---
title: 'Doctor Sleep (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mike Flanagan'
released: '2019-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 152
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/doctor-sleep-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5606664/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Doctor Sleep (2019)

2019 · R · 152 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

Doctor Sleep is a 2019 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Mike Flanagan. It is a film adaptation of the 2013 novel by Stephen King and serves as a sequel to The Shining (1980). The film stars Ewan McGregor as Dan Torrance, a man with psychic abilities and a drinking problem, who struggles with childhood trauma caused by the horrors at the Overlook Hotel. Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, and Cliff Curtis have supporting roles as new characters: Abra Stone and Billy Freeman team up with Dan to take down Rose the Hat and her gang of followers.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mike Flanagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-flanagan)
- **Screenplay:** [Mike Flanagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-flanagan), [Akiva Goldsman](https://cinepixo.com/people/akiva-goldsman)
- **Editor:** [Mike Flanagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-flanagan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [The Newton Brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-newton-brothers)
- **Producer:** [Trevor Macy](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-macy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Fimognari](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-fimognari)

## Cast

- [Kyliegh Curran](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyliegh-curran)
- [Bruce Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-greenwood)
- [Emily Alyn Lind](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-alyn-lind)
- [Kaitlyn McCormick](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaitlyn-mccormick)
- [Jocelin Donahue](https://cinepixo.com/people/jocelin-donahue)
- [Zahn McClarnon](https://cinepixo.com/people/zahn-mcclarnon)
- [Alex Essoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-essoe) as Wendy Torrance
- [Catherine Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-parker)
- [Rebecca Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebecca-ferguson) as Rose the Hat
- [Henry Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-thomas) as Jack Torrance
- [Carel Struycken](https://cinepixo.com/people/carel-struycken)
- [Carl Lumbly](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-lumbly) as Dick Hallorann
- [Ewan McGregor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewan-mcgregor) as Danny Torrance

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Official site: http://www.doctorsleepmovie.net
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/doctor-sleep-2019
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