, I was smiling so hard!!
45:04 So glad you all noticed that the sound design for the movie was top notch. So effective! Director Mike Flanagan has been really good for that. Ouiji Origins has great sound design too.
Rebecca not getting at least an AA nom is the same as them ignoring Collette for Hereditary.
This is arguably one of the best thrillers / horrors of last decade..🙌🏼
46:00 The shining is a wonderful film but I felt little connection to many of the characters. Jack's descent into madness took centre stage, Danny was a little creepy and it even took me a little time to be comfortable with the mysterious Dick Halloran. The heart and humanity came from Wendy Torrance but she was incredibly over the top because of Kubriks direction to keep us constantly on edge.
Doctor sleep turns that all on it's head. As well as expanding the world of shining, I felt so much more invested in most of the characters here.
Great choice!!! This is sooooo good! I didn't need to see The Shining to understand it.
46:55 the Irish accent is such a clever choice. It's a little playful and comforting and endearing at times so matches Rose the hats disarming demeanor when she chooses to be. English, Scottish and Irish accents along with not using too many modern English terms gives an authenticity that some of these people have lived for thousands of years.
I absolutely love this movie. But that scene, you know the one, is just brutal.
OMG ITS ABOUT TIME SOMEONE WATCHED THIS SEQUEL. THANK YOU
My mind works in a way where I am never looking at the arts and going with prior works be it sequel or source material to judge it by. I'm always seeing it as a respective work. I could break down too much about the production that I am very impressed as I could The Shining. But I won't and will say I loved this film. It is not typical for me to watch anything more than twice, the second just to catch all the things I didn't but I have watched this more just for pleasure. Stellar job by everyone involved in the production of this imo.
Rebecca Ferguson is one of my favorite currently working actors. She’s just fantastic. 💖
Ngl, Rose's trailer is clutch
Doctor Sleep is a brilliant film and Flanagan's direction is impeccable. I saw it twice in theaters and was just so impressed with the actors they chose to tell this story. One of my favorite horror films in the last 20 years.
Such an amazing sequel for one of the most iconic horror films in history. Mike Flanagan is one of the best filmmakers working right now, and he doesn't get enough recognition for it.
One of my favorite aspects of the movie is Abra's bravery and courage. The recasting of the characters from the original movie were amazing choices.
Focusing on Dan's trauma and his life choices was a great choice as well. It provides a lot more depth for his character. Amazing film.
Bro, YT recommended your reaction to the Shining to me last night lol perfect timing!
This movie was soooo well done. Love it, great reaction❤
Fun fact: One of the grownups in the stands during the kids baseball game was played by the same actor who played Danny Torrance in The Shining!
12:43 That's Danny Lloyd on the right. The actor who played Danny Torrence in the shining.
This movie was so damn good! To me, one of the rare sequels that are better than the original. You 2 are awesome to watch. You got a new subscriber in me!
I love this movie. My and my friend just spontaneous choose this movie in the cinema without us having no idea what is this all about. Never regret watching this one.
It's a very good film, but an INCREDIBLE sequel.
i realy really want this to become a whole movie series i want to explore more of this maybe also getting an avenger esque team up of shiners
This movie is so damn good.
You are 100 percent right it is a story about drugs and alchol and you willl see a lot of that in Mike's tv shows because Mike himself struggled with both those addictions for years and was able to finally find the strength within himself to beat it. Mike is a master of minipulaiting both horror and emotioins as well and he mixes them both together so well. He also has a lot of the 'we go on after we die' thing in his shows which is always interesting to see. The actor of the baseball boy was laughing his head off while doing the death scene he had a blast with it but it was really hard on all the other actors around him. The actress of Violet the girl in the beginning who by the way's real life name is Violet as well is actually the actress of young Nell in Haunting of Hill house which like this movie is another Mike Flannagan masterpeice and she was also in M3gan as the main part Cady. Stephen King said he liked how Mike did this with his story unlike when they did the Shinning. The actor that plays Danny's dad here is actually the actor of the kid in ET all grown up and yes Mike uses him in most of his tv shows that he did after this movie. If you want to see more of Mike's movies check out Hush,Occulas and Oujja 2 orgins of evil all amazing movies of his. Side note if you have not seen Huanting of Hill House I recommend you do so. The actress of Abra here is an amazing actress and has been in a lot of things since this movie including Mike's latest tv show Fall of the House of Usher which is based off short stories of Edger Allan Poe but with it's own story to it as well. Rebecca as Rose is amazing and she really brought Rose to life in a way that one would expect her to be. If you saw the tv show Revenge than you know the actress of the one that can control minds here because she plays the main character when she was younger in the tv show Revenge,she is just a lot older now haha. To make the set so much like in the Shinning they actually built a set based on the actual blueprints from the Shinning and made it with their own twist as well. It's interesting that you thought Carl Lumbly who plays the ghost that helps Danny was the same actor from the Shinning. Yes they look a lot alike but they are not the same person and actually Carl himself has been in many movies and tv shows that I like. I love this movie so much and I am glad you did as well grate reaction girls and glad you did this one.
Give a like for Mike Flanagan. No better person to adapt Stephen King. Midnight Mass is a true masterpiece.
Even though they didn’t film on location the fact that they used the exterior likeness of Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood outside Portland, OR makes me smile.
This movie has it all; “magic”, murder, astral projection, psychic powers, vampires, ghosts, haunted hotel, self empowerment, Obi Wan, top hats!
Love It, great reaction! 🙌
Knowing that King connects his books into one big universe, I wonder if the Death Flies Danny sees are the same flies that John Koffey takes out of people in The Green Mile.
The scene where the baseball kid gets kidnapped and killed is one of the most horrific scenes I’ve ever seen in a horror movie and it actually scared the cast who were playing the villains.
Great reaction!
I read the book, and fell in love with the description of Rose The Hat... when I watched the movie I don't know if Rebecca is any good looking at all... buy Stephen King kinda mesmerized me into believing that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, and now I'd fight anyone who says otherwise.
As far as I know they didn't use CG for Jack. Like with the other returning characters it's just an actor with a passing likeness and smart camera angles.
The little girl from the beginning is from Megan. She played the niece.
And Nell in the haunting of Hill house
The girls on the Diegesis channel - Maple and Arianna - have been in the Stanley Hotel. The hotel portrayed at the end of this flick. They and the hotel r in Colorado.
This is a good reminder that I am long overdue to watch this film. I'm in the definite minority that thinks "The Shining" is the most overrated horror film of all time. I was disappointed in it on opening night in theaters and a few subsequent viewings over the decades since hasn't swayed my opinion, although many of the reasons I dislike it have 'aged out' as newer generations have seen it (mostly how much I dislike Jack Nicholson in it and how he was woefully miscast, IMHO, as was Shelley Duvall). But, having said that, I've heard so many good things about this sequel and now that I'm a big Mike Flanagan fan, along with pretty much all of this cast, I'm going to try and watch it ASAP, then come back and watch your reaction!
I watched this movie when covid just started and the world shut down. Good times
Flanagan is currently working on a limited series for Amazon based on King's "Carrie" and an adaptation of "the Dark Tower" series as well. Him and Frank Darabont (the Sawshank Redemtption, the Green Mile, and the Mist) are THE BEST directors at adapting King's work.
Yes!! I love this film so much!!
If you love Rebecca Ferguson then YOU HAVE TO WATCH SILO!!! It’s so good!!! 🙏🏾
That's Mike Flanagan. Best horror filmmaker around, hands down. As much as I love The Shining, this is better.
Still don’t know how this movie got so “slept” on
Never seen the Shining ever but I loved this movie lol. Now I have to watch the shining
Yay! I love this film! It's one of the times that a sequel continues a story well.
I watched this movie and then read the book. Now I can never look at RVs on the interstate the same way ever again. Some say that this is part of a larger universe in King's books which includes Firestarter. And the white cat is based on stories of such animals in elderly rest homes. And actually the angelic name of the cat is based on a good natured kindly angle of death. Great reaction, thank you.
And according to the book, Rose the Hat is right. There are others and they have connections to power and wealth. So plenty of material for sequels.
I work at Wal-Mart, and I used to go in at 4 AM. We have to park at the back of the parking lot, and a lot of nights RV groups would park overnight. This movie made those nights a lot more uncomfortable.
Yeah I think all of King's books are connected together and is called the macroverse.
I’m sorry, I don’t want to be controversial with this take, but it was so great seeing the two of you together for this reaction, considering all of the new contributors to the channel. Your chemistry is why I started watching this channel. This is maybe the best sequel ever made, considering the original movie is so well regarded. Stephen King really knocked it out of the park with the story.
I really liked this one. Has great elements in it that are true to the book and previous film
Something from the novel that I wish they'd kept for the movie is that Dan discovers he really is Abra's uncle. It turns out Abra's grandmother slept with Jack before the events of the Shining.
Doctor Sleep is THE greatest horror sequel of all time. This movie had no business being as great as it was, not to mention a whopping 40 years later! And no less a sequel to one of the greatest horror films of all time. Flanagan killed it. The real bummer is that no one saw it at the cinema. It was a massive bomb and it pisses me off. That said, I'm glad people have come around and started discovering this horror gem.
That's the little girl for M3ghan
And The Haunting of Hill House which was also Mike Flanagan
oh yeahhhh she is that kid in almost every movie
Achara & Steph are the perfect reactors for Mike Flanagan's type of horror. If they haven't seen his Haunting series or Midnight Mass or some of his other films like Oculus or Before I Wake, they'd be great videos for them to watch.
Fun fact: unbeknownst to Dan, Abra's mom is Jack Torrance's illegitimate daughter, making her Dan's little sister, which means Abra REALLY IS his niece. He actually IS 'Uncle Dan', for real.
Right..they left out so much out..and put in stuff that didn't happen in the book.
The world building this movie does is on the same level as a series.
This is one of my favorite movies. I think the changes they made to the Dr Sleep book to make it fit as a sequel to the Shining movie was masterful and i didn't mind the changes at all. The Shining book contained a lot of this lore but was removed to focus more on the cabin fever aspect that Kubrick decided to go with. I like Kubrick's shining, but i love the Shining book which had much more complex characters and focused on this lore a lot more. I am so happy with Kubrick's Shining and Flanagan's Dr Sleep as a duo because now it includes the aspects that Kubrick removed.
What aspects of the doctor sleep book was omitted?
Vampire Shinings I LOVE IT. There are more of them out there.
Mike Flanagan might be THE best director in horror ever. He does nothing but knock it out of the park, and it's not coincidence that he loves Stephen King as much as he does.
If ANYONE'S going to be about to handle the Dark Tower properly it's going to be him. I really hope his series gets made
I have always wanted to see a live action adaptation of the dark tower.
Mike Flanagan is a director I always look forward to adaptations from because of how intimately he understands the source material.
While not a direct adaptation, do check out his work on The Fall Of The House Of Usher
Oh wow, so this means you guys never watched the Haunting of hill house. If you loved this you're going to love that, I really suggest going on a Mike Flanagan binge, his style really is amazing.
THe little girl in the beginning is the girl from M3GAN
She also played the younger version Nell in Haunting of Hill House
Awesome movie 🎉. In the book Danny is alive.
Dr Sleep is a pretty good movie i keep forgetting how good it is
Goddamn Mike Flanagan is so good. I love this movie
I loved this film. Such a brilliant sequel to The Shining.
The sound design in this was AWESOME in theaters! Too bad it flopped. We were supposed to get a sequel: "HALLORAN: from the book of Doctor Sleep"
Its not completely accurate to the book but thats because it had to be a sequel to Kubrick's the shining as well. Kubrick changed two major things in The Shining. First thing is that book Jack Torrance genuinely loved his family but had childhood trauma from an abusive father that fueled his alcoholism and while he had brute forced his sobriety he hadn't dealt with and healed that trauma yet and the Overlook played on that to get to Jack so that it could get to Danny. The other thing is that in the book DIck Halloran (the character that Scatman Crothers played and that Carl lumbly plays in Doctor Sleep) survived in the book and that story about his grandfather was waaaaay darker. So Mike Flanagan had to work around the fact that Dick Halloran was dead and that Jack Torrance in the film was far less sympathetic in the film to make this sequel and he did an amazing job. Aside from those things theres small changes like the fact that in the book the True Knot were all dying from modern diseases and thats why Rose the Hat was desperate for a big supply of steam. Also Snake Bite Andy's backstory was in the book and was very dark. A big change was that the Torrance family was linked to Abra's family in the book and not in the movie. I kinda wish they kept that reveal but it would require explaining Jack Torrance's activities before the events of the Shining which would have taken time away from the plot of this movie considering the Shining film didn't go into it.
YES! I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH!❤️🔥🤘
That little girl in the beginning is played by Violet McGraw. She was in "Megan".
As an X-Men superfan, whenever I watch this movie, I think of it as the Early Adventures of Professor X and Young Jean Grey.
Directors Cut is great.
This was so underrated can't belive this flopped at the box office. But i think it at least was No 1 on netflix. Great flick!