![]() ![]() It’s very clear from the start that the family is dysfunctional, given Jack’s alcoholism and his recent physical abuse of Danny.Īs far as character arcs go, the closest we get is watching Jack’s descent into madness, thanks to the ghosts of the Overlook. So we thought it would be fun to objectively compare them and determine a definitive winner.įollowing the Torrance family to the Overlook Hotel, The Shining mostly focuses on Jack, Wendy, and Danny. In 2019 screenwriter/director Mike Flanagan sought to reconcile the vast differences between King’s original novel and Kubrick’s movie with a cinematic adaptation of Doctor Sleep that serves as a sequel to 1980’s The Shining, but also captures the spirit of both novels that King felt was sorely lacking.īoth movies remain well received, but fans seem harshly divided on which one they prefer. Stephen King famously despised the 1980 Stanley Kubrick adaptation of The Shining (and even did his own TV version in 1997), but he shocked the world when in 2013 he published a sequel “Doctor Sleep”. ![]() And while they’re mostly met with apprehension at best and hatred at worst, not all of them have the creator of the original property behind them. There’s no shortage of sequels to classic films being released decades later. ![]()
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