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Doctor Sleep (2019)

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Doctor Sleep
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Years following the events of The Shining (1980), a now-adult Dan Torrance must protect a young girl with similar powers from a cult known as The True Knot, who prey on children with powers to remain immortal.

Release Date
October 30, 2019
Director
Mike Flanagan
Cast
Rebecca Ferguson , Ewan McGregor , Zahn McClarnon , Chelsea Talmadge , Carl Lumbly , Alexandra Essoe
Runtime
153
Main Genre
Horror
Writers
Stephen King , Akiva Goldsman , Mike Flanagan

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