Everyone’s favorite creepy movie, ‘The Shining’ is finally getting its well-deserved sequel after over two decades. The horror movie, which severely addled our imagination is one of the most famous works of Stephen King. Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant direction brought the novel to life, scaring the life out of us in the process.
The sequel will be based on ‘Dr. Sleep’, the follow-up novel to ‘The Shining’ and the release date is slated to be 24th January 2020. Mike Flanagan is on the director’s seat for this one. The story will be set in the time post the events of the original movie and will follow Danny Torrance’s life, who is dealingwith anger issues and alcoholism, which is of course inspired by his father Jack. Danny then tries to settle in New Hampshire in order to start a new life.
© Stanley Kubrick
According to the plotline, Danny will show signs of psychotic behavior as he will try to connect with a 12-year-old girl named Abra Stone, who is a part of another paranormal world. The original movie followed Jack, a writer who agrees to become the caretaker of a hotel during its off season and settles in with his family. Strange happenings follow as Jack starts losing track of reality.
© Stanley Kubrick
Only time will tell how much justice will the sequel do to the success that the original enjoys, but this sure is an exciting piece of information for Stephen King fans.