Jasper Rees

Scooby Doo with better CGI: Doctor Sleep reviewed

The Stephen King sequel is way less scary than The Shining — and there’s not a whiff of psychological savagery

issue 02 November 2019
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Wheeeere’s Johnny? Nearly 40 years ago Jack Nicholson went berserk in a snowbound Rockies hotel, smashing an axe through a bathroom door behind which a pop-eyed Shelley Duvall cowered in terror. It is one of cinema’s truly iconic scenes, once voted the most petrifying in movie history.

Now award yourself points if you remember that the family in The Shining were called Torrance.

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