Doctor Sleep
Doctor Sleepserves as a continuation to the events ofThe Shiningmovie , not the record , but it does give Stephen King ’s version of Room 237 a call out . As has long been well - known , King is far from a lover of Stanley Kubrick ’s adaptationofThe polishing , even though most now consider it one of the greatest horror film of all prison term . As the writer of the author material , and a pop culture giant in his own right , King is certainly ennoble to his opinions about the movie , and some - likeJack Torranceappearing unbalanced from the starting or else of slowly descending into rabidness - are hard to indicate with .
Whether or notThe Shiningis a skilful adaptation of King ’s novel or not , few would disagree with it being called a great moving-picture show . Kubrick’sShiningtargets its audience like few repulsion movies ever have , attempt to keep witness unnerved , scared , and entirely off balance for intimately the pic ’s entire 2 - hour - plus running time . In that sense , Doctor Sleepis a desirable replacement , as most reviewssuggest it at least attempts to do the same .
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One ofThe Shining ’s most iconic moment require the infamous ghost in Room 237 , a woman who died by self-destruction in the room ’s bathtub , and now awaits anyone who dare enter . However , a nonaged detail was alter about the room from book to shoot , andDoctor Sleepthrows in a knavish jiffy to the original version .
In Stephen King’s The Shining Book, Room 237 Was Room 217
Stephen King ’s constant readers will recollect that inThe Shiningbook - and the1997 TV miniseries adaption that King pennedhimself - the Overlook ’s water system - logged ghost really dwell Room 217 . However , this was change for Kubrick ’s moving-picture show at the request of The Timberline Lodge in Oregon , which was used for exterior shots of the Overlook Hotel . That resort really had a Room 217 , and was afraid the movie would guide to their elbow room not being stay in , so Room 237 was used , since Timberline has no Room 237 . Amusingly , the picture show had the opposite consequence , with a spate in interest for Room 217 , belike spur on by those familiar with both the movie and Koran .
Doctor Sleep References Stephen King’s Version of Room 237
WhileDoctor Sleepdoes indeed adapt the major narrative component of King ’s book of the same name , some changes were made necessary when the decisiveness came to have the motion-picture show be a sequel to Kubrick’sShining . Since Dick Hallorann died in the movie , he ’s dead in this take onDoctor Sleep . Since the Overlook Hotel was n’t destroyed in Kubrick ’s plastic film , it still stands inDoctor Sleep . This is also true of Room 237 , which is still name as such inDoctor Sleep . However , in a cagy subtle nod to King ’s ledger , the room number of the first die patient role that Danny Torrance comfort as they go - earning him the nominal moniker - is 217 . It ’s a small but delightful Easter egg for King fans , and a sign of the respectDoctor Sleepdirector Mike Flanagan has for the source material .
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